Thiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari | |
|---|---|
 Krishnamachari in 2002 stamp of India | |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Madras South | |
| In office 1957–1962 | |
| Prime Minister | Pandit Nehru |
| Preceded by | None |
| Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Madras | |
| In office 1951–1957 | |
| Prime Minister | Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru |
| Preceded by | None |
| Succeeded by | Bifurcated into Madras North and Madras South constituencies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1899 Madras, British India |
| Died | 1974 (age 74-75) |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Children | TT Rangasamy TT Narasimman TT Raghavan TT Vasu |
| Profession | Politician, Entrepreneur TTK group |
Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari (1899 – 1974) was an Indian politician who served as Finance Minister from 1956 to 1958 and from 1964 to 1966. He was also a founding member of the first governing body of the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) in New Delhi, India's first independent economic policy institute established in 1956.
Krishnamachari graduated from Madras Christian College (MCC) and was a visiting professor to the department of economics at MCC. He was popularly known as TTK.
He has the ignominy of being the first minister in free India to have resigned due to his involvement in a scam.[1] He was also a member of drafting committee, an entrepreneur and prominent leader within the Indian National Congress. He was also deputy viceroy from 1947-1950.
- ^ Subramanian, Samanth. (9 May 2012) Long View: India's Very First Corruption Scandal. The New York Times.