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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian businessman, politician and bureaucrat}}<br />
{{Indian patronymic|Ramanathan Chettiar|Ramaswami}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
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| name = Mayor R Ramanathan Chettiar<br />
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| office1 = Member of [[Lok Sabha]] for [[Karur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karur]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1962<br />
| term_end1 = 1967<br />
| prime_minister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]],<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]],<br />[[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
| predecessor1 = [[K. Periasami Gounder]]<br />
| successor1 = [[C. Muthuswamy Gounder]]<br />
| office2 = Member of Lok Sabha for [[Pudukkottai (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pudukkottai]]<br />
| term_start2 = 1957<br />
| term_end2 = 1962<br />
| prime_minister2 = Jawaharlal Nehru<br />
| predecessor2 = [[K. M. Vallatharasu]]<br />
| successor2 = [[R. Umanath]]<br />
| office3 = Mayor of [[Madras]]<br />
| term_start3 = 1951<br />
| term_end3 = 1952<br />
| predecessor3 = [[P. V. Cherian]]<br />
| successor3 = [[C. H. Sibgatullah Saheb]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1913|09|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Madras]], British India<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1995|12|12|1913|09|30}}<br />
| death_place = [[Madras]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = Businessman, politician<br />
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'''Ramaswami Ramanathan Chettiar''' (30 September 1913 – 12 December 1995) better known as '''Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar''' was an Indian Industrialist, politician and bureaucrat who served as [[Mayor of Madras]] and member of [[Lok Sabha]].<br />
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== Early life ==<br />
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Ramanathan Chettiar was born to philanthropist [[Diwan Bahadur]] [[Ramaswami Chettiar]] on 30 September 1913.<ref name="parlcompp443">{{cite book|title=Indian Parliamentary companion: Who's who of members of Lok Sabha|page=443|year=2003|publisher=Parliament of India}}</ref> Ramaswami Chettiar was the elder brother of [[Annamalai Chettiar]].<br />
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== Politics ==<br />
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Ramanathan Chettiar was a member of the [[Indian National Congress]] and played an active role in the [[Indian Independence Movement]].<ref name="parlcompp443" /> He served as a [[councillor]] in the [[Corporation of Madras]] from 1948 to 1952.<ref name="parlcompp443" /> In 1949 he was selected [[Sheriff of Madras]] and in 1950 was elected [[Mayor of Madras]], serving in both cases for a year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.47.132/LssNew/biodata_1_12/1321.htm|title=Third Lok Sabha- Members Bioprofile|accessdate= 24 July 2017}}</ref><ref name="parlcompp443" /><br />
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In the 1957 Lok Sabha elections, Ramanathan Chettiar was elected to the Indian parliament from the Pudukkottai Lok Sabha constituency. He was again elected for the period 1962–1967, this time from the Karur constituency.<ref name="obit_ref" /><br />
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== Bureaucracy ==<br />
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Ramanathan Chettiar was the first director of the [[Reserve Bank of India]].<ref name="obit_ref">{{cite web|title=Obituary References|url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls10/ses15/p2012.htm|date=20 December 1995|publisher=Parliament of India}}</ref> He also served as a member of the executive committee of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and as chairman of the Indian Handicrafts Development Corporation.<ref name="obit_ref" /><br />
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== Death ==<br />
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Ramanatha Chettiar died on 12 December 1995 at the age of 82.<ref name="obit_ref" /> The [[Mayor Ramanathan Hall]] and M. R. C. Nagar in [[Raja Annamalaipuram]], Chennai, are named after him.<br />
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== Notes ==<br />
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[[Category:1913 births]]<br />
[[Category:1995 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Sheriffs of Madras]]<br />
[[Category:Mayors of Chennai]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1957–1962]]<br />
[[Category:India MPs 1962–1967]]<br />
[[Category:Lok Sabha members from Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:People from Karur district]]<br />
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