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	'''N. Rajangam''' was an Indian politician and former Minister for Harijan Welfare ([[Government of Tamil Nadu\|Tamil Nadu Government]]) and former [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]].		'''N. Rajangam''' was an Indian politician and former Minister for Harijan Welfare ([[Government of Tamil Nadu\|Tamil Nadu Government]]) and former [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]].

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'''N. Rajangam''' was an Indian politician and former Minister for Harijan Welfare ([[Government of Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu Government]]) and former [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha]].

Born in 1920 in the village of Karunguzhi in (then [[South Arcot]] District) [[Cuddalore district]], Mr. Rajangam started in public life as a member and organizer in the [[Nandanar]] movement. In 1937, he was arrested for his participation in [[Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu]] (Mozhi Por), a movement against the imposition of Hindi as a compulsory language. Mr. Rajangam started his professional life as the warden at [https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&biw=2562&bih=959&tbm=lcl&ei=vUIoW9SuC4LWzgKiuKawBg&q=Government+Nandanar+Boys+Higher+Secondary+School%2C+Chidambaram&oq=Government+Nandanar+Boys+Higher+Secondary+School%2C+Chidambaram&gs_l=psy-ab.3...24897.24897.0.25281.1.1.0.0.0.0.81.81.1.1.0....0...1c.1.64.psy-ab..0.0.0....0.Z8xLNBqBp3Q#rlfi=hd:;si:;mv:!1m3!1d2464.890434514208!2d79.6923746!3d11.390745599999997!2m3!1f0!2f0!3f0!3m2!1i16!2i121!4f13.1;tbs:lrf:!2m1!1e2!3sIAE,lf:1,lf_ui:2 Nandanar high school, Chidambaram].

He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Kurinjipadi (State Assembly Constituency)|Kurinjipadi constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in [[1962 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1962]], [[1967 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1967]], and [[1971 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1971 elections]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf 1962 Madras State Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf 1967 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> During his tenure, he was appointed the Minister of Harijan Welfare and was instrumental in the establishment of Tamil Nadu Harijan Housing and Development Corporation (THHADCO) in 1974. Later in 1984 he was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Tamilnadu and served in various consultative committees in the department of Railways, Steel & Industries, Coal and Mines, etc.
[[File:N Rajangam Cuddalore Tamilnadu India.jpg|thumb|Shri. N. Rajangam (ca. 1982.)

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