Meenakshisundaram Kalyanasundaram (b. October 20, 1909 - July 27, 1988) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India

Communist Party of India

The Communist Party of India is a national political party in India. In the Indian communist movement, there are different views on exactly when the Indian communist party was founded. The date maintained as the foundation day by CPI is 26 December 1925...

 candidate from Tiruchy North constituency in 1952 election, from Tiruchirappalli - II constituency

Tiruchirappalli - II (State Assembly Constituency)

Tiruchirapalli-II is a state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu.- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :- Post Delimitation :Tiruchirappalli – II has been renamed as Tiruchirappalli West after the constituency delimitaions 2008.- References :...

 in 1957 and 1962 elections. Kalyanasundaram also served as a member of the upper house of India's Parliament the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

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from 1980 to 1986. Kalyanasundaram married K. Logambal.