Name |
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M.Arunachalam |
Father |
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Moockiah |
Mother |
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Muthammal |
Born on |
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4th March 1944 |
Place of birth |
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Vellanaikottai |
Schooling |
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Govt. Elementary
School
Vellanaikottai
Govt. High School
Pulliangudi & Vasudevanallur |
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College
Studies |
P.U.C. 1961-1962 |
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V.O.Chidambram
College
Tutucorin. |
B.A. Economics 1962- 1965 |
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St.Xaviers
College
Palayamkottai. |
M.A. Rural Development
Sociology 1966-1968 |
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Gandhi Gram
University
Dindugul. |
B.L.
1969-1972 |
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Dr.Ambedkar Law
College
Chennai. |
Career |
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Started Working
as an
advocate in Sankarankovil &
Tenkasi |
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Family |
Marriage |
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12th July 1974 |
Wife |
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Amala
Arunachalam |
Children
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Mohan
Arunachalam
Sangeetha Johnson
Priya Joseph Wilson
Deepan Arunachalam |
Sons-in-law |
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Felix Johnson
A.Joseph Wilson |
Grand Daughters |
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Irene Lakshitha
Johnson
Marina Joseph |
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Positions Held |
- National Small Savings
Corporation, Chennai.
- All India Radio
Trichirapalli - News Reporter
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In
Politics |
1972 – 1977 |
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District Youth
Congress Secretary Tirunelveli District |
1977– 1979 |
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Member Of
Parliament (1st time) |
1977 – 1981 |
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President –
Tamil Nadu Youth Congress |
1980 – 1984 |
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Member of
Parliament (2nd time) |
1985 – 1989 |
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Union Minister
of State for Industries |
1989 – 1991 |
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Member of
Parliament |
Jan.1990 to Sept.1990 |
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Member,
Committee on Subordinate Legislation |
1991 – 1993 |
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Union Minister
of State for Urban Development |
1993 – 1995 |
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Union Minister
of State for Small Scale and Agro Industries |
1996(few months) |
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Union Cabinet
Minister for Urban Development and Employment |
1996(Aug) – 1997(may) |
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Union Cabinet
Minister in the Ministry of Labour |
1997(Jun – Dec) |
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Union Cabinet
Minister Chemicals and Fertilizers |
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Other
Information |
Imprisoned in 1978 for protesting against the arrest of Smt.
Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail along with late Shri Sanjay
Gandhi, arrested and imprisoned in 1990 in Chennai for naming
Marai Malai Nagar as Kamaraj Nagar. |
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May
1990 Member, |
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Committee on the
Welfare of Scheduled (Castes and Scheduled Tribes) |
1990 |
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Member,
Consultative Committee,
Ministry of Agriculture |
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Social
and Cultural Activities |
Upliftment of Harijans,
the downtrodden and the weaker sections of society.
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