Mohan Kumaramangalam
| Mohan Kumaramangalam | |
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| Minister of Iron and Steel Mines | |
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In office 1971–1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry | |
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In office 1971–1972 |
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| Prime Minister | Indira Gandhi |
| Preceded by | Thirumudi.N.Sethuraman |
| Advocate-General for Madras State | |
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In office 1966–1967 |
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| Premier | M. Bhaktavatsalam |
| Preceded by | N. Krishnaswami Reddy |
| Succeeded by | Govind Swaminadhan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1 November 1916 London, United Kingdom |
| Died | 30 May 1973 (aged 56) |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party |
Communist Party of India, Indian National Congress |
| Spouse(s) | Kalyani |
| Relations |
General P. P. Kumaramangalam, Parvathi Krishnan |
| Children |
Uma Kumaramangalam, Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Lalitha Kumaramangalam |
| Profession | lawyer |
Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (Tamil: சுரேந்திர மோகன் குமாரமங்கலம்) (b. 1 November 1916 - d. 30 May 1973) was an Indian politician and communist theorist who was a member of the Communist Party of India, and later, the Indian National Congress. He served as a member of Lok Sabha for Pondicherry from 1971 to 1972. He also served as Advocate-General for Madras State from 1966 to 1967.
Mohan Kumaramangalam was born in London to P. Subbarayan, then zamindar of Kumaramangalam in Salem district and later, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency and his wife, Radhabai Subbarayan on 1 November 1916. He was their third and youngest son, P. P. Kumaramangalam and Gopal Kumaramangalam being elder to him. Kumaramangalam was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge, serving as President of the Cambridge Union Society in 1938. During his period at Cambridge he was deeply influenced by communism.
Kumaramangalam was called to the bar from the Inner Temple. He returned to India in 1939 and participated in the Indian Independence Movement.
In 1941, Kumaramangalam was arrested along with P. Ramamurthi, C. S. Subramaniam and R. Umanath for distributing seditious pamphlets in what came to be known as the Madras Conspiracy Case. Kumaramangalam was later released. During the Second World War Kumaramangalam served as the editor of the communist magazine, People's War, which on the conclusion of hostilities he renamed as People's Age.
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