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{{Infobox officeholder
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| name = Maragatham Chandrasekar
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| order1 = Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for [[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur]]
| term_start1 = 1962
| term_end1 = 1967
| monarch1 =
| primeminister1 = [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| predecessor1 = None
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| order2 = Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for [[Thiruvallur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvallur]]
| term_start2 = 1951
| term_end2 = 1957
| monarch2 =
| primeminister2 = [[Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru]]
| predecessor2 = None
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| birth_date = 11 November 1917
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| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2001|10|27|1917|11|11}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
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| profession = [[Politician]]
| spouse = R. Chandrasekar
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'''Maragatham Chandrasekar''' (11 November 1917 – 26 October 2001) was an Indian [[politician]] and [[Member of Parliament]] from the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/Maragatham-Chandrasekar-dead/articleshow/433604071.cms|title=Maragatham Chandrasekar dead|work=The Times of India|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hindu.com/2001/10/27/stories/02270007.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305055029/http://hindu.com/2001/10/27/stories/02270007.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=5 March 2014|work=[[The Hindu]]|title=Maragatham dead|date=2001-10-27|accessdate=29 March 2015}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Maragatham Chandrasekar was born Maragatham Muniswami to Vidwan Kalathur Muniswami on 11 November 1917. She obtained her [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[India]] and completed [[diplomas]] in free-lance, domestic science and dietetics courses in [[London]]. She also did a course on Specialized Institution Management and Administration at London. Maragatham married R. Chandrasekar and had a son (Lalit Chandrasekhar) and a daughter, [[Lata Priyakumar]] who also served as a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Politics==
Maragatham Chandrasekar joined the [[Indian National Congress]] and was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Tiruvallur]] in the 1951 parliamentary elections.<ref name="1951electionresults">{{Cite web|url=http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318023706/http://www.eci.gov.in/SR_KeyHighLights/LS_1951/VOL_1_51_LS.PDF|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 March 2009|title=Key highlights of the general elections 1951 to the First LokSabha|accessdate=2008-12-24|publisher=Election Commission of India}}</ref> She served as the Member of Lok Sabha for Tiruvallur from 1951 to 1957 and 1962 to 1967 and Member of the [[Rajya Sabha]] from 1970 to 1984. She served as the Union Deputy Minister for Health from 1951 to 1957, Home Affairs from 1962 to 1964 and Social Welfare from 1964 to 1967. In 1972, Maragatham was elected General Secretary of the [[All India Congress Committee]]. She was governor in Punjab state.

==Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi==
As former Member of Parliament from Sriperumbudur, Maragatham hosted the former Indian Prime Minister [[Rajiv Gandhi]] during his visit to [[Sriperumbudur]] in 1991. She was present at the rally in Sriperumbudur where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated.

==Death==
Maragatham died on 26 October 2001.

==See also==
* [[Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi]]

==Notes==
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==References==
* {{Cite web|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses8/191101.html|title=Obituary References|accessdate=2008-12-24|publisher=Parliament of India|work=LokSabha Debates 19 November 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201903/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls13/ses8/191101.html|archive-date=3 March 2016|url-status=dead}}
* http://www.india-today.com/itoday/20011112/despath.shtml

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