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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2021}}
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{{Infobox Indian politician
| name = Pasumpon Thandavan Krishnan
| image =
| caption =
| birth_date ={{birth date|df=yes|1937|2|10}}
| birth_place =[[Kombukkaranendal]], [[Sivaganga]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| residence =[[madurai]]
| death_date ={{death date and age|df=yes|2003|5|20|1937|2|10}}
| death_place = [[Madurai]]
| office = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| constituency = [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivaganga]],
| term =1967-77
| predecessor =
| successor =Periasamy Thiagarajan
| office1 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Rajya Sabha]]
| constituency1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| term1 = 1989-96
| predecessor1 =
| successor1 =
| office2 = Minister for Highways in Tamil Nadu
| constituency2 = [[Sivaganga (State Assembly Constituency)]]
| term2 =1996-2001
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| party =[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| religion =
| spouse = Padma
| children = 1 son and 1 daughter
| website =
| footnotes =
| date = |
| year = |
| source = http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1820.htm}}

'''Pasumpon Tha Krishnan''' (10 October 1937 – 20 May 2003) was an Indian politician.

Krishnan was born on 10 October 1937 at [[Kombukkaranendal]] village, [[Tamil Nadu]], in 1937.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://164.100.47.192/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1820.htm | title=Members Bioprofile Krishnan | publisher=[[Lok Sabha]] | accessdate=27 May 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/pre_member/1952_2003/k.pdf | title=RAJYA SABHA MEMBERS BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES 1952 - 2003 | publisher=[[Rajya Sabha]] | accessdate=27 May 2016}}</ref> He was educated at Raja Dorai Singam Memorial College in [[Sivaganga]] and at [[Pachaiyappa's College]], [[Chennai|Madras]]. An agriculturalist by occupation, Krishnan became involved in social work as the secretary of the [[Red Cross Society]] in his native village. He took a keen interest in serving the poor and otherwise disadvantaged and was arrested on several occasions in connection with various agitations in favour of the people of Tamil Nadu.

Krishnan was chairman of the Panchayat Union in [[Manamadurai]] from 1970 to 1976 and president of [[Theethanpettai]] village [[panchayat]] from 1970 to 1976.

Krishnan was elected to the [[Fourth Lok Sabha]] in 1967-1971 and to the [[Fifth Lok Sabha]] in 1971-1977, on voth occasions from the [[Sivaganga (Lok Sabha constituency)|Sivanganga parliamentary constituency]].{{citation needed|date=May 2017}} Thereafter, in 1996, he was elected from [[Sivaganga (State Assembly Constituency)|Sivaganga state assembly constituency]] to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) 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>

Krishnan was Minister of State Highways and Ports in the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] from 1998 to 2001.

Krishnan was murdered on 20 May 2003. He was hacked to death near his K. K. Nagar residence on 20 May 2003. Several arrests were made and when the DMK came to power in Tamil Nadu in 2006, the case was transferred to [[Chittoor]] in [[Andhra Pradesh]] after the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK) sought intervention by the [[Supreme Court of India]]. The AIADMK said that a fair trial might not be possible in a Tamil Nadu court because the primary accused, [[M. K. Alagiri]], was the son of [[Karunanidhi]], by then the DMK [[Chief Minister (India)|Chief Minister]]. Alagiri and his co-accused were found not guilty in 2008 due to lack of evidence.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://hindu.com/2003/05/21/stories/2003052105430100.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050129145138/http://www.hindu.com/2003/05/21/stories/2003052105430100.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 January 2005 |title=Ex-Minister Krishnan murdered |date=21 May 2003 |work=[[The Hindu]] |accessdate=2013-07-28}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Krishnan murder case: State to oppose acquittal of Alagiri |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/krishnan-murder-case-state-to-oppose-acquittal-of-alagiri/article4949598.ece |work=The Hindu |last=S.|first=Sundar |date=25 July 2013|accessdate=2013-11-10}}</ref>

== References ==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1820.htm Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
*[http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in/rsdebate/synopsis/199/21072003.htm Obituary]
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[[Category:4th Lok Sabha members]]
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[[Category:Members of the 11th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]
[[Category:2000s murders in India]]
[[Category:2003 crimes in India]]
[[Category:2003 murders in Asia]]
[[Category:State cabinet ministers of Tamil Nadu]]
[[Category:People from Sivaganga district]]

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