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Mayor Chittibabu
Office 29th Mayor of Chennai
Office Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha






Predecessor S. Krishnamurthy
Successor Era Sambandham
Predecessor O. V. Alagesan
Successor R. Mohanarangam


Constituency Chengalpattu constituency
Born 1935-10-19
Born Tindivanam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died Template:Death date and age
Place of death Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
(now Chennai)



Political party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse Gangabai,Rajalakshmi
Children Sekhar,Sukumar,Vishweshwaran,Malathi




Chockalinga Chittibabu commonly known as Mayor Chittibabu was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chengalpattu constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967 and 1971 elections.[1][2] He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965.< He was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act after Indira Gandhi declared emergency and the DMK government was dismissed in 1976.He was jailed along with DMK leaders and Chittibabu died of injuries and police torture suffered while trying to save M.K.Stalin in Central Prison, Madras .[3][4][5][6][7][8]

The year of 1975 was a tough time for India and its democracy. That year, Indira Gandhi, the then Congress Prime Minister of India, declared Emergency on the Country, suppressing civil rights and unleashing a rein of terror.

References

  1. Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha Template:Webarchive
  2. Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha Template:Webarchive
  3. What makes MK Stalin the political successor of Karunanidhi(6 June 2013).
  4. The end of a prison’s days. Tehelka(7 March 2009).
  5. Historical Dictionary of the Tamils{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Scarecrow Press(22 May 2007). ISBN 978-0-8108-6445-0
  6. MISA detention taught me a tough lesson, says Stalin(1 February 2016).
  7. Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Council of States Secretariat(1978)
  8. India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. Pearson Education India(2011). ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0