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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = N Sundaran Nadar
| constituency = Parassala
| minister = Former Minister for Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture
| minister_from =
| termstart = September 1, 1983
| termend = March 25, 1987
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|01|21|1931|09|10|df=yes}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|09|10|df=yes}}
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
}}

'''N Sundaran Nadar''' was the former Minister for Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture and represented [[Parassala (State Assembly constituency)|Parassala State assembly constituency]] in 6th, 7th and 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly <ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Members - Kerala Legislature|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m672.htm|access-date=2020-06-12|website=www.niyamasabha.org}}</ref> He was born on 10 September 1931 to J. Nallathampy Nadar and Lekshmi in Chenkal Parassala. He married K. Baby Sarojam and have two sons and one daughter.<ref name=":0" /> He died on 21 January 2007.<ref>{{Cite news|date=22 January 2007|title=Sundaran Nadar dies at 75|work=The Gulf News|url=https://www.pressreader.com/uae/gulf-news/20070122/282626028207776}}</ref>

== Political life ==
N Sundaran Nadar was a Grama Sevak during 1954. Later, after resigning from his job in 1960 he joined Communist party of India and continued till 1964. He then joined [[Indian National Congress]]. <ref name=":0" /> From 1970, for more than 10 years he severed as the chairman of block committee. In his long but turbulent political life in congress party, he was elected as the Executive Member of [[Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee]] during the period 1987–90. From 1993 to 1996 he served as the Chairperson of Kerala State Palmyrah Products Development and workers’ Welfare Corporation Limited '''('''KELPAM).<ref name=":0" />

In 6th Kerala Legislative Assembly he won representing Indian National Congress (Indira). In the 7th Kerala Legislative Assembly, he represented [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name=":0" /> In the third Karunakaran Ministry from 1982 to 1987 Sundaran Nadar was the Minister for Transport, Rural Development and Agriculture.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Biju|first=M. R.|title=Politics of Democracy and Decentralisation in India: A Case Study of Kerala|publisher=Atlantic Publishers & Dist|year=1997|isbn=9788171567058|pages=26}}</ref> Congress denied him a seat in 1996 Assembly Election, but in the 10th Kerala Legislative Assembly he again represented Parassala as a successful Independent candidate.<ref name=":2" /> In the 11th Kerala Legislative Assembly, he represented the Parassala constituency from Congress Party.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|date=2006-03-28|title=Kerala Congress unveils list|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/kerala-congress-unveils-list/story-WKXpF3WrkJatjk67AweAlM.html|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref> From 2001 to 2006, he was the deputy speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala Legislative Assembly|url=https://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/kerala.htm|access-date=2020-06-12|website=legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=President to address Kerala Assembly session|url=https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/india/president-to-address-kerala-assembly-session-1.295514|access-date=2020-06-12|website=gulfnews.com|language=en}}</ref> From 5 September 2004 to 16 September 2004 he has also held the office of acting Speaker of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref name=":0" /> He failed to repeat his chances in 2006 Kerala Assembly election.

In his memory, a statue was erected at the traffic island of [[Neyyattinkara|Neyyatinkara]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=October 22, 2018|first=Jisha|last=Surya|title=12-ft statue to come up at Poojappura Jn |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/12-ft-statue-to-come-up-at-poojappura-jn/articleshow/66323221.cms|access-date=2020-06-12|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> This ran into controversy after a case was filed against its launch in Supreme Court. While considering this case on 18 January 2013 the Supreme Court of India banned the installation of statues and similar structures on roadsides.<ref name=":1" /> This statue was vandalised by the members of youth congress in 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|title=സുന്ദരൻനാടാരുടെ പ്രതിമയ്‌‌ക്കുനേരെ കോൺഗ്രസ്‌ അതിക്രമം|url=https://www.deshabhimani.com/news/kerala/n-sundaran-nadar/875620|access-date=2020-06-12|website=Deshabhimani|language=ml}}</ref>

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[[Category:Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Kerala politicians]]
[[Category:Kerala politicians by party]]
[[Category:1931 births]]
[[Category:2007 deaths]]

N Sundaran Nadar - Revision history

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