Please answer the following question: Facts: - profession: politician - order: member deputy mayor of puducherry of parliament -lrb- lok sabha -rrb- for pondicherry - successor: mohan kumaramangalam - party: indian national congress - death date: 23 december 1979 - primeminister: indira gandhi - spouse: marie therese - term end: 1971 1967 - term start: 1967 1965 - birth date: january 24 , 1923 - name: thirumudi n. sethuraman - nationality: indian - birth place: pondicherry , india - religion: hindu Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of thirumudi n. sethuraman .
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thirumudi n. sethuraman -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- b. january 24 , 1923 - d. december 23 , 1979 -rrb- was an indian politician .he participated in the india 's independence movement .in 1946 , he made a turning point in the history of freedom movement in pondicherry by forming the french india national congress along with j.savarinathan , ambadi narayanan , govinda pathar and m.a.annamalai .it was succeeded by french india students congress .he is often called as t.n.sethuraman chettiar by the affectionate people .he served as the deputy mayor of pondicherry .in 1967 , he was elected as the member of parliament from puducherry -lrb- lok sabha constituency -rrb- .he was a scholar and a great philanthropist .he was a man of simplicity .he was the political guru for many of the present politicians of pondicherry .to honor him , a street was named after him .