C. Chittibabu

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Mayor Chittibabu
29th Mayor of Chennai
In office
1965-1966
Preceded byS. Krishnamurthy
Succeeded byEra Sambandham
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1967-76
Preceded byO. V. Alagesan
Succeeded byR. Mohanarangam
ConstituencyChengalpattu constituency
Personal details
Born(1935-10-19)19 October 1935
Tindivanam, Madras Presidency, British India
Died4 January 1977(1977-01-04) (aged 41)
Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
(now Chennai)
Political partyDravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)Gangabai,Rajalakshmi
ChildrenSekhar,Sukumar,Vishweshwaran,Malathi

Chockalinga Chittibabu commonly known as Mayor Chittibabu was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chengalpattu constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967 and 1971 elections.[1][2] He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965.< He was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act after Indira Gandhi declared emergency and the DMK government was dismissed in 1976.He was jailed along with DMK leaders and Chittibabu died of injuries and police torture suffered while trying to save M.K.Stalin in Central Prison, Madras .[3][4][5][6][7][8]

The year of 1975 was a tough time for India and its democracy. That year, Indira Gandhi, the then Congress Prime Minister of India, declared Emergency on the Country, suppressing civil rights and unleashing a rein of terror.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha Archived 18 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ "What makes MK Stalin the political successor of Karunanidhi". The Economic Times. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "The end of a prison's days". PC Vinoj Kumar. Tehelka. 7 March 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  5. ↑ Vijaya Ramaswamy (22 May 2007). Historical Dictionary of the Tamils. Scarecrow Press. p. 61. ISBN 978-0-8108-6445-0.
  6. ↑ "MISA detention taught me a tough lesson, says Stalin". The Hindu. 1 February 2016. Retrieved 27 May 2016.
  7. ↑ India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha (1978). Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha. Council of States Secretariat. p. 275.
  8. ↑ Ananth V. Krishna (2011). India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics. Pearson Education India. p. 162. ISBN 978-81-317-3465-0.

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