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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit Ezhilmalai &#039;&#039;&#039; (24 June 1945 – 6 May 2020) was an Indian union minister. He was a leader of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], and was Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare (Independent Charge) during the [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]] in 1998–99.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&#039;&#039;&#039;Dalit Ezhilmalai &#039;&#039;&#039; (24 June 1945 – 6 May 2020) was an Indian union minister. He was a leader of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(PMK)&lt;/ins&gt;, and was Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare (Independent Charge) during the [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]] in 1998–99.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Early life ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was born on 24 June 1945 in &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Chengai &lt;/del&gt;in [[Chengalpattu]] district in [[Tamil Nadu&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]. As an army officer he took part in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971&lt;/del&gt;]]. He &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;was a recipient of the K Sainik Seva Medal from the president for meritorious service in the [[Indian Army]]. Born in Irumbedu village in Madurantakam taluk of Chengalpattu district on June 24, 1945, Mr. Ezhilmalai &lt;/del&gt;served the erstwhile Post &amp;amp; Telegraph Department between 1963 and 1987. During this period, he was sent on deputation to the Army for five years up to 1974. &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He &lt;/del&gt;took part in the Indo- &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pakistan &lt;/del&gt;War of 1971 &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;and &lt;/del&gt;was a recipient of Sainik &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Sewa &lt;/del&gt;Medal from the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;President &lt;/del&gt;for meritorious service in the Army. Even while in the government service, he held key positions in the National Federation of Postal Union and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees Association Co-ordination Committee, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, besides launching the Dalit People&#039;s Front in 1980&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. After the formation of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in 1989, he joined the party and became its general secretary. In the 1998 Lok Sabha election, he was elected from the Chidambaram (reserved) constituency when the PMK contested the poll as part of the AIADMK-led coalition. In March 1998, he was made Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare with independent charge. However, in August 1999, he quit the PMK as he was denied the party nomination to contest again from the constituency. Later, he joined the AIADMK&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;He was born on 24 June 1945 in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Irumbedu village &lt;/ins&gt;in &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Madurantakam taluk of  &lt;/ins&gt;[[Chengalpattu]] district in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He served the erstwhile Post &amp;amp; Telegraph Department between 1963 and 1987. During this period, he was sent on deputation to the Army for five years up to 1974. &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;As an army officer he &lt;/ins&gt;took part in the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[&lt;/ins&gt;Indo-&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Pakistani &lt;/ins&gt;War of 1971&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]. He &lt;/ins&gt;was a recipient of &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the K &lt;/ins&gt;Sainik &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;Seva &lt;/ins&gt;Medal from the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;president of India &lt;/ins&gt;for meritorious service in the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;[[Indian &lt;/ins&gt;Army&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;]]&lt;/ins&gt;. Even while in the government service, he held key positions in the National Federation of Postal Union and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees Association Co-ordination Committee, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, besides launching the Dalit People&#039;s Front in 1980.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Career ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;−&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;He was elected to &lt;/del&gt;the &lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;12th &lt;/del&gt;[[Lok Sabha]] from [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]]&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. He later joined &lt;/del&gt;[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] and was elected as an AIADMK MP from [[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in the 2001 by-election&lt;del style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;. Dalit Ezhilmalai was the former Union Minister of State for Health in the Vajpayee Cabinet&lt;/del&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot; data-marker=&quot;+&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;After the formation of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in 1989, he joined the party and became its general secretary. In &lt;/ins&gt;the &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;1998 &lt;/ins&gt;[[Lok Sabha]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;election, he was elected &lt;/ins&gt;from &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;the &lt;/ins&gt;[[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]] &lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;(reserved) constituency when the PMK contested the poll as part of the &lt;/ins&gt;[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]&lt;ins style=&quot;font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;&quot;&gt;-led coalition. In March 1998, he was made Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare with independent charge in the Vajpayee Cabinet. However, in August 1999, he quit the PMK as he was denied the party nomination to contest again from the constituency. Later, he joined the AIADMK &lt;/ins&gt;and was elected as an AIADMK MP from [[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in the 2001 by-election.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Death ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td class=&quot;diff-marker&quot;&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;td style=&quot;background-color: #f8f9fa; color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #eaecf0; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;&quot;&gt;&lt;div&gt;== Death ==&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;
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		<author><name>&gt;Rodw</name></author>
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{{Infobox officeholder&lt;br /&gt;
| name                = Dalit Ezhilmalai&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_date          = 24 June 1945&lt;br /&gt;
| death_date          = 6 May 2020 (aged 74)&lt;br /&gt;
| birth_place         = [[Chengalpattu]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| death_place         = [[Chennai]], [[India]]&lt;br /&gt;
| branch              = {{Army|India}}&lt;br /&gt;
| battles             = [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]&lt;br /&gt;
| office              = [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]&lt;br /&gt;
| party               = [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]&amp;lt;br&amp;gt;[[AIADMK]]&lt;br /&gt;
| termstart           = 1998&lt;br /&gt;
| termend             = 1999&lt;br /&gt;
| predecessor         = V. Ganesan&lt;br /&gt;
| successor           = [[E. Ponnuswamy]]&lt;br /&gt;
}}&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Dalit Ezhilmalai &amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (24 June 1945 – 6 May 2020) was an Indian union minister. He was a leader of the [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]], and was Union Minister of State, Health and Family Welfare (Independent Charge) during the [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Atal Bihari Vajpayee government]] in 1998–99.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Early life ==&lt;br /&gt;
He was born on 24 June 1945 in Chengai in [[Chengalpattu]] district in [[Tamil Nadu]]. As an army officer he took part in the [[Indo-Pakistani War of 1971]]. He was a recipient of the K Sainik Seva Medal from the president for meritorious service in the [[Indian Army]]. Born in Irumbedu village in Madurantakam taluk of Chengalpattu district on June 24, 1945, Mr. Ezhilmalai served the erstwhile Post &amp;amp; Telegraph Department between 1963 and 1987. During this period, he was sent on deputation to the Army for five years up to 1974. He took part in the Indo- Pakistan War of 1971 and was a recipient of Sainik Sewa Medal from the President for meritorious service in the Army. Even while in the government service, he held key positions in the National Federation of Postal Union and Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Employees Association Co-ordination Committee, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry, besides launching the Dalit People&amp;#039;s Front in 1980. After the formation of the Pattali Makkal Katchi in 1989, he joined the party and became its general secretary. In the 1998 Lok Sabha election, he was elected from the Chidambaram (reserved) constituency when the PMK contested the poll as part of the AIADMK-led coalition. In March 1998, he was made Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare with independent charge. However, in August 1999, he quit the PMK as he was denied the party nomination to contest again from the constituency. Later, he joined the AIADMK.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Career ==&lt;br /&gt;
He was elected to the 12th [[Lok Sabha]] from [[Chidambaram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chidambaram]]. He later joined [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] and was elected as an AIADMK MP from [[Tiruchirappalli (Lok Sabha constituency)]] in the 2001 by-election. Dalit Ezhilmalai was the former Union Minister of State for Health in the Vajpayee Cabinet.&lt;br /&gt;
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== Death ==&lt;br /&gt;
He died on 6 May 2020, aged 74, in [[Chennai]].&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;[https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/former-union-minister-dalit-ezhilmalai-passes-away-at-74/article31515262.ece/ Former Union Minister Dalit Ezhilmalai passes away at 74]&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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== External links ==&lt;br /&gt;
* [http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12tn12.htm Parliament of India]&lt;br /&gt;
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080527051945/http://www.bjp.org/news/profile1.htm BJP - Short Bio (Archive)]&lt;br /&gt;
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