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{{Indian name|Anbazhagan|Kalyanasundaram }}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = K. Anbazhagan
| image = Anbazhagan2006.jpg
| birth_name = Ramaiah
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1922|12|19|df=yes}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/chennai-dmk-stalwart-anbazhagan-passes-away/articleshow/74521055.cms | title=DMK stalwart Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan passes away in Chennai | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=D Govardan | date=6 March 2020 | access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British Raj|British India]]<br /> (now in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]])
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|03|07|1922|12|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]
| residence = [[Anna Nagar]], [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| office = General Secretary of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| term_start = 1977
| term_end = 7 March 2020
| 1blankname = Inaugural Holder
| 1namedata = [[C. N. Annadurai]]
| predecessor = [[V. R. Nedunchezhiyan]]
| successor = [[Durai Murugan]]
| office1 = Minister of Finance
| term_start1 = 17 May 2006
| term_end1 = 15 May 2011
| office2 = Minister of Education
| term_start2 = 16 May 1996
| term_end2 = 15 May 2001
| term_start3 = 27 January 1989
| term_end3 = 30 January 1991
| office4 = Member of [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]]
| term_start4 = 14 May 2001
| term_end4 = 12 May 2006
| constituency4 = [[Harbour_(state_assembly_constituency)|Harbour]]
| term_start5 = 16 November 1984
| term_end5 = 26 January 1989
| constituency5 = [[Park Town (state assembly constituency)|Park Town]]
| term_start6 = 30 June 1977
| term_end6 = 15 November 1984
| constituency6 = [[Purasawalkam (state assembly constituency)|Purasawalkam]]
| office7 = Minister for Health and Social Welfare
| term_start7 = 15 March 1971
| term_end7 = 31 January 1976
| office8 = [[Member of Parliament]], [[Lok Sabha]]
| term_start8 = 4 March 1967
| term_end8 = 15 March 1971
| constituency8 = [[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchengode]]
| office9 = [[Member of Legislative Council]]
| term_start9 = 1 April 1957
| term_end9 = 25 February 1967
| party = [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| religion =
| otherparty = [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]]
| source =http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1710.htm
}}
'''Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan''' (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a long-standing leader of the [[Dravidian movement]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/mar/07/end-of-an-era-k-anbazhagans-demise-leaves-vacuum-in-dravidian-politics-2113607.html | title=End of an era: K Anbazhagan's demise leaves vacuum in Dravidian politics | publisher=New Indian Express | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> and was the [[General Secretary]] of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] party for nine terms. He has held several cabinet ministerial portfolios in the Tamil Nadu government under  [[M. Karunanidhi]] including Finance, Education and Health and Social Welfare. He was elected as a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] on nine occasions. He was earlier elected to the [[Lok Sabha]] the [[lower house]] of [[Parliament of India|India's Parliament]] from [[Tiruchengode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tiruchengode]] and was also a member of the [[Madras Legislative Council]]. He was popularly referred to as ''Perasiriyar'' (Professor), though he was a Lecturer in Tamil in [[Pachaiyappa's College]] before resigning to contest elections in 1957.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ndtv.com/tamil-nadu-news/dmk-general-secretary-k-anbazhagan-dies-at-97-in-chennai-2191313 | title=DMK General Secretary K Anbazhagan Dies At 97 In Chennai | publisher=NDTV | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>


[[File:Anbazhagan2006.jpg|right|200px]]
==Early life==
'''Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan''' (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1962 to 1967. He was born in [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore District]], [[British India]].
Anbazhagan was born in Kattoor near [[Thiruvarur]] in [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore district]] (now [[Thiruvarur District]]) of [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]] on 19 December 1922 to M. Kalyanasundaranar and Swarnambal as Ramaiah. He changed his name to Anbazhagan influenced by the Pure Tamil Movement led by Tamil scholar [[Maraimalai Adigal]]. He came into limelight in 1942 when he addressed a [[Justice Party (India)|Justice Party]] meeting in [[Thiruvarur]] as a student after being requested by [[C. N. Annadurai]] and here he came into contact with [[M. Karunanidhi]] for the first time.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2020/mar/07/from-tiruvarur-to-marina-the-platinum-jubilee-friendship-of-karunanidhi-and-anbazhagan-2113692.html | title=From Tiruvarur to Marina: The platinum jubilee friendship of Karunanidhi and Anbazhagan | publisher=New Indian Express | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref>  He did  his [[Master of Arts]] in  Tamil from [[Annamalai University]] and joined [[Pachaiyappa's College]] as a lecturer in Tamil in 1944.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-general-secretary-anbazhagan-no-more/article31004456.ece | title=DMK general secretary Anbazhagan no more | publisher=The Hindu | work=B Kolappan | date=7 March 2009 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>


