Ponnusami Nadar was a freedom fighter and an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Indian National Congress

Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, the other being the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is the largest and one of the oldest democratic political parties in the world. The party's modern liberal platform is largely considered center-left in the Indian...

 candidate from Tuticorin constituency

Tuticorin (State Assembly Constituency)

Tuticorin is an assembly constituency located in Tuticorin Lok Sabha Constituency in Tamil Nadu. Before 2009 Genral elections, Tuticorin assembly constituency was part of Tirunelveli Lok Sabha Constituency- Madras State assembly:- Tamil Nadu assembly:...

 in 1957 and 1962 elections

Madras legislative assembly election, 1962

The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party, led by K. Kamaraj, won the election. This was the last time that Congress won an election in Tamil Nadu...

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Tamil Nadu congress committee released a special postal cover to commemorate his birthday on 14 February 2007 in Tuticorin. It also released a souvenir depicting the life of Ponnusami Nadar.

Ponnusami Nadar died in a car accident in 1968.