Know your Politician
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Constituency : |
Tiruvannamalai(Tamil Nadu )
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Party Name :
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK)
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Email Address :
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[email protected]
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Father’s Name
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Thiru P. Dhanapal Gounder
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Mother’s Name
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Smt. Danabakyam Ammal
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Date of Birth
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05.11.1931
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Place of Birth
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Kattampoondi, 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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11 Feb 1956
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Spouse’s Name
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Smt. Uthirambal
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No.of Daughters
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2
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Educational Qualifications
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Higher Secondary
Educated at Danish Mission High School, Tiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu
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Profession
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Farmer
Social Worker
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Permanent Address |
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(i) 69/74, Anaikatty Street
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District -Tiruvannamalai – 606 601
Tamil Nadu
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Tels. (04175) 225200, 222574 (O)
09442557789 (M)
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(ii) Kattampoondi Village & Post., Tiruvannamalai – 606 601
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Tamil Nadu
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Tels. (04175) 248222, 248428
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Present Address |
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4, Talkatora Road,
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New Delhi – 110 001
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Tels. (011) 23094801, 9868180678 (M)
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Position Held |
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1965-1969
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President, Village Panchayat Board, Kattampoondi
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1970-1975
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Chairman, Panchayat Union, Distt. Tiruvannamalai
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1977-80 and 1980-84
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Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (two terms)
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since 1982 to till now
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President, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (D.M.K.), Distt. Committee, Tiruvannamalai
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1996- 1997
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Elected to 11th Lok Sabha
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1996-98
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Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
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1998 – 1999
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Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (2nd term)
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1998-1999
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Member, Committee on Transport and Tourism
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Rural Areas and Employment
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1999 – 2004
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Re-elected to 13th Lok Sabha (3rd term)
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1999-2000
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Member, Committee on Urban and Rural Development
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2000-2004
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Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
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2004 – 2009
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Re-elected to 14th Lok Sabha( 4th term)
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Member, Committee to Review the Rate of Dividend Payble by the Railway Undertaking to General Revenues
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Member, Committee on Science & Technology, Environment & Forests
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5 Aug. 2007- May 2009
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Member, Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers
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2009
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Re-elected to 15th Lok Sabha (5th term)
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31 Aug. 2009
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Member, Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution
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Social And Cultural Activities
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Social activities
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Special Interests
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To improve the livelihood avenues for very poor people in South India in general and in his constituency and in Tamil Nadu in particular
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Other Information
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President, Agriculture Sales & Marketing Cooperative Society, Tiruvannamalai, 1989; Vice-President,
Cooperative Sugar Mills, Kallakurichi, South Arcot, Tamil Nadu, 1972-76; Branch Post Master,
Kattampoondi, 1963-65; imprisoned for 42 days for burning a copy of I.P.C., 1986
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Reference: Loksabha