Nanjil K. Manoharan

Nanjil K. Manoharan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977–1980 and minister of Revenue during 1996–2000.

Personal life

Manoharan was born in Nagercoil in February 1929. He died of cardiac arrest at the age of 71 on 1 August 2000 in Chennai. He was survived by his wife, two sons and two daughters.

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly four times, in 1977, 1984, 1989 and 1996.
He was elected to the Indian Parliament three times.
He was a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam till 1974
Then he joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He served as Finance minister in the M. G. Ramachandran cabinet during 1977–80.
He returned to the DMK in 1980 and became its Deputy General Secretary. He was a good speaker and poetry writer. He was the Revenue minister in the M. Karunanidhi cabinet during 1989–1991 and 1996–2000.