Captain R. Tamil Selvan | |
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Member of the Maharashtra Legislative Assembly | |
Assumed office 2014 | |
Preceded by | Jagannath Shetty |
Constituency | Sion Koliwada |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 December 1958 Pilaviduthi,Karambakkudi,Pudukottai |
Nationality | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | mahabjp |
Captain R. Tamil Selvan is a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party. He is elected to Maharashtra Legislative Assembly in 2014,2019,and 2024 from Sion-Koliwada constituency. [1] He served as a corporator in Mumbai Municipal Corporation. During the 26/11 Mumbai attacks in 2008,Selvan,then a railway parcel contractor at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus,along with his team,saved approximately 36 lives when Ajmal Kasab and his associate began firing. [2] [3]
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