K. Thangavel

K.Thangavel
K.Thangavel
Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
	In office; 22 May 2011 – 21 May 2016
Speaker(s)	D. Jayakumar (2011-12); P. Dhanapal (2012-21)
Preceded by	C. Govindasamy; (for undivided Tiruppur)
Succeeded by	S. Gunasekaran
Constituency	Tiruppur South
Personal details
Born	6 October 1951; Tiruppur, Madras State; (now Tamil Nadu), India
Died	13 September 2020 (aged 68); Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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K. Thangavel (6 October 1951 – 13 September 2020) was an Indian politician who served as member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 2011 to 2016.

Life

Thangavel was born on 6 October 1951 in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.^[1]^[2]

He started his political career as a forefront leader of Centre of Indian Trade Unions in Tiruppur. He led a 127 day long strike of labor demanding dearness allowance in 1984.^{[citation needed]} From 2006 to 2011 he was a local politician in Tiruppur.^[1]

In 2011 was elected as member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Tiruppur South constituency. He represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party.^[3] He served until 2016.^[4] Thangavel was admitted to a local hospital in Coimbatore in late August 2020. He died from COVID-19 on 13 September 2020, twenty three days short of his 69th birthday during the COVID-19 pandemic in India.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "K. Thangavel, MLA Tiruppur, Tamilnadu : Hindustan Pages : Business Directory of India". Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.
^ "Profile". Government of Tamil Nadu.
^ "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.
^ ^a ^b "Former MLA dies of COVID-19". The Hindu. 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.

External links

"Official Blog". MLA Office.

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[hindustan-1] "K. Thangavel, MLA Tiruppur, Tamilnadu : Hindustan Pages : Business Directory of India". Archived from the original on 28 June 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2013.

[2] "Profile". Government of Tamil Nadu.

[3] "List of MLAs from Tamil Nadu 2011" (PDF). Govt. of Tamil Nadu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 March 2012.

[hindu-4] "Former MLA dies of COVID-19". The Hindu. 13 September 2020. Archived from the original on 15 September 2020.

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Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
In office 22 May 2011 – 21 May 2016
Speaker(s)	D. Jayakumar (2011-12) P. Dhanapal (2012-21)
Preceded by	C. Govindasamy (for undivided Tiruppur)
Succeeded by	S. Gunasekaran
Constituency	Tiruppur South

Personal details
Born	(1951-10-06)6 October 1951 Tiruppur, Madras State (now Tamil Nadu), India
Died	13 September 2020(2020-09-13) (aged 68) Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)