T. T. Krishnamachari

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Indian politician
economist
human
associatedWith Cabinet of India
surface form: Jawaharlal Nehru ministry

Cabinet of India
surface form: 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 Lok Sabha
surface form: 2nd Lok Sabha

Lok Sabha
surface form: 3rd Lok Sabha
placeOfBirth Madras Presidency
surface form: Madras Presidency, British India
placeOfDeath Chennai
surface form: 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

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Presidency College, Madras notableAlumnus T. T. Krishnamachari
Tiruvellore Thattai Krishnamachari shortName T. T. Krishnamachari
T. T. Krishnamachari & Co. foundedBy T. T. Krishnamachari
T. T. Krishnamachari & Co. namedAfter T. T. Krishnamachari
Mundhra scandal significantPerson T. T. Krishnamachari