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{{short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = J. Anbazhagan
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| office = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
| term_start = 2011
| term_end = 2020
| predecessor = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| successor = Udhayanidhi Stalin
| constituency = [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni]]
| term_start2 = 2001
| term_end2 = 2006
| constituency2 = [[Theagaraya Nagar (state assembly constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar]]
| predecessor2 = [[A. Chellakumar]]
| successor2 = [[V. P. Kalairajan]]
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| parents = Jayaraman(father)
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1958|06|10|df=yes}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2020|06|10|1958|06|10}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/j-anbazhagan-dmk-mla-dies-of-covid-19-in-chennai/articleshow/76294406.cms | title=J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai | work=[[The Times of India]] | date=10 June 2020 | access-date=10 June 2020}}</ref>
| death_place = [[Chennai, Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_cause = [[COVID-19]]
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'''Jayaraman Anbazhagan''' (10 June 1958 – 10 June 2020) was an Indian politician and a 3 times MLA (2001, 2011 & 2016), a Member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency]] in [[Chennai District]] from 2011 to 2020.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/j-anbazhagan-dmk-loses-its-bold-loyalist-who-never-compromised/articleshow/76317564.cms | title=J Anbazhagan: DMK loses its bold loyalist, who never compromised | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=D Govardan | date=11 June 2020 | access-date=4 January 2021}}</ref>

As a representative of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party, he was previously elected to the [[Theagaraya Nagar (State Assembly Constituency)|Theagaraya Nagar Constituency]] in [[2001 Tamil Nadu legislative assembly election|2001]] elections,<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/Stat_Rep_TN_2001.pdf 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> and was also defeated in the year 2006 election.

==Biography==
He was elected in the [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2011]]<ref>{{cite web|title=List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011|url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/member_list.pdf|publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref> and was re-elected from the same [[Chepauk (State Assembly Constituency)|Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency]] in [[Chennai District]] in the [[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|elections of 2016]].<ref>{{cite web |title=15th Assembly Members |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/15thassembly/members/001_050.html |access-date=2017-04-26}}</ref>

A diehard party loyalist, Anbazhagan was also bold and was often referred to as the second [[Veerapandy S. Arumugam]] (a senior leader and former DMK minister from Salem who died a few years ago) within the DMK. A three time MLA - though he was a strong man, he could not become a Minister as he returned to the Assembly all the times when his party DMK was sitting in opposition.

Anbazhagan died from [[COVID-19]] on his 62nd birthday on 10 June 2020, in [[Rela Institute & Medical Centre]] in [[Chromepet]], [[Chennai]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in India]],<ref>{{Cite web|last1=Narayan|first1=Pushpa|last2=Govardan|first2=D.|last3=B.|first3=Sivakumar|title=J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai {{!}} Chennai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/j-anbazhagan-dmk-mla-dies-of-covid-19-in-chennai/articleshow/76294406.cms|access-date=2020-06-10|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=தமிழகத்தில் கொரோனாவால் உயிரிழந்த திமுக எம்.எல்.ஏ ஜெ.அன்பழகன்... கண்ணீர் விட்டு கலங்கிய மு.க.ஸ்டாலின்..!|url=https://tamil.asianetnews.com/politics/corona-affect-dmk-mla-j-anbazhagan-dead-qbowtw|access-date=2020-06-10|website=Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd|language=ta}}</ref> making him the first legislator in [[India]] to have died from the virus.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/jun/10/rip-j-anbazhagan-an-outspoken-leader-who-fought-against-the-sale-of-gutka-in-tamil-nadu-2154787.html | title=RIP J Anbazhagan: An outspoken leader who fought against the sale of gutka in Tamil Nadu | publisher=The New Indian Express | date=10 June 2020 | access-date=11 June 2020}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
;As producer
*''[[Aadhi Baghavan]]'' (2013)

;As distributor
*''[[Yaaruda Mahesh]]'' (2013)

== References ==
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{{Members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (2011-2016)|state=collapsed}}

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[[Category:Members of the 15th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 12th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in India]]

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