K. Ramachandran

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{{Short description|Indian politician (born 1951)}}
{{use Indian English|date=May 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Ramachandran
| relations =
| office = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Minister for Tourism]] [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| minister =
| term_start = 14 December 2022
| office1 = [[Tamil Nadu Council of Ministers|Minister for Forests]] [[Government of Tamil Nadu]]
| constituency1 =

| term1 =
| predecessor1 = [[Dindigul C. Sreenivasan]]
| successor = [[R. Rajendran (DMK politician)|R.Rajendran]]
| party = [[File:Flag DMK.svg|20px]] [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| term_end = 29 September 2024
| predecessor = [[M. Mathiventhan]]
| office2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| termstart2 = 2 May 2021
| termend2 =
| constituency4 = [[Gudalur Assembly constituency|Gudalur]]
| term4 = 11 May 2006 — 13 May 2011
| term3 = 23 May 2011 — 21 May 2016
| constituency3 = [[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]

| constituency2 = [[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]
| successor1 = [[M. Mathiventhan]]
| termstart1 = 7 May 2021
| termend1 = 14 December 2022
}}

'''K. Ramachandran''' (born 9 August 1951) is an Indian politician and the Minister for Forests in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was born in [[Coonoor]].

He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]](DMK) candidate from [[Gudalur (State Assembly Constituency)|Gudalur constituency]] in 2006<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_TN_2006.pdf 2006 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and from [[Coonoor (State Assembly Constituency)|Coonoor constituency]] in 2011 and 2021.<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011 |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |publisher=Govt. of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320103427/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf |archivedate=20 March 2012 }}</ref>

He also served as the Minister for Khadi of Tamil Nadu from 2006-2011 in the Cabinet of Dr.[[M. Karunanidhi]].

The Coonoor seat had long been held by the DMK but supporters of Ramachandran were incensed that he was deselected for the [[2016 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2016 elections]] and threatened to rebel. The new candidate was [[B. M. Mubarak]], who had also been given the post of district secretary of the party in [[Nilgiris]] after Ramachandran had been removed from it in 2014.<ref>{{cite news |title=DMK protest over nominee: Chappals hurled at A Raja |first=B. |last=Ravichandran |date=23 April 2016 |work=The Asian Age |url=https://www.asianage.com/india/dmk-protest-over-nominee-chappals-hurled-raja-507 |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> The DMK lost the seat.<ref>{{cite news |work=The Times of India |date=20 May 2016 |title=AIADMK wins back Coonoor seat after a gap of 25 years |accessdate=2017-05-06 |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/AIADMK-wins-back-Coonoor-seat-after-a-gap-of-25-years/articleshow/52351973.cms}}</ref>

==Elections Contested==
=== Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Elections ===
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!Elections
!Constituency
!Party
!Result
!Vote percentage
!Opposition candidate
!Opposition party
!Opposition vote percentage
|-
|[[2006 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Gudalur Assembly constituency|Gudalur]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||51.72||A. Miller||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||37.61
|-
|[[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||50.66||Bellie. A||[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]||42.98
|-
|[[2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election]]||[[Coonoor Assembly constituency|Coonoor]]||[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]||{{Won}}||45.89||Vinoth. D||[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]||42.84
|}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Government of Tamil Nadu}}
{{Council of Ministers of Tamil Nadu}}

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[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:People from Coonoor]]
[[Category:Tamil Nadu MLAs 2021–2026]]

