Please answer the following question: Facts: - networth: unknown - predecessor: k. kamaraj - birth date: 09 october 1897 - caption: bhaktavatsalam congress , '' ca . '' 1938 at the haripura session of the indian national - death date: 31 january 1987 - spouse: gnanasundarambal - office: chief and planning -lrb- madras presidency -rrb- minister of madras state minister of public works - term end: 6 march 1967 6 april 1949 - name: minjur bhaktavatsalam - premier: o. p. ramaswamy reddiyar - death place: chennai , tamil nadu , india - successor: c. n. annadurai - primeminister: jawaharlal nehru , lal bahadur shastri , indira gandhi - occupation: politician - imagesize: 200px - children: sarojini varadappan - term start: 2 october 1963 24 march 1947 - image: mbhaktavatsalam.jpg - governor: bhishnuram reddy -lrb- acting -rrb- , sardar ujjal singh -lrb- acting medhi -rrb- , , jayachamaraja wodeyar bahadur , p. chandra Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of m. bhaktavatsalam .
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minjur bhaktavatsalam or minjur kanakasabhapathi bhaktavatsalam -lrb- 9 october 1897 -- 31 january 1987 -rrb- was an indian lawyer , politician and freedom fighter from the state of tamil nadu .he served as the chief minister of madras state from 2 october 1963 to 6 march 1967 .he was the last congress chief minister of tamil nadu and the last to have taken part in the indian independence movement .bhaktavatsalam was born on 9 october 1897 in the madras presidency .he studied law and practised as an advocate in the madras high court .he involved himself in politics and the freedom movement right from an early age and was imprisoned during the salt satyagraha and the quit india movement .he was elected to the madras legislative assembly in 1937 and served as parliamentary secretary in the rajaji government and as a minister in the o. p. ramaswamy reddiyar government .he led the indian national congress during the 1950s and served as the chief minister of madras presidency from 1963 to 1967 .following the defeat of the indian national congress in the 1967 elections , bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics .he died on 31 january 1987 at the age of 89 .