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Mohan Kumaramangalam was born on 1 November, 1916 in London, United Kingdom, is an Indian politician. Discover Mohan Kumaramangalam's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 56 years old?

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Age 56 years old
Zodiac Sign Scorpio
Born 1 November, 1916
Birthday 1 November
Birthplace London, United Kingdom
Date of death 31 May, 1973
Died Place New Delhi, India
Nationality United Kingdom

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His wife is Kalyani Mukerjee (m. 1943)

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Children Uma Kumaramangalam, Rangarajan Kumaramangalam, Lalitha Kumaramangalam

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1916

Surendra Mohan Kumaramangalam (சுரேந்திர மோகன் குமாரமங்கலம்; 1 November 1916 — 31 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.

Mohan Kumaramangalam was born in London to P. Subbarayan, then zamindar of Kumaramangalam in Thiruchengode Taluk, Namakkal district and later, Chief Minister of Madras Presidency and his wife, Radhabai Subbarayan on 1 November 1916.

He was their third and youngest son, Paramasiva Prabhakar Kumaramangalam and Gopal Kumaramangalam being elder to him.

1938

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 by the Inner Temple.

1939

He returned to India in 1939 and participated in the Indian Independence Movement.

1941

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.

In the days following India's independence Madras Presidency was gripped by a peasant rebellion, which compelled the provincial government to launch a crackdown on communists.

Kumaramangalam was arrested along with other communist leaders and released after the rebellion had subsided.

Kumaramangalam favoured friendly relations with the Soviet Union and established the Indo-Soviet Cultural Society.

1943

Mohan Kumaramangalam married Kalyani Mukerjee, niece of Bengali politician Ajoy Mukherjee in 1943.

Ajoy Mukherjee, later, served as the Chief Minister of West Bengal.

The couple had a son, Rangarajan Kumaramangalam and two daughters.

Rangarajan Kumaramangalam was a member of the Indian National Congress and later, the Bharatiya Janata Party and served as a minister in the Narasimha Rao and Atal Behari Vajpayee governments.

1960

However, with the onset of the 1960s Kumaramangalam began distancing himself from communism.

He served as Advocate General of Madras.

1966

He also served as Advocate-General for Madras State from 1966 to 1967.

1967

Following the victory of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the 1967 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections, Kumaramangalam resigned from the Communist Party of India and joined the Indian National Congress.

1971

Kumaramangalam was loyal to Indira Gandhi when the party split and was elected to the Lok Sabha from Pondicherry in the 1971 elections.

He served as the Minister of Steel and Mines from 1971 until his death in 1973.

1973

Kumaramangalam was killed in the crash of Indian Airlines Flight 440 on May 31, 1973, at the age of 56.

He was the driving force behind Indira Gandhi's decision in 1973, to appoint Ajit Nath Ray as the Chief Justice of India superseding three senior judges of the Supreme Court of India - J. M. Shelat, A.N Grover and K. S. Hegde.

Kumaramangalam was killed in the crash of Indian Airlines Flight 440 on May 31, 1973, at the age of 56.

Many of the dead were unidentifiable, but his body was identified by a Parker pen and a hearing aid he wore.

Mohan Kumaramangalam was a prominent communist theorist and authored a number of books and pamphlets.

Some of his works include:

2004

Mohan's daughter, Lalitha Kumaramangalam contested the 2004 and 2009 Lok Sabha elections as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Tiruchirapalli and lost on both occasions.

Mohan Kumaramangalam's brother P. P. Kumaramangalam was a distinguished army officer who served as India's Chief of Army Staff.

His sister, Parvathi Krishnan was a politician of the Communist Party of India and served three terms as Member of Parliament from Coimbatore.

2014

Kumaramangalam's grandson, Muktesh Mukherjee, and his wife Xiaomao Bai, are among the two Canadian passengers aboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 which went missing since 8 March 2014.

Another grandson of Mohan Kumaramanglam is Rangarajan Mohan Kumaramangalam, who has joined politics after working as an entrepreneur and for technology companies.

He unsuccessfully contested the Lok Sabha polls 2014 from Salem on a Congress ticket.

He is the working president of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.