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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