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but left the party in 1916 to join the
Justice Party. When the Justice Party was elected to power in the Madras Presidency in the first general elections in November 1920, Subbarayalu Reddiar was chosen as the First Minister. Thus, Subbarayalu Reddiar is the inaugural First Minister of Madras
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Government. However, he passed on the mantle to Subbarayalu Reddiar. Subbarayalu Reddiar assumed office as First Minister on 17 December 1920 and held the portfolios of education, public works, excise and registration in the new government. The first session of the assembly was
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boycotted the elections. As a result, the
Justice Party swept to power winning 63 of the 98 Assembly seats to which elections were conducted. Among the nominated members, it had a strength of 18 adding up to a total of 81 members in a chamber of 127.
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inaugurated by Duke of
Connaught on 13 January 1921. On 14 February 1921, three new Council Secretaries were appointed by the Justice party Government. However, Subbarayalu Reddiar resigned soon afterwards on grounds of health.
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family of South Arcot in 1855. He studied law in the West. On his return to India, Subbarayalu
Reddiar involved himself in district politics of South Arcot and served as a district board president. Initially, he joined the
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Reddiar served as the President of Cuddalore taluk Board in 1912. In 1917 he became the chair of South Arcot District Board. He later became the first First Minister of
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158:(b. 15 October 1855 – d. November 1921) was a
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473:Rulers.org – Provinces of British India
356:"List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu"
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594:Rajan, P. T.; K. Paramasivam (1973).
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414:Justice Party Golden Jubilee Souvenir
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382:"The Raja who became Chief Minister"
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642:First Minister of Madras Presidency
278:Education, Excise and Public works
37:First Minister of Madras Presidency
1407:Presidency College, Chennai alumni
614:Encyclopaedia of Political Parties
573:. Emerald Publishers. p. 84.
242:, a part of its policy during the
206:on 15 October 1855. He studied in
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520:Encyclopedia of Political Parties
503:Encyclopedia of Political Parties
491:Encyclopedia of Political Parties
1278:Deputy leaders of the opposition
903:Deputy speakers of the Lok Sabha
722:Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam
646:17 December 1920 – 11 July 1921
616:. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD.
569:Kudiarasu, Chidambaram (2006).
402:. Social Scientist. July 2011.
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208:Presidency College, Chennai
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156:Agaram Subbarayalu Reddiar
25:Agaram Subbarayalu Reddiar
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234:First Minister of Madras
180:Indian National Congress
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1310:Panruti S. Ramachandran
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977:Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan
862:Edappadi K. Palaniswami
733:Union cabinet ministers
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558:. 1968. pp. xviii.
344:. Harrison. p. 77.
281:A. Subbarayalu Reddiar
226:, present-day state of
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878:Deputy chief ministers
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427:Rajaraman, P. (1988).
289:Local Self-Government
218:Early political career
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1185:Pollachi V. Jayaraman
1152:V. P. Balasubramanian
1142:Su. Thirunavukkarasar
837:M. D. R. Ramachandran
747:Aravinda Bala Pajanor
283:(Also First Minister)
256:Sir Theagaroya Chetty
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1170:Parithi Ilamvazhuthi
1071:Sedapatti R. Muthiah
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762:Sedapatti R. Muthiah
416:. 1968. p. 233.
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544:. 15 January 1921.
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270:Portfolio
228:Tamil Nadu
190:Early life
141:Profession
136:Politician
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386:The Hindu
273:Minister
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175:Reddiar
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118:Indian
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328:Notes
320:Death
618:ISBN
575:ISBN
451:2010
435:OCLC
368:2008
103:Died
95:Born
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