Please answer the following question: Facts: - party: justice party - predecessor: raja of bobbili - birth date: 1892 - profession: lawyer - caption: p. t. rajan in 1934 - order: member of madras presidency of madras legislative assembly for cumbum chief minister - death date: 1974 - term end: 1957 august 24 , 1936 - name: ponnambala thiaga rajan - premier: chakravarti rajagopalachari , k. kamaraj - birth place: madurai district - successor: raja of bobbili - nationality: indian - occupation: politician - alma mater: the leys school , cambridge , - imagesize: 200px - term start: 1952 april 4 , 1936 - image: ptrajan.jpg - governor: sri erskine , lord erskine , kurma venkata reddy naidu -lrb- prakasa acting -rrb- , a. j. john , anaparambil john Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of p. t. rajan .
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sir ponnambala thiaga rajan -lrb- 1892 -- 1974 -rrb- was the chief minister of madras presidency from april 4 , 1936 to august 24 , 1936 .he was also the last president of the justice party .p. t. rajan was born in 1892 in uthamapalayam -lrb- theni district -rrb- and educated at the leys school , cambridge and jesus college , oxford .he graduated in history and law and practised as an advocate for some time before joining the justice party .rajan was elected to the madras legislative council as a justice party candidate in 1920 and served as a legislator till his defeat in 1937 .he held various offices such as the minister of public works and then , the chief minister of madras presidency .from 1939 to 1944 , rajan supported periyar but broke off and headed the rebel justice party till 1957 .rajan was elected to the madras legislative assembly in 1952 and served as a legislator from 1952 to 1957 .rajan died in 1974 at the age of 82 .a road in k. k. nagar , chennai has been named in his memory as '' sir p.t. rajan road '' .rajan 's son palanivel rajan served as a minister of the dravida munnetra kazhagam and speaker of the tamil nadu legislative assembly from 1996 to 2001 .