Aravinda Bala Pajanor, last name also written as Pazhanoor, (born December 5, 1935) was a member of the 5th

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 and 6th Lok Sabha

6th Lok Sabha

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 of India

India

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, and Union Cabinet Minister in the Government of India

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. He, along with Satyavani Muthu became the first union cabinet minister from a Dravidian party in the first ever coalition ministry in India. He represented the Union Territory of Pondicherry in the Lok Sabha and is a Senior Advocate in Chennai

Chennai

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, Tamil Nadu

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, India. He is the son of Appaswamy Pajanor

Appaswamy Pajanor

Appaswamy Pajanor, aka A. Pajanor, was a freedom fighter, close friend and associate of the great Tamil poet Subramanya Bharthi, and philosopher Sri Aurobindo....

, and a once removed nephew of A. T. Panneerselvam.

See also

• M.G. Ramachandran
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
  All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. The party was founded by M. G. Ramachandran and is now headed by J. Jayalalithaa. The party headquarters is in Royapettah, Chennai, and was gifted to the party in 1986 by its...
  
   (AIADMK)
• List of notable Tamil people
• Dravidian parties
  Dravidian parties
  Dravidian parties include an array of regional political parties in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, which trace their origins and ideologies either directly or indirectly to the Dravidian movement of Periyar E. V...