date death_date death_place children birth_place party birth_date spouse residence article_title name
1932 2 27 y 20 may 2006 madurai thiyagarajan theni , tamil nadu dmk 27 february 1932 rukmani madurai p. t. r. palanivel rajan
 palanivelu
p. t. r. palanivel rajan

ponnambala thyaga rajan palanivel rajan -lrb- 27 february 1932 -- 20 may 2006 -rrb- was an indian politician .
rajan was born on february 22 , 1932 in madurai in tamil nadu .
he graduated in political science from the prestigious madras christian college and then studied law at madras law college and was a practising lawyer before entering politics in 1968 when he joined the dravida munnetra kazhagam -- nbala 08:28 , 10 july 2013 -lrb- utc -rrb- he has served as the speaker of tamil nadu legislative assembly from 1996 to 2001 .
he also was the minister for hindu religious and charitable endowments in the government of tamil nadu briefly before his death on may 20 , 2006 at the age of 74 .
he was also an mlc twice .
his family was instrumental in the reconstruction of the sabarimala ayyappa temple after a fire destroyed it over a century ago .
madurai kamaraj university conferred the doctor of law on him -lrb- honoris causa -rrb- in 1997 .
his father p. t. rajan had served as the chief minister of tamil nadu .
