V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Acting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
	In office; 25 December 1987 – 6 January 1988
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	Janaki Ramachandran
Constituency	Athoor
	In office; 16 November 1984 – 9 February 1985
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Constituency	Athoor
	In office; 4 February 1969 – 9 February 1969
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Political Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Constituency	Thiruvallikeni
Minister of Finance, Tamil Nadu
	In office; 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
	In office; 9 June 1980 – 24 December 1987
Chief Minister	M. G. Ramachandran
	In office; 6 March 1967 – 31 January 1976
Chief Minister	C. N. Annadurai,; M. Karunanidhi
General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	In office; 25 December 1987 – February 1989
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	J. Jayalalithaa
General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	In office; 4 February 1969 – 1977
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	K. Anbazhagan
Personal details
Born	11 July 1920; Thirukannapuram, Madras Presidency, British India; (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	12 January 2000 (aged 79); Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of death	Heart failure
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political; affiliations	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 1979)
Spouse(s)	Visalakshi Nedunchezhiyan (m. 1950)
Relations	Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan (grandson)
Residence	Seethamma Colony, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (11 July 1920 – 12 January 2000) was thrice the acting Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India, serving between 4 February 1969 – 9 February 1969, 16 November 1984 – 9 February 1985 and 25 December 1987 – 6 January 1988. He was also finance minister under the governments of C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa.

Nedunchezhiyan was born at Thirukannapuram on 11 July 1920. He became involved in politics while at Annamalai University and joined the Dravidar Kazhagam party in 1944. In 1949, he and C. N. Annadurai formed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), with the latter as leader and Nedunchezhiyan acting as deputy general secretary until 1955. He was general secretary between 1955 and 1961 and then chairman of the party's general council until 1969.[1]

Legislative election history

Year	Result	Seat	Party
1962	Won	Triplicane	DMK
1967	Won	Triplicane	DMK
1971	Won	Triplicane	DMK
1977
1980	Won	Thirunelveli	AIADMK
1984	Won	Athoor	AIADMK
1989	Lost	Mylapore	Independent
1991	Won	Theni	AIADMK

Nedunchezhiyan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu in 1962 and in 1967 became a cabinet minister when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam took power. He was briefly acting Chief Minister for the state following C. N. Annadurai's death in 1969, taking the role until M. Karunanidhi was appointed. He then continued as a cabinet minister in the Karunanidhi cabinet until the DMK lost power in 1976.[1]

Together with Sathyavani Muthu, Nedunchezhiyan left the DMK to form a new political party called the Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam but this did not last long. The party merged with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which was by then in government, in 1978 and from 1980 Nedunchezhiyan was again a cabinet minister, this time under the leadership of AIADMK's M. G. Ramachandran. He held the position of Finance Minister from 1980 to 1987 and once again became acting Chief Minister in the latter year when Ramachandran died. He was a candidate in the subsequent leadership election but lost to Ramachandran's wife, Janaki Ramachandran.[1]

Nedunchezhiyan briefly aligned himself with the J. Jayalalithaa-led group within the AIADMK but was expelled from the party in 1988 after disputes with its leaders. He stood in the 1989 state elections and later that year returned to the party fold after Jayalalithaa had successfully reunified it. He remained loyal to her thereafter and served as Finance Minister again between 1991 and 1996.[1]

He died of heart failure in hospital on 12 January 2000. He was survived by his wife, Visalakshi, and a son.[1]

Books Published

Name of the book with year of publication

1. பத்துப்பாட்டு ஆராய்ச்சி - 1943
2. மறைந்த திராவிடம் -1948
3. மொழிப் போராட்டம் - 1948
4. களஞ்சியம் -1948
5. கண்ணீரும் செந்நீரும் வளர்த்த கழகம் -1951
6. எழுச்சி முரசு
7. புதிய பாதை
8. வீரத் தமிழகம்
9. பண்டைக் கிரேக்கம்...1953
10. ஜியார்டனோ புரூனோ.....1953
11. சார்லஸ் பிராட்லா ....1953
12. மதமும் மூடநம்பிக்கையும்....1955
13. புறநானூற்றுப் புதையல்.....1961
14. தி.மு.க......1961
15. அண்ணாவோடு வாழ்ந்த அந்தச்சிறைவாசம்.....1961
16. இதயம் பெரும் இன்பம்.....1982
17. சிந்தனை மலர்கள்..1982
18. கலித்தொகை தரும் காதற் காட்சிகள்
19. நற்றிணைக் காட்சிகள்..1982
20. சொல்லும் சுவையும்( குறுந்தொகை காட்சிகள்)....1985
21. பண்பாடு போற்றுவோம்......1985
22. நாவலர் நாட்டுக்கு அளித்த நல் அறிவிப்புகள்.1988
23. வடக்காலத்தூர் இராச கோபாலனார் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு.....1991
24. திருக்குறள் -நாவலர் தெளிவுரை...1991
25. புரட்சிக்கவிஞர் பாரதிதாசன் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு.....1994
26. சமூக நீதிப் போர்.....1996
27. திராவிட இயக்க வரலாறு ( முதல் பகுதி).......1996
28. ஜெயின் கமிசன் அறிக்கை - ஓர் ஆய்வு .....1997
29. வாழ்வில் நான் கண்டதும் கேட்டதும்....(2000)
30.. திருக்குறள் நாவலர் உரை (கையடக்கப் பதிப்பு).....(2001)
31.. திருக்குறளில் உவமை நயம்...(2004)

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References

"Nedunchezhiyan dies of heart failure". The Hindu. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2013.

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[hindu2000-1] "Nedunchezhiyan dies of heart failure". The Hindu. 13 January 2000. Retrieved 7 March 2013.