S. Kesava Adithan (born 8 November 1933) was an Indian politician and former

Member of the Legislative Assembly A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected to sit in a legislative assembly. The term most commonly refers to members of the legislature of a federated state or an autonomous region, but is also used for several nation ...

. He was elected to the

Tamil Nadu legislative assembly The Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the unicameral legislature of the India, Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It has a strength of 234 members, all of whom are democratically elected using the first-past-the-post system. The presiding office ...

as an

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...

candidate from Tiruchendur constituency in 1980 election.1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
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Political career

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from

Tiruchendur Tiruchendur (Tamil language, Tamil: ''Tiruccentūr'' �t̪iɾɯtːʃen̪d̪uːr also ''jayantipuram'') is a municipality in Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India. It is home to the Arulmigu Subramaniya Swamy Temple, Tiruchendur, Arulmigu ...

constituency in 1980 election.

Personal life

Kesava Adithan was born to Mrs. Chinna Thangam and Mr. T. S. Sivanthi Adithan (Postmaster), on 8 November 1933 at Kayamozhi,

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, India. He is the eldest and had two younger brothers. Having completed his schooling in Nazareth he did a PUC in St Johns College, Tirunelveli, and started his political career at the age of 16 in DMK then later joined with ADMK along with M. G. Ramachandran (MGR). He was married to Senthamarai Devi of Mavadipannai in January 1956 at the age of 23. He had four daughters namely Saratha, Premalatha, Brindha, Susaritha and two sons namely Chokkalinga Kumarasa Adithan and Thanikesa Adithan. He died in a car accident on 26 November 1982.

References

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians 1933 births 1982 deaths {{AIADMK-politician-stub