N. V. N. Somu

Indian politician

N. V. N. Somu

Member of Parliament , Lok Sabha
In office 1996–1997
Preceded by	D. Pandian
Succeeded by	C. Kuppusami
In office 1984–1989
Preceded by	G. Lakshmanan
Succeeded by	D. Pandian
Constituency	Chennai North

Personal details
Born	Natarajan Somasundaram (1937-05-11)11 May 1937
Died	14 November 1997(1997-11-14) (aged 60) Arunachal Pradesh, India
Children	Kanimozhi NVN Somu

Natarajan Somasundaram (11 May 1937 – 14 November 1997),^[1] also known as, N. V. N. Somu, was an Indian politician, former Minister of State for Defence & Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) candidate from Chennai North constituency in 1984 and 1996 elections.^[2]^[3]

Somu, who was the son of DMK leader N. V. Natarajan and married with a son and daughter, died in a helicopter crash while on central government business as Minister of State for Defence on 14 November 1997.^[4] His daughter, Kanimozhi NVN Somu, is also a politician with the DMK.^[5]

References

^ "Somu killed in helicopter crash". Rediff.com. 14 November 1997. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
^ Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha
^ Volume I, 1996 Indian Lok Sabha election, 11th Lok Sabha
^ "Somu Killed In Copter Crash Over Arunachal". Business Standard. 15 November 1997. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
^ Kolappan, B. (21 April 2016). "Descendants shine in party of rising sun". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 21 April 2016.

Members of the 8th Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu

GE 1984

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v t e Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu
GE 1996	N. V. N. Somu Murasoli Maran T. R. Baalu T. Nagaratnam K. Parasuraman A. M. Velu P. Shanmugam D. Venugopal L. Balaraman G. Venkatraman P. R. S. Venkatesan V. Ganesan P. Theertharaman C. Narasimhan K. Kandasamy R. Devadass K. P. Ramalingam S. R. Balasubramaniam V. P. Shanmugasundaram M. Ramanathan V. Kandasamy S. K. Kharventhan N. S. V. Chitthan A. G. S. Ram Babu R. Gnanagurusamy K. Natrayan L. Adaikalaraj A. Raja P. V. Rajendran M. Selvarasu S. S. Palanimanickam N. Siva P. Chidambaram S. P. Udayappan V. Alagirisamy D. S. A. Sivaprakasam M. Arunachalam R. Dhanuskodi Athithan N. Dennis
10th LS members 12th LS members Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from States AP AR AS BR CT GA GJ HR HP JH KA KL MP MH ML MN MZ NL OR PB RJ SK TG TN TR UP UT WB Union territories AN CH DH DL JK LA LD PY

Members of the 11th Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu

GE 1996