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| honorific-prefix = '''[[Sriman|Sri.]]'''<br />
| name = Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Narasimhan<br />
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| order1 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]] <br />
| term_start1 = 1952<br />
| term_end1 = 1962<br />
| monarch1 = <br />
| constituency1 = [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]<br />
| predecessor1 = ''Position established''<br />
| successor1 = [[K. Rajaram]]<br />
| birth_date = 1909<br />
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| death_date = {{death year and age|1989|1909}}<br />
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| nationality = {{Flag|India}}n<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
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| profession = [[Politician]]<br />
| parents = [[C. Rajagopalachari]]<br/>Alamelu Mangalamma<br />
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'''Chakravarti Rajagopalachari Narasimhan''' (1909–1989) was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and member of the Indian Parliament from 1952 to 1962. He was the son of Indian statesman [[Chakravarti Rajagopalachari]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Narasimhan was born in Salem in 1909 to Chakravarti Rajagopalachari and Chakravarti Alamelu Mangamma. Rajagopalachari was a lawyer and member of the Salem municipality at that time. Narasimhan joined the [[Indian independence movement]] in 1920 at the age of 11 and was imprisoned for his participation in the 1930 [[Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha]].<br />
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== Post-independence politics ==<br />
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In 1951, Narasimhan stood for the Lok Sabha elections from Krishnagiri parliamentary constituency and was elected by a margin of 6,194 votes over his nearest rival, C. Doraisami Gounder.<ref name="1951elections">{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections 1951 to the First Lok Sabha |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |publisher=Election Commission of India |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008191615/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF |archivedate=8 October 2014 |df=dmy }}</ref> He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1957 by a close margin of 367 votes over his nearest rival [[G. D. Naidu]]<ref name="1957elections">{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections 1957 to the Second Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1957/Vol_I_57_LS.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> and served till 1962 when he lost his seat to [[K. Rajaram]] of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]].<ref name="1962elections">{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections 1962 to the Second Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> He stayed on in the Indian National Congress even after his father had quit the party and had allied with its opponents quitting the Indian National Congress and joining the [[Swatantra Party]] only in the 1960s.<br />
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In 1970, Narasimhan was elected to the Corporation of Madras and served till 1975. He was also the leader of the Swatantra Party in the corporation. Narasimhan was at Rajaji's bedside when he died in his hospital bed on 27 December 1972.<br />
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Narasimhan also served as Chairman, Gandhi ashram, [[Tiruchengode]] and as a member of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition Committee.<br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Narasimhan died in 1989 at the age of 80.<br />
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== Family ==<br />
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Narasimhan is the maternal uncle of [[Rajmohan Gandhi]], [[Gopalkrishna Gandhi]], [[Ramchandra Gandhi]] and Tara (Bhattacharya).<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:1909 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Swatantra Party politicians]]<br />
[[Category:1st Lok Sabha members]]<br />
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[[Category:Indian independence activists from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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