Nanjil K. Manoharan

{{infobox officeholder

|name = Nanjil K. Manoharan

|office = Minister of Revenue (Government of Tamil Nadu)

|term_start = 1996

|term_end = 2000

|1blankname = Chief Minister

|1namedata = M. Karunanidhi

|term_start1 = 1989

|term_end1 = 1991

|1blankname1 = Chief Minister

|1namedata1 = M. Karunanidhi

|office2 = Deputy Secretary General of DMK

|term_start2 = 1980

|term_end2 = 2000

|leader2 = M. Karunanidhi

|1blankname2 = Secretary General

|1namedata2 = K. Anbazhagan

|office3 = Minister of Finance (Government of Tamil Nadu)

|term_start3 = 1977

|term_end3 = 1980

|1blankname3 = Chief Minister

|1namedata3 = M. G. Ramachandran

|office4 = Leader of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly House

|term_start4 = 30 June 1977

|term_end4 = 15 February 1980

|constituency4 =

|birth_date = February 1929

|birth_place = Kottar, Nagercoil, Travancore State (now in Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu), India

|death_date = 1 August 2000 (aged 71)

|death_place = Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

|spouse = Married

|children = 2 (son) and 2 (daughter)

|residence =

|party = DMK, AIADMK

|occupation = Politician

}}

Nanjil K. Manoharan (February 1929 – 1 August 2000) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977–1980 and minister of Revenue during 1996–2000.

Personal life

Manoharan was born in Nagercoil in February 1929. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 71 on 1 August 2000 in Chennai. He was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.{{cite news |url=http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/08/02/stories/04022232.htm |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130125140026/http://www.hinduonnet.com/2000/08/02/stories/04022232.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=25 January 2013 |title=Nanjil Manoharan dead |work=The Hindu |date=2 August 2000}}

Political career

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly four times, in 1977,[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201977.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] 1984,[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1984/StatisticalReportTamilNadu84.pdf 1984 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] 1989[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1989/StatisticalReportTamilNadu89.pdf 1989 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India] and 1996.{{cite web |publisher=Election Commission of India |page=5 |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-TN96.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election 1996 for the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu |accessdate=2017-05-06}}[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1980/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu%201980.pdf 1980 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-Tamil%20Nadu91.pdf 1991 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]
He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times (in 1962, 67 and 71).[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1962/Vol_I_LS_62.pdf Volume I, 1962 Indian general election, 3rd Lok Sabha][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha][http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha]
He was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) till 1974
Then he joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK). He served as Finance minister in the M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) cabinet during 1977–80.
He returned to the DMK in 1980 and became its Deputy General Secretary. He was a good speaker and poetry writer. He was the Revenue minister in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet during 1989–1991 and 1996–2000.

= Electoral history =

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|M.P