He was the [[General Secretary]] of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) from 1977 until his death. He was elected as a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from 1957 to 1962, 1971 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2011. He also was finance minister and education minister of Tamil Nadu under the governments of [[M. Karunanidhi]].
==Political career==
Anbazhagan resigned as a Professor from [[Pachaiyappa's College]] to contest elections and was elected from [[Egmore (state assembly constituency)|Egmore]] to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1957. He was a member of the Madras legislative council between 1962–1967 and a close confidant of the DMK founder [[C. N. Annadurai]].   He was a member of [[Lok Sabha]] between 1967–1971. In 1971, he served as Social Welfare minister of Tamil Nadu. He had given up his M.L.A. position, representing [[Park Town (State Assembly Constituency)|Park Town]] constituency, in 1984 putting forward the [[Tamil Eelam]] issue.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/perasiriyar-k-anbazhagan-passes-away-97-end-era-dmk-politics-119686 | title='Perasiriyar' K Anbazhagan passes away at 97, end of an era for DMK politics | publisher=The News Minute | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> He was elected from Harbour constituency in 1996, 2001 and 2006.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.elections.in/tamil-nadu/assembly-constituencies/harbour.html | title=Harbour (Tamil Nadu) Election Results 2016 | publisher=Elections | access-date=8 March 2020}}</ref>


Anbazhagan died on 7 March 2020 of [[multiple organ failure]] at a hospital in [[Chennai]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-general-secretary-anbazhagan-no-more/article31004456.ece |title=DMK general secretary Anbazhagan no more |publisher=The Hindu |date= |accessdate=2020-03-07}}</ref>
==Personal life==
Anbazhagan lived with his wife Santhakumari in Shanthi Colony, Anna Nagar, Chennai. he died on 7 March 2020 at age 97 due to [[diabetes mellitus]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Veteran DMK Leader K. Anbazhagan Passes Away at 97|url=https://thewire.in/politics/veteran-dmk-leader-k-anbazhagan-passes-away-at-97|access-date=2020-06-19|website=The Wire}}</ref>
 
==Illness and death==
Anbazhagan was in poor health, minimised his political activities and public appearances, with the last one being on his 97th birthday on 19 December 2019.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/dmk-general-secretary-k-anbazhagan-passes-away-97-1653317-2020-03-07 | title=DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan passes away at 97 | publisher=India Today | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/leaders-greet-dmks-anbazhagan-on-97th-birthday/articleshow/72893104.cms | title=Leaders greet DMK's Anbazhagan on 97th birthday | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=B Sivakumar | date=20 December 2020 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
 
On 24 February 2020, his health deteriorated and became "extremely critical and unstable", and he was admitted at [[Apollo Hospital]] in [[Chennai]] for treatment.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-general-secretary-anbazhagan-no-more/article31004456.ece |title=DMK general secretary Anbazhagan no more |work=The Hindu |access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> He died there at 1:05 a.m. on 7 March 2020 due to age-related illness, which led to multiple organ failure. His political party [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] declared a seven-day mourning after his death.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-dmk-general-secretary-k-anbazhagan-passes-away-at-97-in-chennai-2816341 | title=DMK general secretary K Anbazhagan passes away at 97 in Chennai | work=[[Daily News and Analysis]] | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref>
 
==Literary works==
He has sound knowledge of [[Tamil literature|Tamil poetry]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/anbazhagan-struck-a-balance-between-literature-and-politics/article31018446.ece | title=Anbazhagan struck a balance between literature and politics | publisher=The Hindu | work=B Kolappan | date=9 March 2020 | access-date=9 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/TopNews/2020/03/07011619/1218789/DMK-veteran-leader-K-Anbazhagan-passes-away.vpf | title=DMK veteran leader K Anbazhagan passes away | publisher=Daily Thanthi | date=7 March 2020 | access-date=7 March 2020}}</ref> Some of his published works include:
*''Urimai vaazhvu''
*''Viduthalaik kavignar''
*''Pesum kalai valarpom''
*''Thamizh kadal''
*''Alai osai''
*''Thamizhar thirumanamum inamaanamum''


==References==
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==External links==
*[http://164.100.47.194/loksabha/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1710.htm  Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website]
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