K. Thangavel Explained

K.Thangavel
Birth Date:6 October 1951
Party:Communist Party of India (Marxist)

K. Thangavel (6 October 1951 – 13 September 2020) was an Indian politician who served as member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016.

Life

Thangavel was born on 6 October 1951 in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.[1] He kept living in Tiruppur.[2]

He started his political career as a forefront leader of Centre of Indian Trade Unions in Tiruppur. He led a 127 day long strike of labor demanding dearness allowance in 1984. From 2006 to 2011 he was a local politician in Tiruppur.[1]

In 2011 was elected as member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruppur South constituency. He represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party.[3] He served until 2016.[4] Thangavel was admitted to a local hospital in Coimbatore in late August 2020. He died from COVID-19 on 13 September 2020, twenty three days short of his 69th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: K. Thangavel, MLA Tiruppur, Tamilnadu : Hindustan Pages : Business Directory of India . 26 June 2013 . https://archive.today/20130628031546/http://www.hindustanpages.com/k-thangavel-mla-tiruppur-tamilnadu . 28 June 2013 . dead .
  2. Web site: Profile. Government of Tamil Nadu.
  3. Web site: List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011 . Govt. of Tamil Nadu . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf . 20 March 2012 .
  4. Web site: Former MLA dies of COVID-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200915064144/https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Coimbatore/former-mla-dies-of-covid-19/article32594862.ece . The Hindu . 13 September 2020 . 15 September 2020.

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