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|name             =P.T.R. Palanivel Rajan&lt;br /&gt;
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|office           =[[List of Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislature|Speaker]] of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
|term_start       = 1996&lt;br /&gt;
|term_end         = 2001&lt;br /&gt;
|predecessor      = [[R. Muthiah]]&lt;br /&gt;
|successor        = [[K. Kalimuthu]]&lt;br /&gt;
| constituency =[[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai West]]&lt;br /&gt;
|office1           =       Tamil Nadu Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments&lt;br /&gt;
|term_start1       = 2006&lt;br /&gt;
|term_end1         = 2006&lt;br /&gt;
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| constituency1 =[[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai Central]]&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_date       = {{birth date|df=yes|1932|2|27}}&lt;br /&gt;
|birth_place      = [[Theni]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]&lt;br /&gt;
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|parents          = [[P. T. Rajan]] (father)&lt;br /&gt;
| spouse = Rukmini&lt;br /&gt;
| children = [[Palanivel Thiagarajan]]&lt;br /&gt;
|death_date       = {{death date and age|df=yes|2006|5|20|1932|2|27}}&lt;br /&gt;
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|party            = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039;Ponnambala Thyaga Rajan Palanivel Rajan&amp;#039;&amp;#039;&amp;#039; (27 February 1932 – 20 May 2006) was an [[India]]n politician.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/article3136051.ece | title=Madurai mourns its colossal loss | publisher=The Hindu | date=21 May 2006 | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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Born into an aristocratic landlord Kondaikatti Thondaimandala Vellala&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite book|title=South India|author=Christopher John Baker, D. A. Washbrook|publisher=Springer, 1976|page=174|quote=Similarly, the principal Kondaikatti-Thondamandala-Vellala association included among its leaders M. Subramania Mudaliar and his nephew P.T. Rajan from Madura, whom local political tactics had taken into the Justice Party.}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{Cite web|title=Thondaimandala Mudaliar|url=https://ipfs.fleek.co/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Thondaimandala_Mudaliars.html|access-date=2021-05-10|website=ipfs.fleek.co}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; family in Uthamapalayam. He did his schooling from Trinity College, Kandy, Sri Lanka. He graduated in political science from [[Madras Christian College]] and then studied law at Madras Law College. He was a practising lawyer before entering politics in 1967 when he joined the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK).&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajan was first elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Theni (State Assembly Constituency)|Theni]] in 1967 and was re-elected in 1971. He was elected in [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]] from the [[Madurai West (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai West Constituency]]. In [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]] he was defeated by 708 votes after [[M. K. Alagiri]] worked against him and other DMK candidates.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/alagiris-rollercoaster-ride/article5551630.ece | title=Alagiri’s roller-coaster ride | publisher=The Hindu | date=8 January 2014 | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/alagiri-derails-dmks-dream-trip-in-tn.html | title=Alagiri derails DMK’s dream trip in TN! | publisher=Daily Pioneer | date=16 January 2016 | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was earlier elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Council]].&lt;br /&gt;
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Rajan was [[Speaker (politics)|Speaker]] of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/speakerlist.html | title=Speakers of Tamil Nadu since 1952 | publisher=assembly.tn.gov.in | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt; He was elected from [[Madurai Central (State Assembly Constituency)|Madurai Central]] and was the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments in the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] at the time of his death on 20 May 2006 at the age of 74. [[Madurai Kamaraj University]] conferred the [[Doctor of Law]] on him ([[Honoris Causa]]) in 1997.&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/18th-canal-to-be-named-after-palanivel-rajan/article1382451.ece | title=18th canal to be named after Palanivel Rajan | publisher=The Hindu | date=25 November 2008 | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&amp;lt;ref&amp;gt;{{cite web | url=http://www.oneindia.com/2006/05/20/man-with-tilak-in-a-rationalist-party-1148123028.html | title=Man with &amp;#039;tilak&amp;#039; in a rationalist party | publisher=OneIndia | date=20 May 2006 | accessdate=2016-05-26}}&amp;lt;/ref&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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His father [[P. T. Rajan]] was [[List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu|Chief Minister of Madras Presidency]]. His son, [[Palanivel Thiaga Rajan]] is the finance minister of Tamil Nadu from 07.05.2021.&lt;br /&gt;
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[[Category:1932 births]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:2006 deaths]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Madras Christian College alumni]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;br /&gt;
[[Category:Members of the 13th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]&lt;/div&gt;</summary>
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