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'''Deiva Zivarattinam''' (born 3 December 1894, [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]], d. 25 March 1975, Pondicherry) was an [[India]]n politician. He represented Pondicherry (then a [[France|French]] colony) in the French Constituent Assembly election in 1945.<ref name="assa">{{citation|url=http://www.assemblee-nationale.fr/histoire/biographies/IVRepublique/zivarattinam-deiva-03121894.asp|title=Biographies des députés de la IVe République: Dieva ZIVARATTINAM|newspaper=[[National Assembly of France]]|accessdate=2009-12-25|language=fr}} {{deadlink|date=February 2020}}</ref><br />
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Zivarattinam studied law and became a lawyer. He was appointed to the provisional Constituent Assembly, that had been assembled by [[Charles de Gaulle]] in [[Algiers]] in November 1943. His mandate was validated on 13 January 1944. Zivarattinam was included in the Overseas Commission of the assembly. At the time, Zivarattinam's health was weak. On 7 November 1944 he moved to [[Paris]] to where the provisional Constituent Assembly had shifted. During the Paris sessions, he participated in Overseas Commission, Labour and Social Affairs Commission, Permanent Coordination Commission and the Muslim Affairs Commission.<ref name="assa"/><br />
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In the [[1945 French legislative election|1945 French Constituent Assembly election]], Zivarattinam stood as a candidate of the Social Democratic Union for the [[French India]] seat. He won the seat, having gotten 22,171 votes (46.8%). He sat in the Democratic and Socialist Resistance (RDS) group. In the assembly he was a member of the Overseas Commission and the Justice and General Legislation Commission.<ref name="assa"/> In the Overseas Commission (chaired by [[Lamine Guèye (politician)|Lamine Guèye]]), he became one of the secretaries.<ref>Lara, Oruno D. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=INvbSy3Sw-0C De l'oubli à l'histoire: espace et identité caraïbes : Guadeloupe, Guyane, Haïti, Martinique]''. Paris: Maisonneuve & Larose, 1998. p. 220</ref><br />
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Zivarattinam lost his seat in the [[June 1946 French legislative election|June 1946 elections]], being defeated by [[Lambert Saravane]]. Zivarattinam received merely 18 votes.<ref name="assa"/><br />
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Towards the end of French rule of Pondicherry, he led a political party called the [[Town Congress]]. The Town Congress favoured integration with India.<ref name="assa"/><br />
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