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	==Early life and education==		==Early life and education==

	He was born to a agricultural family, completed his B.Sc. in Physics from [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. Mahalingam was married to Mariyammal. The couple had three sons, Manickam, Balasubramaniam, and Srinivaasan; and a daughter, Karunambal Vanavarayar.~~<~~ref name=":0" /~~>~~		He was born to a agricultural family, completed his B.Sc. in Physics from [[Loyola College, Chennai]]. Mahalingam was married to Mariyammal. The couple had three sons, Manickam, Balasubramaniam, and Srinivaasan; and a daughter, Karunambal Vanavarayar.<ref name=":0" />

	== Politics ==		== Politics ==
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	He served on the board of directors for several public sector undertakings and the State Planning Commission in two terms.		He served on the board of directors for several public sector undertakings and the State Planning Commission in two terms.

	In [[1967 Indian general election]] he was defeated by [[K. Ramani]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPM]] in [[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency\|Coimbatore]] [[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency\|Lok Sabha constituency]].~~<~~ref name="results"~~>~~{{Cite web \|date=19 April 2009 \|title=1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf \|archive-date=20 March 2012}}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		In [[1967 Indian general election]] he was defeated by [[K. Ramani]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)\|CPM]] in [[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency\|Coimbatore]] [[Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency\|Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref name="results">{{Cite web \|date=19 April 2009 \|title=1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India \|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320175222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf \|archive-date=20 March 2012}}</ref>

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	\| [[Padma Bhushan]]		\| [[Padma Bhushan]]
	\| Government of India		\| Government of India
	\| ~~<~~ref name="Padma Awards"~~>~~{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=July 21, 2015 \| archive-date=October 15, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| url-status=dead }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		\| <ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \| url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| title=Padma Awards \| publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \| date=2015 \| access-date=July 21, 2015 \| archive-date=October 15, 2015 \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \| url-status=dead }}</ref>
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	\| 1989-92		\| 1989-92
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	==Death ==		==Death ==
	Mahalingam died of a heart attack in 2014 while speaking at a celebration in Chennai.~~<~~ref~~>~~{{Cite web\|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/industrialist-pollachi-n-mahalingam-dies-cardiac-arrest-212222.html\|title = தொழிலதிபர் பொள்ளாச்சி என். மகாலிங்கம் மரணம் - சொற்பொழிவின்போது மேடையில் உயிர் பிரிந்தது\|date = 2 October 2014}}~~<~~/ref~~><~~ref name=":0"~~>~~{{Cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Pollachi-N-Mahalingam-dead/articleshow/44297247.cms\|title = Pollachi N Mahalingam dead &#124; Coimbatore News - Times of India\| newspaper=The Times of India \| date=4 October 2014 }}~~<~~/ref~~>~~		Mahalingam died of a heart attack in 2014 while speaking at a celebration in Chennai.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://tamil.oneindia.com/news/tamilnadu/industrialist-pollachi-n-mahalingam-dies-cardiac-arrest-212222.html\|title = தொழிலதிபர் பொள்ளாச்சி என். மகாலிங்கம் மரணம் - சொற்பொழிவின்போது மேடையில் உயிர் பிரிந்தது\|date = 2 October 2014}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite news\|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Pollachi-N-Mahalingam-dead/articleshow/44297247.cms\|title = Pollachi N Mahalingam dead &#124; Coimbatore News - Times of India\| newspaper=The Times of India \| date=4 October 2014 }}</ref>

	==References==		==References==

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{{Infobox person
| name = N.Mahalingam
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|03|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Kaniyur
[[Udumalpet]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] (now in [[Tirupur district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]),
Tamilnadu
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2014|10|02|1923|3|21}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu, India]]
| alma_mater = [[Loyola College, Chennai]]
| occupation = Founder & Chairman of [[Sakthi Group]]
}}
'''Nachimuthu Mahalingam''' (April 9, 1923 – October 2, 2014) was an Indian educationalist, industrialist, philanthropist and prominent person in Tamil Nadu. He was the Founder-Chairman of the [[Sakthi Group]] and the Former Chairman of [[Ethiraj College for Women]].

