Nadu Legislative Assembly from 1996 to 2001 and In 2006, he served as the Minister for Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments in the Government of M. Karunanidhi briefly before his death on 20 May 2006. Rajan's grandson Dr. Palanivel Thiaga Rajan (son of Palanivel Rajan) is the finance minister of Tamil nadu from 07.05.2021. Criticism Rajan's lavish spendings as Minister for Development under the Munuswamy Naidu regime at the height of the Great Depression along with those of others, invited the wrath of the media. The newspaper India reported in the 25 March 1932 edition: Notes References Politicians from Madurai 1892 births 1974 deaths Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu Indian barristers Knights Bachelor Tamil Nadu politicians Indian Knights Bachelor People from Theni district 20th-century Indian lawyers 20th-century Indian politicians