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| name = M. Bhakthavatsalam<br />
| image = M Bhaktavatsalam 2008 stamp of India.jpg <br />
| caption = M. Bhakthavatsalam Commemorative Stamp<br />
| office = 4rd [[List of chief ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Madras State]]<br />
| term_start = 2 October 1963<br />
| term_end = 5 March 1967<br />
| governor = [[Bishnuram Medhi]],<br />[[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]],<br />[[P. Chandra Reddy]] {{small|(Acting)}},<br />[[Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar]],<br />[[Ujjal Singh]] {{small|(Acting)}}<br />
| predecessor = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| successor = [[C. N. Annadurai]]<br />
| constituency = [[Sriperumbudur (state assembly constituency)|Sriperumbudur]]<br />
| office1 = [[Education minister|Minister of Finance and Education, Madras State]]<br />
| term_start1 = 3 March 1962<br />
| term_end1 = 2 October 1963<br />
| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata1 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| office2 = [[Department of Home, Prohibition and Excise|Minister of Home Affairs, Madras State]]<br />
| chief_minister3 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| term_start2 = 13 April 1957<br />
| term_end2 = 15 March 1962<br />
| predecessor2 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| successor2 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| office3 = [[Department of Agriculture (Tamil Nadu)|Minister of Agriculture, Madras State]]<br />
| 1blankname2 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata2 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| term_start3 = 13 April 1954<br />
| term_end3 = 15 March 1962<br />
| predecessor3 = R. Nagana Goud<br />
| successor3 = [[P. Kakkan]]<br />
| 1blankname3 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata3 = [[K. Kamaraj]]<br />
| office4 = [[Tamil Nadu Public Works Department|Minister of Public Works and Information, Madras Presidency]]<br />
| term_start4 = 24 March 1947<br />
| term_end4 = 6 April 1949<br />
| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister<br />
| 1namedata4 = [[O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar|Omanthur P. Ramaswamy Reddiar]]<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1897|10|09}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br />{{smaller|(present-day [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])}}<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1987|2|13|1897|10|09}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]<br />{{smaller|(present-day [[Chennai]])}}<br />
| resting_place = Periyavar Bhakthavatsalam Ninaividam<br />
| occupation = [[Politician]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]] <br />
| spouse = Gnanasundarambal<br />
| children = [[Sarojini Varadappan]]<br />
| website =<br />
}}<br />
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'''Minjur Bhakthavatsalam''' (9 October 1897 – 13 February 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|chief minister of Madras State]] from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] chief minister of [[Tamil Nadu]] and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.<br />
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Bhaktavatsalam was born on 9 October 1897 in the [[Madras Presidency]]. He studied law and practised as an advocate in the Madras High Court. He involved himself in politics and the freedom movement right from an early age and was imprisoned during the [[Salt Satyagraha]] and the [[Quit India Movement]]. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1937 and served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Rajaji government and as a minister in the O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar government. He led the Indian National Congress during the 1950s and served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1963 to 1967. Following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 elections, Bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics. He died on 13 February 1987 at the age of 89.</div>Snthilakammarist