Nanjil K. Manoharan

Nanjil K. Manoharan (b. February 1929 - d.1 August 2000) (Tamil: நாஞ்சில் கி. மனோகரன்) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977-80 and minister of Revenue during 1996-2000.^[1]

Personal life

He was born in Kottar in Nagercoil in February 1929. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 71 on 1 August 2000 in Chennai. He was survived by his wife two sons and two daughters at the time of his death.^[1]

Political career

• He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly four times (in 1977, 84, 89 and 1996).^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}
• He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times (in 1962, 67 and 71).^[8][9][10]
• He was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) till 1974
• Then he joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK). He served as Finance minister in the M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) cabinet during 1977-80.
• He returned to the DMK in 1980 and became its Deputy General Secretary. He was the Revenue minister in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet during 1996-2000.^[1]

Electoral history

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