Party Name : Congress
Constituency : Koilpatti-SC
State : Madras
Member Experience : Elected to Loksabha 3 time
Last Loksabha Attended : 3
More Information :
BALKRISHNAN, SHRI S. C, Cong. [Madras—Koilpatti, (Reserved—Sch. Castes)—1962]: S. of Shri Saliappuli Chinnakaruppanan; B. at village Ayakudi, Palni Taluk, Distt. Madurai, 1909; ed. at Municipal High School, Palni; m. Mariammal; 3 S.; Agriculturist; Member, Madras Legislative Assembly, 1937—1951; Ex-Secretary, All India Depressed Classes League and General Secretary, Madras State Depressed Classes League; Ex-Member, Executive Committee of Tamilnad Congress; Trustee, Palni Danda yuthapaniswami Temple Devasthanam; Running two Boarding Homes free for poor Harijans and Backward Class boys and girls students; Running an Orphanage at Palni Town; Founder and Organizer of Leprosy Clinic at Agraharam village of Palni Taluk through the Red Cross Society of Palni Branch; Editor, "Pattali", a Tamil Weekly; Suffered imprisonment in connection with the National Movement; Member, First Lok Sabha, 1952—57 and Second Lok Sabha, 1957—62. Social activities: Harijan uplift. Special interest: Harijan uplift. Publications: "Harijans in Independent India"; "Lotus in Mire", a Tamil Drama.
