Aravinda Bala Pajanor

Aravinda Bala Pajanor (5 December 1935 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the minister of petroleum, chemicals, and fertilizers of the Republic of India in the Charan Singh-led government of India.^[3] He was the first member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from the Puducherry constituency.^[1] He and Sathiavani Muthu are the first politicians belonging to the Dravidian and regional party to join the union cabinet.^[4][5][6]

Aravinda Bala Pajanor
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India
In office 19 August 1979 – 23 December 1979
Prime Minister	Charan Singh
Preceded by	T. A. Pai
Succeeded by	Shyam Nath Kacker
Constituency	Puducherry
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office 25 March 1977 – 22 August 1979
Prime Minister	Morarji Desai Charan Singh
Preceded by	S. Mohan Kumaramangalam
Succeeded by	P. Shanmugam
Constituency	Puducherry
Personal details
Born	(1935-12-05)5 December 1935 Pondicherry, India[1]
Died	20 March 2013(2013-03-20) (aged 77) United States[2]
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alma mater	Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai

Early life and background

He was born to Appasamy Pajanor on 5 December 1935 at Karaikal town in Pondicherry, India. He received his education from St. Mary's Matriculation High School, Karaikal; St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli; and Loyola College, Chennai.^[1] He later attended Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, where he obtained his B.L. degree. He also served as a chairperson of the Sports Council, Pondicherry, and president of the students' union, in addition to serving as a lawyer at the Madras High Court.^[1]

He was married to Freeda Gajalakshmi Pajanor, with whom he had two children. After retiring from politics, he moved to the United States, where he spent most of his time after retirement. He died in the U.S. on 20 March 2013 due to ageing.^[4]