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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =
| name = K. Rajaram
| honorific-suffix =
| image = K Rajaram.jpg
| caption = Rajaram as speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
| imagesize =
| order1 = Tamil Nadu minister for Food and Civil Supplies
| term_start1 = 1991
| term_end1 = 1992
| monarch1 =
| Chief minister1 = [[J. Jayalalitha]]
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| order2 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for [[Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panamarathupatti]]
| term_start2 = 1991
| term_end2 = 1996
| monarch2 =
| primeminister2 =
| predecessor2 = [[S. R. Sivalingam]]
| successor2 = [[S. R. Sivalingam]]
| order3 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for [[Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panamarathupatti]]
| term_start3 = 1980
| term_end3 = 1989
| monarch3 =
| primeminister3 =
| predecessor3 = [[N. Subbarayan]]
| successor3 = [[S. R. Sivalingam]]
| order4 = Tamil Nadu minister for Industries and Irrigation
| term_start4 = 1985
| term_end4 = 1989
| monarch4 =
| Chief minister4 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| predecessor4 =
| successor4 =
| order5 = Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
| term_start5 = 1980
| term_end5 = 1985
| monarch5 =
| Chief minister5 = [[M. G. Ramachandran]]
| predecessor5 = [[Munu Adhi]]
| successor5 = [[P. H. Pandian]]
| order6 = Tamil Nadu minister for Labour
| term_start6 = 1973
| term_end6 = 1976
| monarch6 =
| Chief minister6 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| predecessor6 =
| successor6 =
| order7 = Tamil Nadu minister for Housing and Backward Classes
| term_start7 = 1971
| term_end7 = 1973
| monarch7 =
| Chief minister7 = [[M. Karunanidhi]]
| predecessor7 =
| successor7 =
| order8 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for [[Salem - II (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem II]]
| term_start8 = 1971
| term_end8 = 1976
| monarch8 =
| primeminister8 =
| predecessor8 = [[E. R. Krishnan]]
| successor8 = [[M. Arumugam]]
| order9 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] for [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]]
| term_start9 = 1967
| term_end9 = 1971
| monarch9 =
| primeminister9 = [[Indira Gandhi]]
| predecessor9 = [[S. V. Ramaswamy]]
| successor9 = [[E. R. Krishnan]]
| order10 = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha]] for [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]]
| term_start10 = 1962
| term_end10 = 1967
| monarch10 =
| primeminister10 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], [[Lal Bahadur Shastri]], [[Indira Gandhi]]
| predecessor10 = [[C. R. Narasimhan]]
| successor10 = [[M. Kamalanathan]]
| birth_date = 26 August 1926
| birth_place =
| death_date = 8 February 2008 (aged 82)
| death_place =
| party = [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] | ownparty =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], [[Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| religion =
| alma_mater =
| profession = [[Politician]]
| spouse = Santhakumari Rajaram
| children = R. Rajasekar
| parents = Father : Kasthuri Pillai Mother : Vijayambal
| relations = • K. Jayaseelan (Brother) • Dr. K. Rajendran ( Brother) • K. Sulochana (Sister) • K. Manonmani (Sister) • K. Prema (Sister) • Dr. K. Kanthraj (brother) • [[K. A. Manoharan|Dr. K. A. Manoharan]] (co - brother)
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'''K. Rajaram''' (26 August 1926 – 8 February 2008) was an Indian politician of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) and later, [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He served as the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.<ref name="india_speakerslist">{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archive-date= 6 October 2014 }}</ref><ref name="tamilnadu_speakerslist">{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm}}</ref>

Rajaram rose to prominence in 1962 when he defeated [[C. R. Narasimhan]], son of [[C. Rajagopalachari]] while contesting from Krishnagiri as a candidate 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 was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from [[Salem - II (State Assembly Constituency)|Salem II constituency]] in 1971 as a DMK candidate and from the [[Panamarathupatti (State Assembly Constituency)|Panamarathupatti constituency]] in 1980,84 and 91 as an ADMK candidate. He served as the Minister for Housing and Backward Classes during 1971–73 and as the Minister for Labour during 1973–76 in the [[M. Karunanidhi]] cabinet. He was the Minister for Industries during 1985–89 in the [[M. G. Ramachandran]] cabinet and the Minister for Food during 1991–92 in the [[J. Jayalalitha]] cabinet. He also served as a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Lok Sabha]] from [[Krishnagiri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Krishnagiri]] during 1962–67 and from [[Salem (Lok Sabha constituency)|Salem]] during 1967–71.<ref name="who">{{cite book |year=1993|title=India who's who |publisher=INFA Publications| pages=182| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7EZAAAAYAAJ&q=rajaram}}</ref><ref name="data">{{cite book | year= 1985| title=Data India| publisher=Press Institute of India|pages=144| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn9DAAAAYAAJ&q=K.+Rajaram}}</ref><ref name="recorder">{{cite book | year= 1992| title=Asian recorder, Issue 28| publisher=Recorder Press| pages=22085| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ez1tAAAAMAAJ&q=K.+Rajaram}}</ref>

==Literary works==
===Books===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Type
! Work
! Publisher
|-
| 1994
| Autobiography
| '''[[Oru Saamaaniyanin Ninaivugal]]''' (Tamil)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://books.nakkheeran.in/product-category/politics/|title=Politics – N Store}}</ref>
| [[Nakkheeran]] Publications
|}

== Notes ==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080212135731/http://www.hindu.com/2008/02/09/stories/2008020952980400.htm K. Rajaram's obituary]

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{{succession box|title=Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|before=[[Munu Adhi]]|after=[[P. H. Pandian]]|years=1980–1985}}
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[[Category:1926 births]]
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[[Category:Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:3rd Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:People from Krishnagiri district]]
[[Category:People from Salem district]]
[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

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