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Hashim Abdul Halim

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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2011}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Hashim Abdul Halim
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1935|6|5}}<ref name=moi>[http://www.mapsofindia.com/west-bengal/legislature/speaker.html Speaker of West Bengal] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010093433/http://www.mapsofindia.com/west-bengal/legislature/speaker.html |date=10 October 2012 }}. MapsofIndia.com. (Retrieved 3 June 2011)</ref>
| birth_place =
| residence = [[Kolkata]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2015|11|2|1935|6|5}}
| death_place = Kolkata, India
| office5 = [[Cabinet Minister]], [[Government of West Bengal]]
| 2blankname5 = Ministry
| 2namedata5 = Minister, Judicial Department, Government of West Bengal<ref name=lb>[http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/States%5Cwestbengal%5Cspeaker.htm Shri Hashim Abdul Halim, MLA]. LegislativeBodiesIndia.nic.in. (Retrieved 6 May 2011)</ref>
| term_start5 = 1977<ref name=lb/>
| term_end5 = 1982<ref name=lb/>
| constituency =
| predecessor =
| successor =
| office2 = [[Speaker of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start2 = 6 May 1982<ref name=moi/>
| term_end2 = 18 May 2011
| constituency2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 = [[Gyan Singh Sohanpal]] ([[pro tem]]) [[Biman Banerjee]]
| term_start4 = 1977
| term_end4 = 2006
| constituency4 = [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]]
| predecessor4 = New Seat
| successor4 = [[Abdus Sattar (West Bengal politician)|Abdus Sattar]]
| office3 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start3 = 11 May 2006
| term_end3 = 13 May 2011
| constituency3 = [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]]
| predecessor3 = Md. Abu Sufyan
| successor3 = Swarna Kamal Saha
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse =
| college =
| children = 4(Including Fuad Halim)
| faculty =
| website =
| source =
| governor5 = [[Anthony Lancelot Dias]] [[Tribhuvana Narayana Singh]] [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]]
| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister
| 1namedata5 = [[Jyoti Basu]]
| governor2 = [[Bhairab Dutt Pande]] [[Anant Sharma|Anant Prasad Sharma]] [[Uma Shankar Dikshit]] [[Saiyid Nurul Hasan]] [[K. V. Raghunatha Reddy]] [[Viren J. Shah]] [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]] [[M. K. Narayanan]]
}}
'''Hashim Abdul Halim''' (5 June 1935 – 2 November 2015) was an Indian communist and politician who was speaker of the [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly]] from 1982 to 2011.

==Life and career==
Abdul Halim started his career as a practising lawyer. He was also an [[alderman]] at the [[Kolkata Municipal Corporation]]. His uncle, M. Ishaque, was a member of the Congress Party and a freedom fighter. He had also served as the chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and president of the World Federation of United Nations Association.<ref>[http://www.drfuadhalim.in/ Dr. Fuad Halim | Home Page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110818072256/http://www.drfuadhalim.in/ |date=18 August 2011 }}. (Retrieved 27 August 2011).</ref>

A member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal for the first time in 1977. Thereafter, he served in the assembly for six terms, from 1977 to 2011. He was the minister for Judicial Affairs in the [[Government of West Bengal]] from 1977 to 1982 and subsequently served as speaker of the Legislative Assembly from 1982 to 2011. He was the [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] for [[Amdanga (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Amdanga]] constituency from 1977 to 2006, when he shifted his constituency to the [[Entally (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Entally]] constituency. He was the MLA from Entally until 2011. He served in numerous departments and committees of West Bengal. Abdul Halim also represented West Bengal at numerous seminars in India and abroad. Abdul Halim was the longest-serving speaker of any legislative assembly in India, serving consecutively for 29 years, from 6 May 1982 to May 2011.<ref name="lb"/> After the [[WB2011|2011 elections in West Bengal]], Abdul Halim was replaced by [[Biman Banerjee]] as the Speaker of the West Bengal Vidhan Sabha.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

Abdul Halim held a master's degree in commerce, a bachelor's degree in law and was awarded an honorary doctorate by [[Soka University]], Tokyo. He was married and had four children. His son, Fuad Halim, was the CPI(M) candidate for the [[Ballygunge (Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Ballygunge]] constituency in the 2011 West Bengal elections, but lost to [[Trinamool Congress]]' [[Subrata Mukherjee]] by 41,000 votes.{{citation needed|date=November 2015}}

Abdul Halim died on 2 November 2015 in Kolkata at the age of 80.<ref>{{cite web|title=Former West Bengal assembly speaker Hashim Abdul Halim died in Kolkata|url=http://www.prepsure.com/former-west-bengal-assembly-speaker-hashim-abdul-halim-died-in-kolkata/|website=PrepSure.com|access-date=5 January 2016|archive-date=2 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202072329/http://www.prepsure.com/former-west-bengal-assembly-speaker-hashim-abdul-halim-died-in-kolkata/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
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{{West Bengal Legislative Assembly2}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1977–1982]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1982–1987]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1987–1991]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1991–1996]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 1996–2001]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2001–2006]]
[[Category:West Bengal MLAs 2006–2011]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India (Marxist) politicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Speakers of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:People from Barasat Sadar subdivision]]
[[Category:Politicians from North 24 Parganas district]]

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