Raghavachari Krishna Kumar (b. August 7, 1942 - d.October 3, 1999) was an Indian politician from the 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...

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Family

Kumar was born on August 7, 1942 to K. C. Raghavachari and Seethalakshmi. He passed out his Bachelor of commerce from the Tribhuvan University and won the Gold Medal from the King of Nepal for standing out first in the Final Examinations. He also passed out his LLB and Chartered Accountancy examinations in 1969 and did his internship with Mohinder Puri and Co., Chartered Accountants in New Delhi.

He was appointed the director of Canara Bank for a period of 3 years beginning from 1983.
He served as a member of the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha

The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Rajya means "state," and Sabha means "assembly hall" in Sanskrit. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature,...

 from April 3, 1996 to October 10, 1999. He was married to Chandini Kumar and was blessed with two children.

He was also the Minister of State for Finance from April 1998 till May 1998 and served under the leadership of Atal Behari Vajpayee (who was the then prime minister of India).