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- ↑ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Government of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
- ↑ "Thiru. I. Janakiraman (AIADMK)". Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
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