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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian politician}}<br />
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{{Infobox officeholder<br />
| honorific-prefix = <br />
| name = S. K. Paramasivan<br />
| honorific-suffix = <br />
| image = SKP Thatha.png<br />
| imagesize = 200px<br />
| office1 = Member of [[Lok Sabha]] for [[Erode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Erode]]<br />
| term_start1 = 1962<br />
| term_end1 = 1967<br />
| primeminister1 = [[Jawaharlal Nehru]],<br />[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]],<br />[[Indira Gandhi]]<br />
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1919|02|26}}<br />
| birth_place = Sinniampalayam, [[Erode]], British India<br />
| nationality = Indian<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| alma_mater = <br />
| profession = Agriculturist, politician<br />
| occupation =<br />
| spouse = <br />
}}<br />
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'''Sinniampalayam Kumaraswamy Paramasivan''' (born 26 February 1919) is an Indian former politician who served as member of [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of the [[Parliament of India]] between 1962 and 1967.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Madhavan|first1=Karthik|title=Former MP gets Dr. Kurien Award|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Former-MP-gets-Dr.-Kurien-Award/article15977238.ece|accessdate=26 February 2018|work=The Hindu|date=3 February 2010}}</ref> He is commonly known as SKP or ''SKP thatha'' (''thatha'' is Grandfather in Tamil).<br />
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==Early life==<br />
SKP was born in Chinniampalayam, a village near [[Erode]] (in then [[Madras Presidency]]) as the tenth child to Kumarasamy Gounder and Kuppayi Ammal.<ref name="Elangovan18">{{cite news|last1=Elangovan|first1=Naveen|title=வினோபாபாவேவிடம் பணியாற்றிய தமிழக எம்.பி.க்கு வயசு 100!|url=https://www.vikatan.com/news/tamilnadu/117404-ex-mp-to-score-a-hundred-birthday-celebration-terrific-bizzy-.html|accessdate=28 February 2018|work=Vikatan|date=24 February 2018|language=ta}}</ref><br />
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==Political career==<br />
SKP joined Indian National Congress. He was the president of Muthugoundenpalayam panchayat for 10 years before becoming the member of Parliament from Erode Constituency in 1962. He has held office as the President of Coimbatore District Congress Committee. He has also held several positions like the head of Sinniyampalayam Milk Producers' Cooperative Bank for 35 years and Erode District Milk Producers' Cooperative Union for 4 years.<ref name="Elangovan18" /><br />
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[[File:S.K.Paramasivan,_ex-MP_and_his_family.png|right|thumb|400px|SKP and his family with [[Jawaharlal Nehru]]]]<br />
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===Donations===<br />
When Acharya [[Vinoba Bhave]] started Bhoodhan movement, many landlords donated part of their land to poor and the landless. In Tamil Nadu, SKP donated a part of very fertile land he owned to landless farmers.<br />
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He also made generous donations during the India China war.<br />
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===White revolution in Erode===<br />
[[Lal Bahadur Shastri]] started the [[National Dairy Development Board]] (NDDB) in 1964. [[Verghese Kurien|Dr. Kurien]] chose SKP to lead the effort in Tamil Nadu. Through SKP's efforts, [[Aavin]] Dairy that operates in 55 acres in Chithode, training center, Cattle feed manufacturing unit near Erode, dairy cold storage units in Dharapuram and Sathyamangalam were established. He was also responsible for many Milk producers' Cooperative Societies in many village around Erode. He is aptly called as the "Father of Dairies" in and around Erode.<ref name="Elangovan18" /><br />
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==Later life==<br />
In April 2019, aged 100, SKP cast his ballot in Erode during the [[2019 Indian general election|2019 general election]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ramakrishnan |first=Deepa H. |date=19 April 2019 |title=Many senior citizens did not miss out on voting this time too |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha-2019/many-senior-citizens-did-not-miss-out-on-voting-this-time-too/article26880201.ece |work=The Hindu |location= |access-date=29 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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[[Category:Men centenarians]]</div>->Jkaharper