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C. Chittibabu

Indian politician

Field	Value
name	C. Chittibabu
office	29th Mayor of Madras
term	1965–1966
predecessor	S. Krishnamurthy
successor	Era Sambandham
constituency1	Chengalpattu constituency
office1	Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
term1	1967-76
predecessor1	O. V. Alagesan
successor1	R. Mohanarangam
birth_date
birth_place	Tindivanam, Madras Presidency, British India
death_date
death_place	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India
(now Chennai)
party	DMK
spouse	Gangabai
children	Sekhar, Sukumar
source	https://loksabha.nic.in/writereaddata/biodata_1_12/1744.htm

(now Chennai) Chokalinga Chittibabu, commonly known as Mayor Chittibabu, was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Chengalpattu constituency as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1967 and 1971 elections. He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965. He was arrested under the Maintenance of Internal Security Act after Indira Gandhi declared emergency and the DMK government was dismissed in 1976. He was jailed along with DMK leaders and died of injuries due to police torture suffered while trying to save M.K. Stalin in Madras Central Prison.

References

[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1967/Vol_I_LS_67.pdf Volume I, 1967 Indian general election, 4th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive. link. (18 July 2014)
[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1971/Vol_I_LS71.pdf Volume I, 1971 Indian general election, 5th Lok Sabha] {{webarchive. link. (18 July 2014)
(6 June 2013). "What makes MK Stalin the political successor of Karunanidhi". [[The Economic Times]].
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Vijaya Ramaswamy. (22 May 2007). "Historical Dictionary of the Tamils". Scarecrow Press.
(1 February 2016). "MISA detention taught me a tough lesson, says Stalin". The Hindu.
India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha. (1978). "Parliamentary Debates: Official Report. Rajya Sabha". Council of States Secretariat.
Ananth V. Krishna. (2011). "India Since Independence: Making Sense of Indian Politics". Pearson Education India.

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