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{{Infobox person
| name = W. R. Varadarajan
| image = W._R._Varadarajan.jpg
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| caption = W. R. Varadarajan
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1945|07|09}}
| birth_place = [[Ulliyanallur]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2010|02|11|1945|07|09}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| nationality = [[India]]n
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'''W.R. Varadarajan''' ({{lang-ta|உ. ரா. வரதராஜன்}}) (9 July 1945{{Citation needed|date=February 2010}} – 11 February 2010) was an [[India]]n politician and [[trade union]]ist. He was a [[Central Committee]] member of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<ref>[http://pd.cpim.org/2004/1219/12192004_himachal.htm ''People's Democracy'']</ref> and All India Secretary of the [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions]] (CITU).<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040721/biz.htm#1 Consensus eludes EPF meet. ''Tribune India''. 20 July 2004]</ref>

Varadarajan began his political career with [[M. P. Sivagnanam]]'s [[Tamil Arasu Kazhagam]]. He was a [[Chartered Accountant]] and an employee of the [[Reserve Bank of India]] (RBI). In 1963 he joined the CPI (M). He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from [[Villivakkam (State Assembly Constituency)|Villivakkam Constituency]] in [[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989 election]]. He obtained 99571 votes (46.77% of the votes in the constituency).<ref>[http://eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf ECI: Statistical Report 1989 elections]</ref> He lost the seat in the [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 election]] to [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] candidate [[E. Kalan]]. Varadarajan finished second, obtaining 71963 votes (33.79%).<ref>[http://eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf ECI: Statistical Report 1991 elections]</ref>

==Death==
On 14 February 2010, Varadarajan was reported missing by his wife. It was reported he had left behind two unsigned notes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article109266.ece|title=Special teams formed to locate W.R. Varadarajan|date=19 February 2010|work=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref> In one suicide note written on 6 February, he had mentioned to problems in his personal life as the reason for choosing suicide. He had earlier been relieved of his membership of the CPI (M) central committee for undisclosed reasons. After a brief search, Tamil Nadu police announced on 21 February that Varadarajan's body had been found in the [[Porur]] lake on 13 February and had been kept in the Government Royapettah Hospital mortuary. It was later confirmed as Varadarajan by his wife and Finger print tests. He is survived by his wife Saraswathi and two sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/article110773.ece|title=Body from lake identified as that of CPI(M) leader |last= Kolappan|first= B.|date=21 February 2010|work=The Hindu|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indianexpress.com/news/body-found-in-lake-may-be-of-missing-cpm-leader-wr/582700/0|title=Body found in lake may be of missing CPM leader WR|date=22 February 2010|work=[[Indian Express]]|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/237240/Veteran-CPM-leader-from-TN-missing.html|title=Veteran CPM leader from TN missing|last=Das|first=Swati |date=20 February 2010|work=The Pioneer|accessdate=22 February 2010}}</ref>

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