Chokalinga Chittibabu, commonly known as Mayor Chittibabu, was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from

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. He was elected to the

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from Chengalpattu constituency as a

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; ; DMK) is an Indian political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu, where it is currently the ruling party, and the union territory of Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, where it is currently the main ...

candidate in

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and

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses (Solar eclipse of February 25, 1971, February 25, Solar eclipse of July 22, 1971, July 22 and Solar eclipse of August 20, 1971, August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 1971 lunar eclip ...

elections. He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965. He was arrested under the

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after

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declared

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and the DMK government was dismissed in 1976. He was jailed along with DMK leaders and died of injuries due to police torture suffered while trying to save

M.K. Stalin Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin (born 1 March 1953) is an Indian politician and former actor serving as the 8th and current chief minister of Tamil Nadu since 2021. He is the third son of the former Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi, his son Udhayan ...

in Madras Central Prison.

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Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India websiteM..K Stalin Prison Life
{{DEFAULTSORT:Chittibabu, C. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians India MPs 1967–1970 India MPs 1971–1977 Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu Mayors of Chennai 1935 births 1977 deaths People from Viluppuram district People from Chengalpattu district