P. S. Ramalingam

Last updated October 29, 2019

P.S. Ramalingam (1945–2013) was a Tamil Nadu politician.

Tamil Nadu, is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Meghamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. The state shares a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.

Family and early life

P.S. Ramalingam was born in a small village called Pethikuttai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India in the year 1945. The only son of Subbayya Gowder and Chinnathai a farming family he was raised by his parents until he moved to other cities for higher education. Ramalingam did his schooling in the village and a nearby town Gobichettipalayam. He is married to Jothi and has 4 children.

Education

Ramalingam did his Bachelor of Commerce (B.com) in Government Arts College Coimbatore between the years and further he did his Bachelor of Law in Law College Chennai between the years "" Hailing from a small farmers family he was always reminded about the importance of education by his father.

Professional life

Ramalingam is a practicing lawyer and started practicing criminal law in the Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu courts.

Political career

He was always interested in the Dravidian cause and was involved in the Dravidian movement from his student life. A staunch supporter and follower of Periyar and his ideology, Mr.Ramalingam joined the AIADMK and became a full-time activist. His mentor Dr.M.G.Ramachandran gave him an opportunity to represent the Nilgiri's parliamentary constitution in the year 1977, and he was a member of the 6th Lok Sabha.^[1]

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In the year 1996 he became the Chairman for Mettupalayam Municipality and was influential in bringing and completing a water scheme that proved quite successful among many other development projects.

Mettupalayam is a taluk and municipality in the Coimbatore district. It is located to the north of the city of Coimbatore on the way to Ooty. It is located in the foot hills of Nilgiri hills about 35 km north of downtown Coimbatore and about 50 km north of Tiruppur,in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Mettupalayam is the third largest town in the district. As of 2011, the town had a population of 66,595.It is important for the Nilgiri ghat road.

He died of a lung ailment on 17 January 2013.

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