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| name = Tindivanam Gopala Venkatraman<br />
| image = T. G. Venkatraman.jpg<br />
| image_size = 200<br />
| office = [[Ministry of Surface Transport#Cabinet Ministers|Union Minister of Surface Transport]]<br />
| term_start = 1 June 1996<br />
| term_end = 19 March 1998<br />
| prime_minister = [[H. D. Deve Gowda]]<br/>[[Inder Kumar Gujral]]<br />
| predecessor = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]<br />
| successor = [[Sedapatti R. Muthiah]]<br />
| office1 = [[Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs#Cabinet Ministers|Union Minister of Urban Affairs and Employment]]<br />
| term_start1 = 14 November 1997<br />
| term_end1 = 10 December 1997<br />
| prime_minister1 = Inder Kumar Gujral<br />
| predecessor1 = [[Ummareddy Venkateswarlu]]<br />
| successor1 = Ummareddy Venkateswarlu<br />
| office2 = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]<br />
| constituency2 = [[Tindivanam Lok Sabha constituency|Tindivanam]]<br />
| term2 = 10 May 1996 — 3 March 1998<br />
| predecessor2 = K. Rama Murthee<br />
| successor2 = [[Gingee N. Ramachandran]]<br />
| office3 = [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]]<br />
| constituency3 = [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
| term_start3 = 25 July 1989<br />
| term_end3 = 24 July 1995<br />
| birth_name =<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|2|2}}<br />
| birth_place = Tindivanam, Villupuram district, Tamil Nadu<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|2|21|1931|2|2}}<br />
| spouse = Vasantha<br />
| occupation = Politician<br />
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] <br />
}}<br />
'''T. G. Venkatraman''' (2 February 1931 – 21 February 2013) was an Indian politician who was a member of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|D.M.K. Party]].<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Tindivanam G. Venkatraman was born in [[Tindivanam]], in [[Villupuram]] district on 2 February 1931. His father was Shri V. Gopala Gounder. He belonged to the [[Vanniyar]] Gounder community.<ref name="parliamentofindia1">{{cite web|url=http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok11/biodata/11tn31.htm |title=Biographical Sketch |publisher=Parliament of India |accessdate=11 November 2013}}</ref> He married Smt. V. Vasantha on 8 May 1960 and had three sons and one daughter. He gained a [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] degree at [[Annamalai University]], Chidambaram and a [[Bachelor of Laws|B.L.]] at Law College, [[Madras University]], Madras (Tamil Nadu).<br />
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He worked as Junior Advocate with Late Mr. Narayanasami Mudaliar (former Law Minister of Tamil Nadu) at chennai and later was practicing as an advocate at Tindivanam and throughout South Arcot district.<br />
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He died on 21 February 2013 at the age of 82.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=790515 |title=Former Union Minister T.G. Venkataraman Dead |publisher=OutlookIndia.com |date=21 February 2013 |accessdate=11 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111231934/http://news.outlookindia.com/items.aspx?artid=790515 |archivedate=11 November 2013 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><br />
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==Political life==<br />
He was a D.M.K. party member and activist. Contested for Legislative Assembly Elections in 1977 for D.M.K and lost to T.R. Erajaram Reddy INC.<br />
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He was elected to the [[Rajya Sabha]] in 1989 and served till 1995. He contested for the Lok Sabha elections representing D.M.K and got elected to the eleventh [[Lok Sabha]] in 1996, defeating his nearest rival Mr. Tindivanam. K. Ramamurthy (INC) with a whooping margin of 190, 276 votes. He was appointed Union Cabinet Minister of Surface Transport (Independent charge).<br />
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==Positions held==<br />
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*1978–85 – Member, General Council, D.M.K.<br />
*1989–95 – Elected to Rajya Sabha<br />
*1989–90 – Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Textiles<br />
*1990–91 – Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Steel and Mines<br />
*1992–94 – Member, Committee on Petitions<br />
*1993–94 – Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation<br />
*1996–98 – Elected to Lok Sabha (Eleventh)<br />
*1996–98 – Union Cabinet Minister, Surface Transport<br />
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==Social and cultural activities==<br />
*Member, Trust Board for [[Vannia Kula Kshatriya]] Thirumana Mandapam, 1980 onwards; <br />
*donor for a prize to backward class students in Govt. Arts College, Tindivanam, 1980 onwards<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/><br />
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[[Category:Annamalai University alumni]]<br />
[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Viluppuram district]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Union ministers from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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