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| name = Anbil P. Dharmalingam<br />
| birth_date = 1919<br />
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| title = founder member of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]<br />
| party = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam<br />
| children = [[Anbil Poyyamozhi]], [[Anbil Rajendran]], [[Anbil Periyasamy]], Rani<br />
}}<br />
'''Anbil P. Dharmalingam''' was a politician from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]] and founder member of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]. The [[Anbil Dharmalingam Agricultural College and Research Institute]] is named after him.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
Anbil Dharmalingam was one of the founder-members of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK).<ref name="dharmalingam_dmk1">{{cite book | title=Challenge and Response: An Intimate Report of Tamil Nadu Politics, 1967-1971| last=Ramanujan| first=K. S.| year=1971| pages=216| publisher=Sundara Prachuralayam}}</ref><br />
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When the DMK was elected to power in 1967, Dharmalingam served as the Minister for Local Administration<ref name="local_administration">{{cite book | title=Proceedings| last=All India Council of Mayors| year=1973| pages=72}}</ref> and Agriculture a various times.<ref name="minister_of_agriculture">{{cite book | title=The Indian Journal of Social Work| year=1956| pages=183| publisher=Tata Institute of Social Sciences}}</ref><br />
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At a rally held in [[North Arcot district]] on 7 and 8 April 1973 in which Dharmalingam and five other Ministers presided, he declared that formation of an independent Tamil Nadu was the aim of the DMK.<ref name="parties_encyclopedia">{{cite book | title=Encyclopaedia of Political Parties| last=Ralhan| first=O. P.| year=2002| pages=238| publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD | id={{ISBN|8174888659}}, {{ISBN|978-81-7488-865-5}}}}</ref><ref name="parties_annualregister">{{cite book | title=The Annual Register of Indian Political Parties| last=Indian Institute of Applied Political Research| year=1974| pages=695| publisher=Orientalia}}</ref><br />
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== Electoral records ==<br />
He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate from [[Lalgudi (State Assembly Constituency)|Lalgudi constituency]] in [[1962 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1962]] and [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980 elections]] and from [[Tiruchirappalli - II (State Assembly Constituency)|Tiruchirappalli - II constituency]] in [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971 election]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><br />
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== Family & Death ==<br />
Anbil Dharmalingam died in 1993,His sons [[Anbil Periyasamy]] and [[Anbil Poyyamozhi]] have been members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and have served in Tamil Nadu legislative assembly.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/01/29/stories/04292232.htm|title=CM announces candidates for two seats|publisher=The Hindu|date=29 January 2000|access-date=31 August 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041129201921/http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/2000/01/29/stories/04292232.htm|archive-date=29 November 2004|url-status=usurped}}</ref><br />
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