Kadambur M. R. Janarthanan (22 October 1929 – 26 December 2020) was a union minister of India and a leader of

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(AIADMK). He was union Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions with additional Charge of minister of State for Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance). He held these portfolios in

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from 1998 to 1999. He was born on 22 October 1929 in Kadambur village in

Thoothukudi district The Thoothukkudi District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India. On 20 October 1986, an M. G. Ramachandran-led government bifurcated the Tirunelveli district to form the district. It is shared by its boundaries w ...

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and became science graduate from Presidency College of

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. He was agriculturist and trader by profession. He was imprisoned under MISA in 1976 in the emergency. He was first elected to the

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in 1984 from

Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (), also known as Nellai and historically (during British rule) as Tinnevelly, is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the administrative headquarters of the Tirunelveli District. It is the fourth-largest munici ...

and then again to the 9th, 10th and 12th Lok Sabha. Janarathanan was a short story writer and won Odum Railil Oruvan (short story in Tamil) in Ananda Vikatan short story competition.

Electoral career

Lok Sabha Elections Contested

References

*http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn36.htm *https://web.archive.org/web/20080527051945/http://www.bjp.org/news/profile1.htm People from Thoothukudi district All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 2020 deaths Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu India MPs 1989–1991 India MPs 1991–1996 India MPs 1998–1999 Indian people imprisoned during the Emergency (India) 1929 births People from Tirunelveli district India MPs 1984–1989 Presidency College, Chennai alumni Union ministers from Tamil Nadu {{AIADMK-politician-stub