conveying our condolence to his family. The House may stand in silence for a minute and express its sorrow. Death Shanmukham Chetty suffered a severe heart attack on 3 May 1953. He succumbed to a second attack on the evening of 5 May 1953. Honours Chetty was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire on 3 June 1933. He was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Philosophy by the Annamalai University. A life-size bronze statue of Dr. Chetty was unveiled on the campus of R. K. Sreerangammal Kalvi Nilayam Higher Secondary School, Coimbatore on 6 July 2014. Notes References Further reading Business Legends by Gita Piramal (1998) – Published by Viking Penguin India. T. Praskasam by P. Rajeswara Rao under National Biography Series published by the National Book Trust, India (1972). 1892 births 1953 deaths First Nehru ministry Businesspeople from Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu politicians Union Ministers from Tamil Nadu Bretton Woods Conference delegates Presidents of the Central Legislative Assembly of India Madras Christian College alumni Members of the Central Legislative Assembly of India Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire Indian knights People from Coimbatore Diwans of Cochin Finance Ministers of India Ministers_for_Corporate_Affairs