K. Rajaram

{{Short description|Indian politician}}

{{Use Indian English|date=December 2015}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

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| name = K. Rajaram

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| image = K Rajaram.jpg

| caption = Rajaram as speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

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| office1 = Minister for Food and Civil Supplies of Tamil Nadu

| term_start1 = 1991

| term_end1 = 1992

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = J. Jayalalithaa

| predecessor1 =

| successor1 =

| office2 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Panamarathupatti

| term_start2 = 1991

| term_end2 = 1996

| predecessor2 = S. R. Sivalingam

| successor2 = S. R. Sivalingam

| office3 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Panamarathupatti

| term_start3 = 1980

| term_end3 = 1989

| predecessor3 = N. Subbarayan

| successor3 = S. R. Sivalingam

| office4 = Tamil Nadu minister for Industries and Irrigation

| term_start4 = 1985

| term_end4 = 1989

| 1blankname4 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata4 = M. G. Ramachandran

| predecessor4 =

| successor4 =

| office5 = 5th Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

| term_start5 = 1980

| term_end5 = 1985

| 1blankname5 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata5 = M. G. Ramachandran

| deputy5 = P. H. Pandian

| predecessor5 = Munu Adhi

| successor5 = P. H. Pandian

| office6 = Tamil Nadu minister for Labour

| term_start6 = 1973

| term_end6 = 1976

| 1blankname6 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata6 = M. Karunanidhi

| predecessor6 =

| successor6 =

| office7 = Tamil Nadu minister for Housing and Backward Classes

| term_start7 = 1971

| term_end7 = 1973

| 1blankname7 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata7 = M. Karunanidhi

| predecessor7 =

| successor7 =

| office8 = Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Salem II

| term_start8 = 1971

| term_end8 = 1976

| predecessor8 = E. R. Krishnan

| successor8 = M. Arumugam

| office9 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Salem

| term_start9 = 1967

| term_end9 = 1971

| primeminister9 = Indira Gandhi

| predecessor9 = S. V. Ramaswamy

| successor9 = E. R. Krishnan

| office10 = Member of parliament, Lok Sabha for Krishnagiri

| term_start10 = 1962

| term_end10 = 1967

| primeminister10 = Jawaharlal Nehru,
Lal Bahadur Shastri,
Indira Gandhi

| predecessor10 = C. R. Narasimhan

| successor10 = M. Kamalanathan

| birth_date = 26 August 1926

| birth_place =

| death_date = 8 February 2008 (aged 82)

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| party = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

| otherparty = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (until 1977) and Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1977)

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| alma_mater =

| profession = Politician

| spouse = Santhakumari Rajaram

| children = R. Rajasekar

| parents = Father: Kasthuri Pillai
Mother: Vijayambal

| relations = • K. Jayaseelan (Brother)
• K. Rajendran ( Brother)
• K. Sulochana (Sister)
• K. Manonmani (Sister)
• K. Prema (Sister)
• K. Kanthraj (Brother)
• K. A. Manoharan (co - brother)

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K. Rajaram (26 August 1926 – 8 February 2008) was an Indian politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and later, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He served as the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1980 to 1985.{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India |url=http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |publisher=Government of Tamil Nadu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083126/http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/list/assemblies-overview.htm |archive-date= 6 October 2014 }}{{cite web|title=Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India|publisher=Government of India|url=http://legislativebodiesinindia.nic.in/STATISTICAL/tamilnadu.htm}}

Rajaram rose to prominence in 1962 when he defeated C. R. Narasimhan, son of C. Rajagopalachari while contesting from Krishnagiri as a candidate of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.{{cite web|title=Statistical Report on General Elections 1962 to the Second Lok Sabha|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India}} He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from Salem II constituency in 1971 as a DMK candidate and from the Panamarathupatti constituency in 1980, 1984 and 1991 as an ADMK candidate. He served as the Minister for Housing and Backward Classes during 1971–73 and as the Minister for Labour during 1973–76 in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet. He was the Minister for Industries during 1985–89 in the M. G. Ramachandran cabinet and the Minister for Food during 1991–92 in the J. Jayalalithaa cabinet. He also served as a Member of Lok Sabha from Krishnagiri during 1962–67 and from Salem during 1967–71.{{cite book |year=1993|title=India who's who |publisher=INFA Publications| pages=182| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=L7EZAAAAYAAJ&q=rajaram}}{{cite book | year= 1985| title=Data India| publisher=Press Institute of India|pages=144| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pn9DAAAAYAAJ&q=K.+Rajaram}}{{cite book | year= 1992| title=Asian recorder, Issue 28| publisher=Recorder Press| pages=22085| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ez1tAAAAMAAJ&q=K.+Rajaram}}