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<p></p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician and activist}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}<br /> {{unreferenced|date=July 2013}}<br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;K. S. Venkatakrishna Reddiar&#039;&#039;&#039; (1909 &amp;ndash; 14 January 1966) was an Indian politician and activist of the cooperative movement. He served as President of the short-lived [[Congress Reform Committee]] from 1957 to 1959.<br /> <br /> == Early life ==<br /> Born in [[South Arcot]], Venkatakrishna Reddiar worked to establish cooperative societies. He joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and participated in the [[Indian independence movement]].<br /> <br /> == Congress Reform Committee ==<br /> Reddiar resigned from the Congress in 1957 when the party ignored him in favour of representatives from its ally, [[Tamil Nadu Toilers Party]] (TNT) for the 1957 elections. He formed the Congress Reform Committee along with [[C. Rajagopalachari]] and was elected as its first President.<br /> <br /> == Later life ==<br /> Reddiar resigned from the Congress Reform Committee (which had been renamed as [[Indian National Democratic Congress]]) when Rajagopalachari founded the [[Swatantra Party]] in 1959. Reddiar died of heart-attack on 14 January 1966 at the age of 56.<br /> <br /> {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddiar, K. S. Venkatakrishna}}<br /> [[Category:Indian National Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu]]<br /> [[Category:1909 births]]<br /> [[Category:1966 deaths]]<br /> [[Category:Date of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Place of birth missing]]<br /> [[Category:Place of death missing]]<br /> <br /> <br /> {{TamilNadu-INC-politician-stub}}</div>

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