N. Sivaraj

N. Sivaraj
Member of Indian Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Chengalpattu
In office 1957–1961
Prime Minister	Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by	O. V. Alagesan

Rao Bahadur Namasivayam Sivaraj (Tamil: நமசிவாயம் சிவராஜ்) (September 29, 1892 - September 29, 1964) was an Indian lawyer, politician and Dalit activist from the state of Tamil Nadu. He served as a Member of the Lok Sabha for Chengalpattu from 1957 to 1981.

Early life and education

Sivaraj was born to Namsivayam, an accounts officer, on 29 September 1892 in the town of Cuddapah in the then Madras Presidency. His father was a Tamil from the Dalit community who had converted to Buddhism and Sivaraj was raised Buddhist. His ancestors were from the town of Poonamallee near Madras. Sivaraj passed his matriculation in 1907 and graduated in arts from Presidency College, Madras in 1911. In 1915 he graduated as a lawyer from the Madras Law College and practised as a junior under Sir C. P. Ramaswamy Iyer.^[1] He worked as a lecturer in the Madras Law College for a period of thirteen years.

Politics

Sivaraj joined the Justice Party and was elected to the Madras Legislative Council on a Justice Party ticket in 1926 and served as member till 1937. From 1937 to 1945, Sivaraj served as a member of the Imperial Legislature of India. Her participated in the 1952, 1957 and 1962 Lok Sabha elections and served as Member of Parliament from 1957 to 1962 representing Chengalpattu constituency.

Notes

1. ^ Shakunthala Jagannathan (1999). Sir C. P. Remembered. Vakils, Feffer and Simmons Ltd.. pp. 74. ISBN 81-87111-27-5. 

References

• Ramacandra Kshirasagara (1994). Dalit Movement in India. M. D. Publications. pp. 331–333. ISBN 8185880433, ISBN 9788185880433. 

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Name	Sivaraj, N.
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Date of birth	September 29, 1892
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Date of death	September 29, 1964
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