M. S. Manickam

In this Indian name, the name Manickam Sabapathy is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Manickam.
M. S. Manickam

M. S. Manickam
Member of the Legislative Assembly, India
In office
1980–1984
Constituency Vedaranyam
Personal details
Born (1946-10-26)October 26, 1946
Thagattur, Madras State, British India
Died 14 December 2010(2010-12-14) (aged 64)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Political party DMK
Spouse(s) Latha (m. 1980)
Children

Radha (b. 1982)

Srinivasan (b. 1985)
Residence Thagattur, Tamil Nadu, India
Religion Hindu

Manickam Sabapathy Manickam (Tamil: மா.ச.மாணிக்கம், Ma.Sa.Manickam) (born October 26, 1946) is an Indian politician and agriculturist, better known as MSM.

Early Life and Family

He was born in a village named Thagattur in Vedaranyam Taluk, Nagapattinam District. He is the elder son of the family. His immediate family is short, his wife named M.Latha, Daughter M.Radha and Son M.Srinivasan. His family was lived at his native village Thagattur until 1991. In 1991, he temporarily relocated his family to nearby town Thiruthuraipoondi, Thiruvarur District for his children's school education and then to Tiruchirappalli for their higher education in 2001. He is a deep follower of Hinduism.

Education

M.S.Manickam completed his graduation and post-graduation in Arts from Alagappa Arts College, Karaikudi in Alagappa University and Pachaiyappa Arts College, Chennai Madras University.

Politics

M. S. Manickam was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vedaranyam constituency in the 1980 election at the age of 33. [1] Actually, he contested for the first time to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1977 at the age of 30, but lost to M. Meenakshi Sundaram (DMK) candidate.[2] He worked hardly for the people during his tenure between 1980-1984. In 1993, he left the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) as there is no justification to continue and not given enough opportunity to serve for the people in that party.

After leaving ADMK in 1993 he was little active in politics and gradually giving his way to new comers who are looking active in politics to do good for the society by supporting them in Assembly Elections Win and as their mentor. Later, in 2010 he was defected to the Thai Kazhagam (Mother Party) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam along with his mentor Ex. Minister Azhagu Tirunavukkarasu,[3][4] thought to come back in active politics to do something left in him for the people.

Death

Suffering from sudden heart pain in the early morning, he was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Chennai on 14 November 2010 afternoon. He died due to Heart Attack at the age of 64 on the same day night 9:31 [5] at Appollo Hospital. On his funeral, the next day was attended by thousands of public, relatives, family members and local politicians from all the parties. His son, Srinivasan performed his last rites at the Crematorium, Thagattur, Vedaranyam Taluk.

References

  1. ↑ "1980 Results" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 21 March 2011.
  2. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf
  3. ↑ "Former AIADMK minister joins DMK". The Times of India. 17 June 2010. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  4. ↑ "DMK making efforts to retain Vedaranyam". The Hindu. 4 May 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2011.
  5. ↑


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