What is T. N. Seshan?
{{Infobox politician | name = T. N. Seshan | image = T.N. Seshan in 1994.jpg | birth_place = [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]<br/>(present-day [[Kerala]], [[India]]) | birth_date = {{birth date|1932|12|15|df=yes}} | death_date = {{death date and age|2019|11|10|1932|12|15|df=y}} | death_place = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]] |birthname = Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan |alma_mater = [[Madras Christian College]]<br/>[[Harvard University]] |spouse = {{marriage|Jayalakshmi Seshan|1959|2018|end=died}} |office = 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] |term_start = 12 December 1990 |term_end = 11 December 1996 |predecessor = [[V. S. Ramadevi]] |successor = [[M. S. Gill]] |office2 = 18th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]] |term_start2 = 27 March 1989 |term_end2 = 23 December 1989 |primeminister = [[Chandra Shekhar]] <br> [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] <br> [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]] <br> [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] |primeminister2 = [[Rajiv Gandhi]] |predecessor2 = B. G. Deshmukh |successor2 = [[V. C. Pande]] |occupation = [[Indian Administrative Service]] | awards = [[Ramon Magsaysay award]] (1996) }} '''Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan''' (15 December 1932 – 10 November 2019) was an Indian bureucrat. He was the 18th [[Cabinet Secretary of India]] in 1989. He was appointed the 10th [[Chief Election Commissioner of India]] (1990–96) and became known for election reforms. He won the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for government service in 1996. He died at his home in [[Chennai]] on 10 November 2019 of [[cardiac arrest]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/former-election-commissioner-tn-seshan-dies-at-87-1617671-2019-11-10|title=Former Election Commissioner TN Seshan dies at 87|date=10 November 2019|newspaper=India Today|access-date=10 November 2019}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Seshan, T. N.}} [[Category:1932 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Tamil Nadu politicians]] {{bio-stub}}