caption death_date death_place birth_place nationality birth_date image article_title name
w. r. varadarajan 11 february 2010 chennai , tamil nadu , india ulliyanallur , tamil nadu , india indian 09 july 1945 w. _ r. _ varadarajan.jpg w. r. varadarajan
 w. r. varadarajan
w. r. varadarajan

w.r. varadarajan -lrb- -rrb- -lrb- 9 july 1945 -- 11 february 2010 -rrb- was an indian politician and trade unionist .
he was a central committee member of the communist party of india -lrb- marxist -rrb- and all india secretary of the centre of indian trade unions -lrb- citu -rrb- .
varadarajan began his political career with m. p. sivagnanam 's tamil arasu kazhagam .
he was a chartered accountant and an employee of the reserve bank of india -lrb- rbi -rrb- .
in 1963 he joined the cpi -lrb- m -rrb- .
he was elected to the tamil nadu legislative assembly from villivakkam constituency in 1989 election .
he obtained 99571 votes -lrb- 46.77 % of the votes in the constituency -rrb- .
he lost the seat in the 1991 election to congress candidate e. kalan .
varadarajan finished second , obtaining 71963 votes -lrb- 33.79 % -rrb- .
