T. T. Krishnamachari

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Indian politician economist human

T. T. Krishnamachari was a prominent Indian politician and economist who served as Finance Minister of India under Prime Ministers Jawaharlal Nehru and Lal Bahadur Shastri.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Indian politician → economist → human →
associatedWith	Jawaharlal Nehru ministry → Lal Bahadur Shastri ministry →
countryOfCitizenship	India →
dateOfBirth	1899-11-26 →
dateOfDeath	1974-10-18 →
educatedAt	Madras Christian College → University of Madras →
era	post-independence India →
founded	T. T. Krishnamachari & Co. →
fullName	Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari →
knownFor	involvement in the Mundhra scandal → role in formulating India’s early Five-Year Plans → shaping India’s post-independence fiscal policy →
legislativeBody	Lok Sabha → Rajya Sabha →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Indian National Congress →
nativeLanguage	Tamil →
notableWorkArea	economic planning in India → public finance →
officeEnd	1958-02-01 (first term as Finance Minister of India) → 1966-11-13 (second term as Finance Minister of India) →
officeStart	1956-01-01 (first term as Finance Minister of India) → 1964-06-09 (second term as Finance Minister of India) →
parliamentaryTerm	2nd Lok Sabha → 3rd Lok Sabha →
placeOfBirth	Madras Presidency, British India →
placeOfDeath	Madras, Tamil Nadu, India →
positionHeld	Finance Minister of India → Member of Lok Sabha → Member of Rajya Sabha → Minister for Commerce and Industry of India →
precededBy	C. D. Deshmukh →
profession	economist → industrialist → politician →
reasonForResignation	Mundhra scandal →
region	Tamil Nadu →
religion	Hinduism →
representedConstituency	Madras (Lok Sabha) → Madras State in Rajya Sabha →
servedUnder	Jawaharlal Nehru → Lal Bahadur Shastri →
succeededBy	Morarji Desai →
workedOn	industrial policy of India in the 1950s and 1960s →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Constituent Assembly of India →	draftingCommitteeMember
Presidency College, Madras →	notableAlumnus