Parvathi Krishnan (15 March 1919 – 20 February 2014) was an Indian politician from the

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. She was a three time former Member of Parliament representing

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Lok Sabha constituency and

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member. She was the daughter of former

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Premier P. Subbarayan.

Early life

Parvathi was born on 15 March 1919 to P. Subbarayan and Radhabai Subbarayan.She did her schooling in C.S.I. Ewart Matriculation Higher Secondary School She studied for her B. A. (Hons.) at

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and joined the

Electoral history

Parvathi contested for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat as a

candidate in the 1952 by-election (caused by the death of T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar). She was defeated by INC's N.M. Lingam. Later she was nominated to the

on 3 April 1954 and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha till 12 March 1957. She was elected to the

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from Coimbatore constituency as a

candidate in

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general elections and the 1974 by-election. She lost the

1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, nuclear confrontation during the Cold War. Events January * January 1 – Samoa, Western Samoa becomes independent from Ne ...

election to P. R. Ramakrishnan from

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party, the

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election to Era Mohan from

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party (contesting from

) and the

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election to M. Thambi Durai of the

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party (contesting from Dharmapuri).Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha

Family

She married N. K. Krishnan in December 1942. The couple have a daughter, Indira, and a granddaughter, Poornima.

References

External links

Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website

Notes

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Krishnan, Parvathi 1919 births 2014 deaths Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Alumni of the University of Oxford India MPs 1957–1962 India MPs 1962–1967 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 Women in Tamil Nadu politics Kumaramangalam family Communist Party of India politicians from Tamil Nadu 20th-century Indian women politicians Politicians from Coimbatore Female politicians of the Communist Party of India