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K. Anbazhagan

Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was part of the Dravidian movement and later joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the general secretary of the DMK from 1977 to 2020. He has held several ministerial portfolios in the Tamil Nadu government when M. Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.

Anbazhagan was popularly referred to as ''Perasiriyar'' (professor) as worked in Pachaiyappa's College before resigning to contest elections in 1957. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for the first time in 1957, and was re-elected on eight further occasions. He was later elected to the Madras Legislative Council twice in 1957 and 1962. He was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament of India from Tiruchengode in the 1967 Indian general election. He served as the leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu assembly from 2001 to 2006. Provided by Wikipedia