Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Chidambaram-SC (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Pattali Makkal Katchi(PMK)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Shri Ettiyan
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Ananthai Ammal
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Date of Birth
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01.07.1936
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Place of Birth
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Kilsathamangalam, Taluk Vandavasi, Distt. Thiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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23 Aug 1963
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. P. Shanthi
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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M.A. (Political Science)
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Profession
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Writer
Publisher, Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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16/5 Janani Apartments, Muthu Mohamad Street,
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Madi Pakkam, Chennai – 600 091(Tamil Nadu)
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(044) 22421499,
09840268333 (M)
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Present Address |
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95, Lodhi Estate,
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New Delhi – 110 003
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Tels. (011) 24649606, 9868180120, 9871666816 (M)
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Position Held |
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1999
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Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
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1999-2001
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Minister of State, Petroleum and Natural Gas
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2001-2004
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Member, Committee on Energy
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Member, Committee on Defence
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Member, Committee on Empowerment of Women
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Member, Committee on Home Affairs
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Member, Committee on Private Members Bills and Resolutions
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Member, Zonal Committee, Railways
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Member, Committee on Rural Development
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Member, Advisory Committee, Telecommunications
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 2nd term)
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Member, Committee on Coal, Mines & Steel
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Development
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Member, Railways Zonal Committee
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Deputy Leader, PMK, Lok Sabha
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5 August 2006-onwards
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Committee on Commerce
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Book Published
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Fiction, (i) Not for God (Short Stories Collection); (ii) Translations: Who Were Shudras?;
(iii) Untouchables; (iv) What Gandhiji did for emancipation of Scheduled Castes; (v) Gandhiji:
His Life and Mission by J.B. Kripalani; (vi) Remembering Rajiv by M.S. Aiyar, and (vii) The
Biography of Dr. Ambedkar by Dhananjay Keer (all written by Dr. Ambedkar translated to Tamil)
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Contributing articles to all the Tamil magazines for the last 30 years
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Social worker; President, Tamil Nadu Depressed Classes League; Vice-President, Gandhi Samaj
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Special Interests
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Reading, writing, translating and travelling
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Other Information
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Co-Chairman, Monitoring and Vigilance Committee, Member, (i) Coir Board; (ii) Coconut Board; and (iii) Telecom Advisory Committee
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Reference: Loksabha