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P. Subbarayan
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Dr. P. Subbarayan (1889-09-11–1962) was the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1926 to 1930.[1]
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Subbarayan came from a large land owning family in Tamil Nadu, the Zamindar of Kumaramangalam, a zamindari near Thiruchengode, Salem District. He entered politics after becoming a barrister and taking a doctorate in law from Dublin.
He was the Member of the Legislative Council from 1922 to 1936. [2]
After the Indian independence, he served as the ambassador in Indonesia, a member of Rajya Sabha from 1954 and a member of Lok Sabha between 1957 and 1962. He served as Union Cabinet Minister for Transport and Communications in Nehru's Cabinet from 1959 to 1962. He was the Governor of Maharashtra at the time of his death.
Subbarayan was the Founder-President of the Indian Cricket Federation, the first association in the Madras Presidency to represent Indian cricketing interests. He was the President of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) from 1937-38 to 1945-46.
One of his sons was Mohan Kumaramangalam a minister in Indira Gandhi’s cabinet. Another son, General P.P. Kumaramangalam, was an Army Chief-Of-Staff. A third son Gopal Kumaramangalam was chief executive of important public sector undertakings. Three generations of this family were Union Cabinet Ministers - Subbaroyan serving in Nehru's Cabinet, Mohan Kumaramangalam in Indira Gandhi's, and his son, Pronit Rangarajan, in Vajpayee's.
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