Thirumudi N. Sethuraman

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Thirumudi N. Sethuraman
திருமுடி.ந.சேதுராமன்
With former president Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, and former president Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Pondicherry
In office 1967–1971
Prime Minister	Indira Gandhi
Succeeded by	Mohan Kumaramangalam
Deputy Mayor of Puducherry
In office 1965[1]–1967
Member, Puducherry Legislative Assembly
In office September 1955[2] – November 1958
In office October 1963 [2] – August 1964
Personal details
Born	24 January 1923 Pondicherry, India
Died	23 December 1979(1979-12-23) (aged 56)
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Marie Therese
Profession	Politician

Thirumudi N. Sethuraman (Tamil: திருமுடி.ந.சேதுராமன்) (24 January 1923 - 23 December 1979) was an Indian politician. He participated in the Indian independence movement. In 1946, he made a turning point in the history of the freedom movement in Puducherry (then called Pondicherry) by forming the French India National Congress along with J. Savarinathan, Ambadi Narayanan, Govinda Pathar and M. A. Annamalai.^[3] It was succeeded by French India Students Congress.^[4] He is affectionately known as T. N. Sethuraman Chettiar. He served as the Deputy Mayor of Pondicherry. In 1967, he was elected as the Member of Parliament from Puducherry (Lok Sabha constituency).^[5] He ran again in 1971, but lost to Mohan Kumaramangalam.

He was a scholar and a great philanthropist but also a man of simplicity. Notably, he was the political guru for many of the present politicians of Puducherry.^{[citation needed]}

To honor him, a street was named after him. ^{[citation needed]}