N. Dennis (23 January 1929 – 21 June 2013) was a Member of Parliament from Nagercoil constituency. He was elected six times to the Lok Sabha from Nagercoil constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991 elections and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) candidate in 1996 and 1998 elections. He died in 2013 after a brief illness. Early life He was educated at St. John's College in Palamcottah. He graduated with a MA degree from University College, Calcutta (West Bengal), Simultaneously he pursued his law studies at Ernakulam Law College and Trivandrum Law College (Kerala). Public life 1964-68 : Vice-President, District Congress Committee (Indira)[D.C.C. (I)], Kanyakumari, President, Town Panchayat, Keezhkulam 1965-76 : Chairman, Panchayat Union Council, Killiyoor 1971-76 : Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Member, Estimates Committee, Member, Rules Committee, Member, Panel of Chairmen 1972-73 : Associate Member, Delimitation Commission for Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies 1975-78 : President, D.C.C. (I), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu 1980 : Elected to 7th Lok Sabha 1980-84 : Member, Committee on the Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House, Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce 1984 : Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) 1984-89 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry 1985-86 : Member, Committee on Estimates 1988-95 : Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Tamil Nadu 1989 : Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term) 1990-91 : Member, Committee on Petitions, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries 1991 : Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term) 1992 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries 1992-96 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture 1993-94 : Member, Committee on Communications 1996 : Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term) 1996-97 : Member, Committee on Home Affairs, Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture 1998 : Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term) 1998-99 : Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications, Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Essential Commodities Act Social and cultural activities Working for making provision of transport and drinking water facilities in scarcity areas; got constructed several roads and provided sanitation facilities in backward areas and SC/ST villages; established communal harmony among the different communities and religious sects; and established educational institutions in different parts of Kanyakumari. He had been