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Member of Rajya Sabha

MADHAVAN, SHRI S.:

B.Com., B.L.; A.I.A.D.M.K. (Tamil Nadu): son of Shri Selliah Pillai and Shrimati Sundarammal; born : at Singampunari, October 3, 1933; educated at (i) St. Joseph High School, Trichy, (ii) Thiagrajar College, Madurai, (iii) Alagappa College, Karaikudi and (iv) Law College, Madras; married to : Shrimati Dhanalakshmi, June 23, 1961; 1 son and 2 daughter

Advocate; organised sports, propagated Tamil literature in villages and acquainted rural masses with party programmes and ideology; Treasurer, A.I.A.D.M.K party since 1982; was Member, (i) D.M.K. party 1957--77, (ii) Tamil Nadu Legislature, 1962--76 and 1984--87; Member, Committee on Commerce; Cabinet Minister in Tamil Nadu, 1967--76; elected to the Rajya Sabha in April, 1990.

Travels abroad: U.S.A., U.K. West Germany, Italy, France, Holland, Switzerland, Hungary, Romania, Yugoslavia, Czechoslovakia, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Greece and Brunei.

Special interest: Sports and village upliftment.

Favourite pastime and recreation: Football, badminton and reading.

Permanent address: 17, 6th Main Road, Raja Annamalai Puram, Madras-28.