P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan Explained

P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan
Honorific-Prefix:Dr
Office:9th Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Term Start:1996
Term End:2001
Predecessor:R. Muthiah
Successor:K. Kalimuthu
Constituency:Madurai West
Office1:Tamil Nadu Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments
Term Start1:2006
Term End1:2006
Constituency1:Madurai Central
Birth Date:1932 2, df=yes
Birth Place:Theni, Madras Presidency, British India
Parents:P. T. Rajan (father)
Spouse:Rukmini
Children:Palanivel Thiagarajan
Death Place:Madurai, Tamil Nadu, India
Party:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Ponnambala Thyaga Rajan Palanivel Rajan (27 February 1932 – 20 May 2006) was an Indian politician.[1]

Born into an aristocratic landlord Kondaikatti Thondaimandala Vellala[2] [3] family in Uthamapalayam. He did his schooling from Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka. He graduated in political science from Madras Christian College and then studied law at Madras Law College. He was a practising lawyer before entering politics in 1967 when he joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).

Rajan was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Theni in 1967 and was re-elected in 1971. He was elected in 1996 from the Madurai West Constituency. In 2001 he was defeated by 708 votes after M. K. Alagiri worked against him and other DMK candidates.[4] [5] He was earlier elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.

Rajan was Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001.[6] He was elected from Madurai Central and was the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments in the Government of Tamil Nadu at the time of his death on 20 May 2006 at the age of 74. Madurai Kamaraj University conferred the Doctor of Law on him (Honoris Causa) in 1997.[7] [8]

His father P. T. Rajan was Chief Minister of Madras Presidency. His son, Palanivel Thiaga Rajan is an MLA and was the finance minister of Tamil Nadu and now Minister of Information Technology and Digital Services in the Stalin ministry.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Madurai mourns its colossal loss . The Hindu . 21 May 2006 . 2016-05-26.
  2. Book: South India. Christopher John Baker, D. A. Washbrook. Springer, 1976. 174. Similarly, the principal Kondaikatti-Thondamandala-Vellala association included among its leaders M. Subramania Mudaliar and his nephew P.T. Rajan from Madura, whom local political tactics had taken into the Justice Party..
  3. Web site: Thondaimandala Mudaliar. 2021-05-10. ipfs.fleek.co.
  4. Web site: Alagiri’s roller-coaster ride . The Hindu . 8 January 2014 . 2016-05-26.
  5. Web site: Alagiri derails DMK’s dream trip in TN! . Daily Pioneer . 16 January 2016 . 2016-05-26.
  6. Web site: Speakers of Tamil Nadu since 1952 . assembly.tn.gov.in . 2016-05-26.
  7. Web site: 18th canal to be named after Palanivel Rajan . The Hindu . 25 November 2008 . 2016-05-26.
  8. Web site: Man with 'tilak' in a rationalist party . OneIndia . 20 May 2006 . 2016-05-26.

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