KR. RM. Kariya Manickam Ambalam

Ambalam was the only son of Ramasamy Ambalam. He was born in the small village of Kappallur, Devakottai taluk, Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, where his family were wealthy landlords.{{cn|date=May 2017}} He had one son, K. R. Ramasamy, who followed him into politics,{{Cite news |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/14/stories/2006051410280300.htm |title=Congress MLA creates a record of sorts in southern districts |date=14 May 2006 |accessdate=21 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223024714/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/14/stories/2006051410280300.htm |work=The Hindu |archivedate=23 February 2014}} and three daughters.{{cn|date=May 2017}}

Ambalam acted as a popular leader for over 100 villages and a few towns. He was a close friend to Pasumpon Muthuramalingam Thevar.{{cn|date=May 2017}}

He was elected four times:{{cite web |url=http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/14/stories/2006051410280300.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140223024714/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/14/stories/2006051410280300.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 February 2014 |title=Congress MLA creates a record of sorts in southern districts |date=14 May 2006 |accessdate=24 February 2012 |work=The Hindu |author=Jaishankar, C.}} to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly in 1957 as an independent candidate,{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_Madras_1957.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of Madras |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=24 February 2012}} in the 1962 and 1967 elections as a Swatantra Party candidate,{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_Madras_1962.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of Madras |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=24 February 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20Report%20Madras%201967.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of Madras |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=24 February 2012}} and in the 1977 election as an Indian National Congress candidate for Tiruvadanai.

After he died, village people under Karur Nadu and Kappallor Nadu erected two bronze statues in Karur and Kannankudi.{{cn|date=May 2017}}

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