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| order1 = Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for [[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
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'''C. Muthuswamy Gounder''' (born 1917) was a [[Swatantra Party]] [[politician]] from the [[Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] who served as the Member of Parliament for Karur from 1967 to 1971.<ref name="key_highlights">{{cite web|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf|title=KEY HIGHLIGHTS, GENERAL ELECTIONS, FOURTH LOK SABHA, 1967|publisher=Election Commission of India}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><br />
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== Background ==<br />
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Muthuswamy Gounder was born in 1917 in a prominent family of Karur in Tamil Nadu (then in Madras Presidency). His father was a district-level politician and member of the taluk and district boards while his uncle was a member of Lok Sabha. Muthuswamy graduated in agricultural science before entering politics.<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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Muthuswamy, initially, joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and served as a Pradesh Congress Committee member. In 1957, he left the Indian National Congress and joined the National Democratic Congress started by [[Rajaji]]. He was the Joint Secreatary of the National Democratic Congress until it merger with the [[Swatantra Party]]. He became the President of the [[Trichy]] district unit of the Swatanta Party and successfully stood for election to the [[Lok Sabha]] from Karur.<br />
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Muthuswamy served as the Member of Parliament for Karur from 1967 to 1971 when he lost to K. Gopal of the Indian National Congress.<br />
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