Ramasundara Karunalaya Pandian

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Ramasundara Karunalaya Pandian is an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly as an Independent candidate from Sankarankoil constituency in 1952 election. He was later elected as the first Chairman of the Vasudevanallur Panchayat Union. He was born in Puliyangudi. [1]

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