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Name - M.Arunachalam
Father - Moockiah
Mother - Muthammal
Born on - 4th March 1944
Place of birth - Vellanaikottai
Schooling - Govt. Elementary School
Vellanaikottai
Govt. High School
Pulliangudi & Vasudevanallur
     

College Studies

P.U.C. 1961-1962 - V.O.Chidambram College
Tutucorin.
B.A. Economics 1962- 1965 - St.Xaviers College
Palayamkottai.
M.A. Rural Development
Sociology 1966-1968
- Gandhi Gram University
Dindugul.
B.L. 1969-1972 - Dr.Ambedkar Law College
Chennai.
Career - Started Working as an
advocate in Sankarankovil &
Tenkasi
     

Family

Marriage - 12th July 1974
Wife - Amala Arunachalam
Children

 
- Mohan Arunachalam
Sangeetha Johnson
Priya Joseph Wilson
Deepan Arunachalam
Sons-in-law - Felix Johnson                            A.Joseph Wilson
Grand Daughters - Irene Lakshitha Johnson
Marina Joseph
     

Positions Held

  • National Small Savings Corporation, Chennai.
  • All India Radio Trichirapalli - News Reporter

In Politics

1972 – 1977 - District Youth Congress Secretary Tirunelveli District
1977– 1979 - Member Of Parliament (1st time)
1977 – 1981 - President – Tamil Nadu Youth Congress
1980 – 1984 - Member of Parliament (2nd time)
1985 – 1989 - Union Minister of State for Industries
1989 – 1991 - Member of Parliament
Jan.1990 to Sept.1990 - Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation
1991 – 1993 - Union Minister of State for Urban Development
1993 – 1995 - Union Minister of State for Small Scale and  Agro Industries
1996(few months) - Union Cabinet Minister for Urban Development and Employment
1996(Aug) – 1997(may) - Union Cabinet Minister in the Ministry of Labour
1997(Jun – Dec) - Union Cabinet Minister Chemicals and Fertilizers
     

Other Information

       Imprisoned in 1978 for protesting against the arrest of Smt. Indira Gandhi in Tihar Jail along with late Shri Sanjay Gandhi, arrested and imprisoned in 1990 in Chennai for naming Marai Malai Nagar as Kamaraj Nagar.

     
May 1990 Member, - Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled (Castes and Scheduled Tribes)
1990 - Member, Consultative Committee,
Ministry of Agriculture
     

Social and Cultural Activities

  Upliftment of Harijans, the downtrodden and the weaker sections of society.
 
 
 
 

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