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T.M. KALLIANNAN

May 30, 2021

T.M. Kalliannan Gounder, the last surviving member of the Indian Constituent Assembly, died at the age of 101 at Thiruchengode in western Tamil Nadu.

About:

  • Gounder was born on January 10, 1921, at Akaraipatti village in Namakkal.

  • He joined the Indian National Congress at the age of 19 and participated in the Quit India movement.

  • He was elected to the Indian Constituent Assembly while he was 28-years-old.

  • He was reportedly the youngest member in the Constituent Assembly then and also a member of India’s first provisional parliament.

  • Gounder served as a Member of Legislative Council in Tamil Nadu and also as an MLA thrice, between 1952 and 1967.

Source : The Hindu

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