Ozhalur Viswanatha Mudaliar Alagesan (6 September 1911 – 3 January 1992) was an India

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 and freedom fighter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

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. He served as a member of the Indian Parliament from 1951 to 1957, 1962 to 1967 and from 1971 to 1979.

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Alagesan was a member of the Constituent Assembly from 1946 to 1951. In 1951, he was elected Member of Parliament from Chingleput

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. He lost the elections in 1957 but was re-elected in 1962. He also served as a Member of Parliament from Tiruthani from 1971 to 1975 and Arakkonam

Arakkonam

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 from 1975 to 1979.

Alagesan served as India's Ambassador to Ethiopia

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from 1968 to 1971.