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Cho Ramaswamy | |
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Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha | |
In office 16 November 1999 – 15 November 2005 | |
President |
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Prime Minister | Atal Bihari Vajpayee |
Constituency | Nominated |
Founder & Author of Thuglak | |
In office 14 January 1970 – 7 December 2016 | |
Preceded by | Position established |
Succeeded by | Swaminathan Gurumurthy |
Personal details | |
Born | Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy 5 October 1934[1] Mylapore, Madras Presidency, British India (present day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) |
Died | 7 December 2016 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Soundaramba Ramaswamy
(m. 1966) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | Ramya Krishnan (niece) |
Occupation |
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Awards | Padma Bhushan (2017) |
Srinivasa Iyer Ramaswamy, better known as Cho Ramaswamy (5 October 1934 [1] – 7 December 2016), was an Indian actor, comedian, editor, political satirist, playwright, film director and lawyer from Tamil Nadu. He was a popular comedian in the 1960s and 1970s, and had acted with all the top stars in that period.[2]