B. S. Gnanadesikan

{{Short description|Indian politician (1949–2021)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = B. S. Gnanadesikan

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| birth_date = {{birth date |1949|01|20|df=y}}

| birth_place = Srivilliputhur, Madras Province, India

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|2021|1|15|1949|1|20}}

| death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

| party = Tamil Maanila Congress

| spouse = G. Thilagavathi

| children = Two sons (Vijay Gnanadesikan, Prashanth Gnanadesikan)

| nationality = Indian

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| office1 = Member of Parliament - Rajya Sabha

| term_start1 = 2001

| term_end1 = 2013

| website = Profile on Rajya Sabha [http://164.100.24.167:8080/members/website/Mainweb.asp?mpcode=1845]

|alma_mater=Loyola College, Chennai}}

B. S. Gnanadesikan (20 January 1949 – 15 January 2021) was a Sr. Vice President of Tamil Maanila Congress(M) and a two time Member of the Parliament of India representing Tamil Nadu in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.{{cite web|url=https://www.india.gov.in/my-government/indian-parliament/b-s-gnanadesikan|title=B. S. Gnanadesikan|access-date=31 August 2018|publisher=India.gov.in}} Previously he was the President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee from 2011 to 2014.

He died at the age of 71 in Chennai due to COVID-19.{{Cite web|title=த.மா.கா. மூத்த தலைவர் பி.எஸ்.ஞானதேசிகன் காலமானார்!|url=http://www.puthiyathalaimurai.com/newsview/91065/Tamil-Maanila-Congress-BS-Gnanadesikan-passed-away|access-date=2021-01-15|website=Puthiyathalaimurai|language=ta}}{{cite news | url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/former-rajya-sabha-mp-bs-gnanadesikan-no-more/article33580122.ece | title=Former Rajya Sabha MP, B.S. Gnanadesikan, no more | newspaper=The Hindu | date=15 January 2021 }}