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	'''Ramasamy Thamaraikani''' (19 October 1946 – 15 September 2005) was a Indian politician from [[Tamil Nadu]] and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member of Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to Tamil Nadu state assembly five times from [[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)\|Srivilliputhur constituency]], three times as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) candidate under [[M. G. Ramachandran]], once as an [[Independent (politics)\|independent]] and once as an ADMK candidate under [[Jayalalitha]].<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> He has been referred to as ''maverick''<ref name="joins DMK"/> and ''irrepressible''<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> by media.		'''Ramasamy Thamaraikani''' (19 October 1946 – 15 September 2005) was an Indian politician from [[Tamil Nadu]] and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)\|Member of Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to Tamil Nadu state assembly five times from [[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)\|Srivilliputhur constituency]], three times as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) candidate under [[M. G. Ramachandran]], once as an [[Independent (politics)\|independent]] and once as an ADMK candidate under [[Jayalalitha]].<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> He has been referred to as ''maverick''<ref name="joins DMK"/> and ''irrepressible''<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> by media.

	== Personal life ==		== Personal life ==

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{{short description|Indian politician}}
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| name = R. Thamaraikani
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|10|19|df=y}}
|parents = S. Ramasami and R. Shanmugathai
| birth_place = [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
|death_date = {{death date and age|2005|9|15|1946|10|19|df=y}}
| occupation = Tamil Nadu [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]], five times, 1977-1980, 1980-1984, 1984-1989, 1991-1996, 1996-2001
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| spouse = R. Devaki
| children = Four sons and one daughter
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'''Ramasamy Thamaraikani''' (19 October 1946 – 15 September 2005) was a Indian politician from [[Tamil Nadu]] and a [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of Legislative Assembly]]. He was elected to Tamil Nadu state assembly five times from [[Srivilliputhur (State Assembly Constituency)|Srivilliputhur constituency]], three times as an [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK) candidate under [[M. G. Ramachandran]], once as an [[Independent (politics)|independent]] and once as an ADMK candidate under [[Jayalalitha]].<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> He has been referred to as ''maverick''<ref name="joins DMK"/> and ''irrepressible''<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK"/> by media.

== Personal life ==

Thamaraikani was born on 19 October 1946 to S. Ramasamy and R. Shanmugathai. He was married to R. Devaki and had four sons and one daughter. He died in a private hospital in [[Madurai]] on 15 September 2005 at age 59.<ref name="death">{{cite news |title=Five-time Srivilliputtur MLA Thamaraikani dead|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/15/stories/2005091505130500.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060526150345/http://www.hindu.com/2005/09/15/stories/2005091505130500.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 May 2006|date=15 September 2005 |work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=2017-05-09}}</ref>

== Political career ==

=== ADMK under M. G. Ramachandran ===
Thamaraikani was a staunch supporter of [[M. G. Ramachandran]] (MGR) since his school days. He became a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] after winning a seat in the [[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977 election]] as a candidate of the ADMK in Srivilliputhur constituency.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf Statistical report on General Election 1977, to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu]</ref> He won the seat again in [[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]]<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf Statistical report on General Election 1980, to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu]</ref> and [[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]].<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf Statistical report on General Election 1984, to the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu]</ref> After the death of Ramachandran, he contested the [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 election]] unsuccessfully as a supporter of the [[Janaki Ramachandran|Janaki]] faction. However, he won the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 election]] as an independent candidate.<ref name="death"/>

=== ADMK under Jayalalitha ===
Thamaraikani joined ADMK under Jayalalitha and won the [[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996 assembly election]] as an ADMK candidate.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=9 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}</ref> He became a leader of the ADMK in the assembly for a brief period. He was also the chairman of Srivilliputhur municipality between 1996 and 2000.<ref name="death"/> He was expelled from ADMK by Jayalalitha for alleged anti-party activities. He lost the Lok Sabha election contesting as an independent against ADMK candidate [[V. Ramaswami]], former judge of Supreme Court. He was later re-admitted to the ADMK in November 1999 after expressing regret for his anti-party activities.<ref name="Thamaraikani rejoins ADMK">{{cite news|title= Tamaraikani rejoins AIADMK|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19991108/ipo08046.html|work=The Indian Express|date=8 November 1999}}</ref>

=== DMK ===
He joined [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) in June 2001 claiming that the leaders of the Ramachandran generation had gone.<ref name="joins DMK">{{cite news|title=Tamaraikani joins DMK|url=http://www.thehindu.in/thehindu/2001/06/16/stories/0416223b.htm|work=The Hindu|date=16 June 2001}}</ref> During his time in DMK party, he lost the [[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001 assembly election]] to his son, Inbatamizhan, fielded by ADMK.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vigilance police raids DMK leader's house|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/13141318.cms|work=The Times of India|date=16 June 2002}}</ref>

== Assembly attack ==
During a debate in Tamil Nadu assembly on 23 March 1999, Thamaraikani attacked the then Agriculture Ministers [[Veerapandi S. Arumugam]]. The debate was about the law and order situation started by Thamaraikani's partyman. Following the incident, he was subsequently swept to the ground by other DMK members.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/ie/daily/19990324/iex24026p.html |title=Political punch|work=The Indian Express|year=1999}}</ref> He was later taken into police custody and suspended along with ADMK MLA C. Karuppasami for the rest of the budget session by speaker [[P. T. R. Palanivel Rajan]].<ref>{{cite news|title=AIADMK leader hits Minister|url=http://www.expressindia.com/news/ie/daily/19990323/ige23094.html|work=Express India|date=23 March 1999}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:1946 births]]
[[Category:2005 deaths]]
[[Category:All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:Members of the 10th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]

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