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R. Ramanathan ( – 3 December 2019) was an Indian politician from Puducherry belonging to
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
. He was elected twice as a legislator of the
Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three ...
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Biography

Ramanathan was elected as a legislator of the
Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three ...
from
Kuruvinatham Kuruvinatham is a village in Bahour Commune of Bahour taluk in the Union Territory of Puducherry, India. Kuruvinatham serves as a gateway for all buses going between Villupuram - Cuddalore via Thirubuvanai. It lies on the southwestern tip of ...
in 1985. He was also elected from this constituency in 1990. He is the father of R. Radhakrishnan who was a legislator of the
Puducherry Legislative Assembly The Puducherry Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the Indian union territory (UT) of Puducherry, which comprises four districts: Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahé and Yanam. Out of eight union territories of India, only three ...
and MP of Lok Sabha. Ramanathan died of cardiac arrest on 3 December 2019 at the age of 71.


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2019 deaths People from Puducherry district Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 1940s births Puducherry MLAs 1985–1990 Puducherry MLAs 1990–1991 {{DMK-politician-stub