- R. Janarthanan
Kadambur R. Janarthanan is a former union minister of
India and a leader ofAIADMK . He was union Minister of State, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions with additional Charge of minister of State for Finance (Revenue, Banking and Insurance). He held these portfolios inSecond Vajpayee Ministry from 1998 to 1999.He was born on 22 October 1929 in Kadambur village in
Thoothukudi district inTamil Nadu and became scinece graduate from Presidency College ofMadras University . He is agriculturist and trader by profession. He was imprisioned underMISA in 1976 in the emergency.He was first elected to the
Lok Sabha in 1984 fromTirunelveli and then again to the 9th, 10th and 12 th Lok Sabha.Janaathan is a short story writer and won Odum Railil Oruvan (short story in Tamil) inAnanda Vikatan short story competition.
References
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn36.htm]
* [http://www.bjp.org/news/profile1.htm]
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