K. Arjunan

Kattiannan Arjunan is an Indian politician of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK).[1]

In this Indian name, the name Kattiannan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Arjunan.
Kattiannan Arjunan
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
1980-1984
Preceded byVazhappady K. Ramamurthy
Succeeded byM. Thambi Durai
ConstituencyDharmapuri, Tamil Nadu
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office
1989-1991
Preceded byS. Semmalai
Succeeded byR. Palanisamy
ConstituencyTaramangalam
In office
1991-1996
Preceded byP. Venkatachalam
Succeeded byS. Arumugam
ConstituencyVeerapandi
Personal details
Born (1944-09-22) 22 September 1944
M.N.Patti Village, Mettur Taluk, Salem District, Madras Presidency, British India
Political partyAnna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Other political
affiliations		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse(s)Kalavathi
Alma materLoyola College

Politics

He was elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of Indian Parliament from Dharmapuri in 1980 as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).[2][3][4] He then joined the AIADMK.[1]

Arjunan was elected as a Member of the legislative assembly(MLA) from Tharamangalam, Salem district on 1989 as a member of the AIADMK[5] and again elected as a MLA from Veerapandi on 1991 as a member of the AIADMK.[6][7]

Early life

Arjunan was born on 22 September 1944 at M. N. Patti Village, Mettur Taluk of Salem District. He has a B.sc degree from Loyola college, Madras. He got married on 24 November 1969.[8]

Arjunan served as a Sub-Inspector of Police from 1967 to 1978 and as a Deputy Inspector of Police from 1978 to 1979.[8]

References
  1. Kumaran, V. Senthil (29 June 2020). "K Arjunan, former MP and MLA, assaults policemen in Salem". The Times of India.
  2. India. Parliament. House of the People; India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (1982). Lok Sabha Debates. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 326. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  3. India. Parliament. Lok Sabha (2003). Indian Parliamentary Companion: Who's who of Members of Lok Sabha. Lok Sabha Secretariat. p. 26. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  4. "Election Commission of India - General Elections 2004 Partywise Comparison since 1977 Dharmapuri". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 26 June 2018.
  5. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1989 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 6 October 2010.
  6. "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1991 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF TAMIL NADU" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2010.
  7. "Former TN MP assaults cop at toll plaza, gets slapped in return in viral video". The New Indian Express. 29 June 2020. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  8. "Members Bioprofile". loksabhaph.nic.in. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
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