Tirunellai Narayana Iyer

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Tirunellai Narayana Iyer is the full given name of T. N. Seshan, the prominent Indian civil servant best known for his tenure as Chief Election Commissioner of India.

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instanceOf Indian civil servant ⓘ
person ⓘ
alsoKnownAs T. N. Seshan ⓘ
Tirunellai Narayana Iyer Seshan ⓘ
linked to: T. N. Seshan
appointedBy President of India ⓘ
awardReceived Padma Vibhushan ⓘ
Ramon Magsaysay Award for Government Service ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship India ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1932-12-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2019-11-10 ⓘ
educatedAt Harvard University ⓘ
Madras Christian College ⓘ
ethnicGroup Tamil ⓘ
familyName Iyer ⓘ
fieldOfWork election administration ⓘ
public administration ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName Tirunellai Narayana ⓘ
honorificPrefix Shri ⓘ
knownFor electoral reforms in India ⓘ
strengthening the authority of the Election Commission of India ⓘ
strict enforcement of election code of conduct ⓘ
memberOf Election Commission of India ⓘ
nationality Indian ⓘ
nativeLanguage Tamil ⓘ
notableWork implementation of voter ID cards in India ⓘ
occupation bureaucrat ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
office Chief Election Commissioner of India ⓘ
placeOfBirth Thirunellai, Palakkad, Kerala, India ⓘ
placeOfDeath Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India ⓘ
politicalActivity contested 1997 Indian presidential election ⓘ
positionHeld Cabinet Secretary of India ⓘ
Chief Election Commissioner of India ⓘ
Indian Administrative Service officer ⓘ
precededBy R. V. S. Peri Sastri ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
residence Chennai ⓘ
serviceEntry Indian Administrative Service ⓘ
signatureEvent curbing use of money and muscle power in Indian elections ⓘ
spouse Jayalakshmi Seshan ⓘ
succeededBy M. S. Gill ⓘ
termEnd 1996 ⓘ
termStart 1990 ⓘ
workLocation New Delhi ⓘ
linked to: New Delhi, India

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