K. Thulasiah Vandayar

Krishnasami Thulasiah Vandayar (born 11 May 1929) is an Indian politician and head of the Poondi estate in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India. He was the member of Lok Sabha for Thanjavur from 1991 to 1996. He is the chairman of the Managing Committee of the AVVM Pushpam College.

Early life

Vandayar was born on 11 May 1929 to A. Krishnasami Vandayar, the zamindar of Poondi. He was educated at the Loyola College, Chennai.

Personal life

Vandayar married Padmavathi and had one son and a daughter.

Political career

Vandayar was a member of the Indian National Congress from an early age. In the 1991 Lok Sabha elections, he was elected from the Thanjavur Lok Sabha constituency defeating S. S. Palanimanickam of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party. He served till the 1996 elections which he lost. Vandayar served as the president of the Thanjavur District Congress Committee.

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