List of Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
Madras State
Madras State, precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after Indian independence on 26 January 1950. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.

List of Speakers of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly

Section Title: Madras State
Table Section Text: Madras State, precursor to the present day state of Tamil Nadu, was created after Indian independence on 26 January 1950. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu and parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Political party	Term	Deputy Speaker

1	J. Shivashanmugam Pillai	6 May 1952	16 August 1955	Indian National Congress	1	B. Baktavatsalu Naidu

2	N. Gopala Menon	27 September 1955	1 November 1956	Indian National Congress	1	B. Baktavatsalu Naidu

3	U. Krishna Rao	30 April 1957	3 August 1961	Indian National Congress	1	B. Baktavatsalu Naidu

4	S. Chellapandian	31 March 1962	14 March 1967	Indian National Congress	1	K. Parthasarathi

5	Si. Pa. Adithanar	17 March 1967	12 August 1968	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	1	Pulavar K. Govindan

Sources: "Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly: Details of terms of successive Legislative Assemblies constituted under the Constitution of India". Government of India.

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Si. Pa. Adithanar was the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly during 1967–68.

final_sentence: Si. Pa. Adithanar was the Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Assembly during 1967–68.