| Office | Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
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|---|---|
| Term start | 2011 |
| Term end | 2020 |
| Predecessor | M. Karunanidhi |
| Successor | Udhayanidhi Stalin
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| Constituency | Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni
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| Born | 1958-06-10
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| Died | Template:Death date and age[1] |
| Place of death | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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| Political party | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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Jayaraman Anbazhagan (10 June 1958 – 10 June 2020) was an Indian politician and a 3 times MLA (2001, 2011 & 2016), a Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency in Chennai District from 2011 to 2020.[2]
As a representative of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party, he was previously elected to the Theagaraya Nagar Constituency in 2001 elections,[3] and was also defeated in the year 2006 election.
Biography
He was elected in the elections of 2011[4] and was re-elected from the same Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni constituency in Chennai District in the elections of 2016.[5]
A diehard party loyalist, Anbazhagan was also bold and was often referred to as the second Veerapandy S. Arumugam (a senior leader and former DMK minister from Salem who died a few years ago) within the DMK. A three time MLA - though he was a strong man, he could not become a Minister as he returned to the Assembly all the times when his party DMK was sitting in opposition.
Anbazhagan died from COVID-19 on his 62nd birthday on 10 June 2020, in Rela Institute & Medical Centre in Chromepet, Chennai during the COVID-19 pandemic in India,[6][7] making him the first legislator in India to have died from the virus.[8]
Filmography
- As producer
- Aadhi Baghavan (2013)
- As distributor
- Yaaruda Mahesh (2013)
References
- ↑ J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai(10 June 2020). Retrieved 10 June 2020.
- ↑ J Anbazhagan: DMK loses its bold loyalist, who never compromised. The Times of India(11 June 2020). Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ↑ 2001 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
- ↑ List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011. Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ↑ 15th Assembly Members. Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 2017-04-26.
- ↑ J Anbazhagan, DMK MLA, dies of Covid-19 in Chennai | Chennai News - Times of India. The Times of India. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ தமிழகத்தில் கொரோனாவால் உயிரிழந்த திமுக எம்.எல்.ஏ ஜெ.அன்பழகன்... கண்ணீர் விட்டு கலங்கிய மு.க.ஸ்டாலின்..!. Asianet News Network Pvt Ltd. Retrieved 2020-06-10.
- ↑ RIP J Anbazhagan: An outspoken leader who fought against the sale of gutka in Tamil Nadu. The New Indian Express(10 June 2020). Retrieved 11 June 2020.
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