==Early life==
Nachimuthu Mahalingam was born on 9 April 1923 into an affluent agricultural Kongu Vellala Gounder family at Somanthurai Chittoor, Pollachi. He was born to P Nachimuthu, who started the Sakthi Group in 1921 by diversifying his traditional business of hiring out bullock carts to starting a passenger transport services.<ref>[http://www.rootstobuds.com/gounder/industrialists/]</ref> He had his school education at Pollachi. He obtained his B.Sc Degree in Physics at [[Loyola College, Chennai]], in 1943.<ref>[http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/veteran-industrialist-pollachi-mahalingam-dies-at-91/862475]</ref> He joined the [[College of Engineering, Guindy]], [[Chennai]] and obtained his Diploma in Mechanical Engineering in 1945.<ref>[http://www.thehindu.com/business/veteran-industrialist-pollachi-mahalingam-passes-away/article6468429.ece]</ref> Became an AMIE in 1951, MIE in 1975 and FIE in 1981 of the Institution of Engineers.

He has been decorated with Honorary Doctorate Degrees' by [[Bharathiar University]], [[Coimbatore]]; [[Anna University]]; [[Tamil Nadu Agricultural University]] and also [[Madurai Kamaraj University]], for his outstanding contributions to society.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Pollachi-N-Mahalingam-dead/articleshow/44297247.cms]</ref>

==Career==
Since his father Late Thiru P. Nachimuthu was a municipal chairman, Mahalingam was initiated into politics very early in life. Nachimuthu’s only son Mahalingam joined the Sakthi Group business in 1943 and helped grew the business to its current level.
N.Mahalingam was a member of the [[Tamil Nadu]] [[Legislative Assembly]] for 15 years — from 1952 to 1967. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] as an [[Indian National Congress]] candidate from [[Pollachi (State Assembly Constituency)|Pollachi constituency]] in [[1952 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1952]], [[1957 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1957]] and [[1962 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1962 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf 1951/52 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410001656/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf |date=2009-04-10 }}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf 1957 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410002150/http://eci.nic.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |date=2009-04-10 }}</ref>

He counts himself lucky to have started business during the planning era in post-Independence India. After the banks were nationalised by the then Prime Minister [[Indira Gandhi]], this entrepreneur found it a big boon to start businesses and expand as more and more banks were ready to lend money easily.

Today, the [[Sakthi Group]] is a name to reckon with as it has forayed into sugar, distilling, automobiles, finance, etc.

He served as the Chairman of [[Ethiraj College for Women]] between 1972 and 1980.

==Honours and titles==

Mahalingam has served on the Board of Directors of several public sector undertakings and the State Planning Commission in two terms. A well-known philanthropist who donates towards the development of culture and sports, Mahalingam served as the Chairman of Ethiraj College for Women between 1972 and 1980. He was involved in the establishment of the '''Institute of Asian Studies''' in [[Madras]] (now [[Chennai]]) in 1981. He received the [[Padma Bhushan]] from the President of India in 2007.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web | url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf | title=Padma Awards | publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India | date=2015 | access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref> Other honours include: *Honorary Consul : 1989-92 from the Government of [[Mauritius]] *Indira Gandhi National Integration Award : 1989 at the All India National Unity Conference, New Delhi *Aram Valarkkum Annal : 1983 from Sri Sankaracharya of Kanchi Kamakodi Peedam *Doctor of Laws : 1984 from Bharathiar University, Coimbatore *Doctor of Science : 1988 from Anna University, Madras *Doctor of Science : 2000 from Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore. He is founder of many educational institutes from schools to autonomous institutions. Some of his educational institutions are Kumaraguru College of Technology-Coimbatore, Nachimuthu Polytechnic College, and Mahalingam College of Engineering.

==Spiritual life==

Mahalingam had an important association with [[Swami Satchidananda|Sri Swami Satchidananda]], the Indian swamiji who emigrated to the United States of America and founded the [[Integral Yoga]] Institutes. Mahalingham was a devoted follower of the Swamiji and contributed to the moral and financial causes of the Swamiji's works in the USA, especially to the '''Light Of Truth Universal Shrine''' (LOTUS) ecumenical temple in [[Virginia]].

Mahalingam was also greatly associated with [[Vethathiri Maharishi]] and his teachings. He generously donated land for Temple of consciousness - Azhiyar.

Mahalingam is ardent follower of [[Ramalinga Swamigal]] alias Vallalar.<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/coimbatore/Pollachi-N-Mahalingam-dead/articleshow/44297247.cms]</ref>

He died of a heart attack in 2014 while he speaking at a celebration in Chennai.<ref>http://tamil.oneindia.in/news/tamilnadu/industrialist-pollachi-n-mahalingam-dies-cardiac-arrest-212222.html</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.omsakthionline.com/Arutchelvar/parentage.html Short biography on Om Sakthi Publications]

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