Minjur Bhakthavatsalam (Aged 90) an Indian independence activist and politician, was born on 9 October 1897 in Tamil Nadu. He served as the Chief Minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967, making him the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.
After studying law and practising as an advocate in the Madras High Court, Bhaktavatsalam became involved in politics and the freedom movement at an early age. He was imprisoned during the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement. In 1937, he was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly and served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Rajaji government and as a minister in the O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar government.
Bhaktavatsalam joined the Indian National Congress during his graduation and became a member of the Madras Provincial Congress Committee in 1922. He joined the Congress Working Committee in 1926. Bhaktavatsalam was injured during the Salt Satyagraha at Vedaranyam and was arrested in 1932 for conducting India’s Independence Day celebrations, spending six months in prison. In the 1936 municipal body elections, Bhaktavatsalam was elected to the Madras City Corporation and served as Deputy Mayor. He also participated in the Quit India Movement agitations and was jailed by the British. On his release in 1944, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India.
Bhaktavatsalam led the Indian National Congress during the 1950s and served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1963 to 1967. Following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 elections, Bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics. In January 2015, E V K S Elangovan, the chief of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), accused Bhaktavatsalam of being responsible for the killing of many anti-Hindi protestors and for ending the distribution of subsidised rice in the PDS (started by K. Kamaraj), thereby ending the golden rule of Kamraj in Tamil Nadu. Bhakthavatsalam passed away on 13 February 1987.
M. Bhakthavatsalam
(1897 – 1987) – (Tamilnadu)
Minjur Bhakthavatsalam (Aged 90) an Indian independence activist and politician, was born on 9 October 1897 in Tamil Nadu. He served as the Chief Minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967, making him the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.
After studying law and practising as an advocate in the Madras High Court, Bhaktavatsalam became involved in politics and the freedom movement at an early age. He was imprisoned during the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement. In 1937, he was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly and served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Rajaji government and as a minister in the O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar government.
Bhaktavatsalam joined the Indian National Congress during his graduation and became a member of the Madras Provincial Congress Committee in 1922. He joined the Congress Working Committee in 1926. Bhaktavatsalam was injured during the Salt Satyagraha at Vedaranyam and was arrested in 1932 for conducting India’s Independence Day celebrations, spending six months in prison. In the 1936 municipal body elections, Bhaktavatsalam was elected to the Madras City Corporation and served as Deputy Mayor. He also participated in the Quit India Movement agitations and was jailed by the British. On his release in 1944, he was elected to the Constituent Assembly of India.
Bhaktavatsalam led the Indian National Congress during the 1950s and served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1963 to 1967. Following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 elections, Bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics. In January 2015, E V K S Elangovan, the chief of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee (TNCC), accused Bhaktavatsalam of being responsible for the killing of many anti-Hindi protestors and for ending the distribution of subsidised rice in the PDS (started by K. Kamaraj), thereby ending the golden rule of Kamraj in Tamil Nadu. Bhakthavatsalam passed away on 13 February 1987.
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