What is K. Anbazhagan?
[[File:Anbazhagan2006.jpg|right|200px]] '''Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan''' (19 December 1922 – 7 March 2020) was an Indian politician. He was a member of the [[Lok Sabha]] from 1962 to 1967. He was born in [[Tanjore District (Madras Presidency)|Tanjore District]], [[British India]]. He was the [[General Secretary]] of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK) from 17 May,1977 until his death. He was elected as a member of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]] from 1957 to 1962, 1971 to 1991 and again from 1996 to 2011. He also was finance minister and education minister of Tamil Nadu under the governments of [[M. Karunanidhi]].He served as the opposition leader of Tamilnadu assembly from 2001 to 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|title=12th Assembly - Overview|url=https://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/12th_2001/overview.php|access-date=2022-01-29|website=www.assembly.tn.gov.in}}</ref> Anbazhagan died on 7 March 2020 of [[multiple organ failure]] at a hospital in [[Chennai]] at the age of 97.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dmk-general-secretary-anbazhagan-no-more/article31004456.ece |title=DMK general secretary Anbazhagan no more |work=The Hindu |access-date=2020-03-07}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Anbazhagan, K.}} [[Category:1922 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Tamil Nadu politicians]] [[Category:Members of the Lok Sabha]] [[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]] {{bio-stub}}