Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Chennai North (Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK)
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Father’s Name
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Shri Chengalvarayan
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Date of Birth
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13.12.1926
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Place of Birth
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Potharai, Distt. Tiruvannamalai (Tamil Nadu)
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Marital Status
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Married
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Date of Marriage
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16 Sep 1954
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Andal
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No. of Sons
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1
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No.of Daughters
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1
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Educational Qualifications
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Intermediate
Educated at Annamalai University, Chidambaram (Tamil Nadu)
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Profession
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Trade Unionist
Journalist, Social Worker, Publisher
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Permanent Address |
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3-C, Old Tower Block,
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Nandanam, Chennai- 600 035 (Tamil Nadu)
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(044)24322255(R),24320280,
28241422 (O)
Fax: (044)28224422
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Present Address |
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3, Mahadev Road
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23353663, 23359442, 9868180363 (M)
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Position Held |
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1998
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Elected to 12th Lok Sabha
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1998-99
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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Member, Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Surface Transport
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1999
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1999-2004
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Deputy Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Petitions
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1999-2002
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Member, Committee on Labour and Welfare
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2000-2001
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Member, Committee on Public Accounts
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2000-2004
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Member, Committee on Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles
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Member, Business Advisory Committee
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2002-2004
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Member, Estimates Committee
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Member, Delimitation Committee
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Member Committee on Science and Technology
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2004
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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Leader, DMK Parliamentary Party, Lok Sabha
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Chairman, Estimates Committee
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Member, General Purposes Committee
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Member, Committee on Railways
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5 Aug. 2007 onwards
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Member, Standing Committee on Defence
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1 May 2008
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Chairperson, Financial Committee on Esitmates
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Literary Artistic & Scientific Accomplishments
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Publisher Uzhaippali—a Tamil monthly, an official organ of Labour Progressive Federation; and Trustee, Murasoli—a Tamil daily
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Sponsoring and participating in workers education classes, seminars, camps,workshops; imparting leadership training to the workers on behalf of Labour Progressive Federation; helping physically handicapped through Anna Memorial Trust; and also helping bright students through Murasoli Trust
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Special Interests
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Trade union activities and helping unorganised labour to organise themselves for achieving social justice
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Favourite Pastime and Recreation
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Reading books, contributing articles to journals and watching cricket matches on Television
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Countries Visited
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Japan; as a member of National Productivity Council sponsored by the Asian Productivity
Organisation, Japan
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Other Information
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Served 24 years in Railways; as Trade Union Leader, conducted and participated in Railways
and All India Government Employees Strikes, 1968 and 1969; Member, All India Joint Action Committee for the Railway Strike in 1975; held various positions in Labour Progressive Federation since 1970 and its President since 1977; also President, Labour Wing, DMK since 1977
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Reference: Loksabha