Maragatham Chandrasekar Explained

Maragatham Chandrasekar
Office:Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
Constituency1:Nominated
Termstart:27 September 1982
Termend:26 September 1988
Termstart1:3 April 1970
Termend1:2 April 1982
Office2:Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Constituency2:Thiruvallur
Term Start2:1951
Term End2:1957
Primeminister2:Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
Predecessor2:None
Successor2:R. Govindarajulu Naidu
Birth Date:11 November 1917
Party:Indian National Congress
Profession:Politician
Spouse:R. Chandrasekar

Maragatham Chandrasekhar (11 November 1917  - 26 October 2001) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.[1] [2]

Personal life

Maragatham Chandrasekhar was born Maragatham Muniswami to Vidwan Kalathur Muniswami on 11 November 1917. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in India and completed diplomas in free-lance, domestic science and dietetics courses in London. She also did a course on Specialized Institution Management and Administration at London. Maragatham married R. Chandrasekhar and had a son (Lalit Chandrasekhar) and a daughter, Lata Priyakumar who also served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.

Politics

Maragatham Chandrasekhar joined the Indian National Congress and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Tiruvallur in the 1951 parliamentary elections.[3] She served as the Member of Lok Sabha for Tiruvallur from 1951 to 1957 and Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1970 to 1988. She served as the Union Deputy Minister for Health from 1951 to 1957, Home Affairs from 1962 to 1964 and Social Welfare from 1964 to 1967. In 1972, Maragatham was elected General Secretary of the All India Congress Committee. She was governor in Punjab state.

Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi

As former Member of Parliament from Sriperumbudur, Maragatham hosted the former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi during his visit to Sriperumbudur in 1991. She was present at the rally in Sriperumbudur where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.

Death

Maragatham died on 26 October 2001.

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References

Notes and References

  1. News: Maragatham Chandrasekar dead. The Times of India. 27 October 2001 . 29 March 2015.
  2. Web site: Maragatham dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140305055029/http://hindu.com/2001/10/27/stories/02270007.htm. dead. 5 March 2014. The Hindu. 2001-10-27. 29 March 2015.
  3. Web site: Key highlights of the general elections 1951 to the First LokSabha. https://web.archive.org/web/20090318023706/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF. dead. 18 March 2009. 2008-12-24. Election Commission of India.