Parvathi Krishnan

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Parvathi Krishnan
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Coimbatore
In office
1957–1962
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru
Preceded by N. M. Lingam
In office
1974–1977
Prime Minister Indira Gandhi
Preceded by K. Baladhandayutham
In office
1977–1980
Prime Minister Morarji Desai
Charan Singh
Succeeded by Era Mohan
Personal details
Born (1919-03-15) 15 March 1919
Nationality Indian
Political party Communist Party of India
Spouse(s) N. K. Krishnan

Parvathi Krishnan (b. 15 March 1919) is an Indian politician from the Communist Party of India.

Early life

Parvathi was born on 15 March 1919 to P. Subbarayan and Radhabai Subbarayan. She did her B. A. (Hons.) from the University of Oxford and joined the Communist Party of India.

Electoral history

Parvathi contested for the Coimbatore Lok Sabha seat as a Communist Party of India candidate in the 1952 by-election (caused by the death of T. A. Ramalingam Chettiar). She was defeated by INC's N.M. Lingam.[1] Later she was nominated to the Rajya Sabha on 3 April 1954 and served as a member of the Rajya Sabha till 12 March 1957. She was elected to the Lok Sabha from Coimbatore constituency as a Communist Party of India candidate in 1957 & 1977 general elections[2][3] and the 1974 by-election.[4][5] She lost the 1962 election to P. R. Ramakrishnan from Indian National Congress party,[6] the 1980 election to Era Mohan from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party[7] (contesting from Coimbatore) and the 1984 election to M. Thambi Durai of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (contesting from Dharmapuri).[8]

Family

She married N. K. Krishnan in December 1942. The couple have a daughter.

References

  1. ↑ India: a reference annual. Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. 1954. p. 62. 
  2. ↑ Volume I, 1957 Indian general election, 2nd Lok Sabha
  3. ↑ Volume I, 1977 Indian general election, 6th Lok Sabha
  4. ↑ Members from 5th Lok Sabha
  5. ↑ CPI, BJP set for another clash – The Hindu 21 February 2004
  6. ↑ Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha
  7. ↑ Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha
  8. ↑ Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha

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