M. Bakthavatsalam

Politician

1897 – 1987

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Who was M. Bakthavatsalam?

Minjur Bhaktavatsalam or Minjur Kanakasabhapathi Bhaktavatsalam was an Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter from the state of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Chief Minister of Madras state from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.

Bhaktavatsalam was born on 9 October 1897 in the Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised as an advocate in the Madras High Court. He involved himself in politics and the freedom movement right from an early age and was imprisoned during the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1937 and served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Rajaji government and as a minister in the O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar government. He led the Indian National Congress during the 1950s and served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1963 to 1967. Following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 elections, Bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics. He died on 31 January 1987 at the age of 89.

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Born
Oct 9, 1897
Tamil Nadu
Also known as
  • Baktavachalam
Children
Ethnicity
  • Mudaliar
Nationality
  • India
Profession
Died
Jan 31, 1987
Chennai

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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