T. S. S. Rajan
Dr. Tiruvengimalai Sesha Sundara Rajan | |
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Portrait from the Haripura Congress Souvenir, 1938 | |
| Minister of Food and Public Health (Madras Presidency, later Madras state) | |
| In office 1946–1951 | |
| Premier | Tanguturi Prakasam, O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar |
| Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments (Madras Presidency) | |
| In office 14 July 1937 – 9 October 1939 | |
| Premier | C. Rajagopalachari |
| Governor | John Erskine, Lord Erskine |
| Member of the Imperial Legislative Council | |
| In office 1934–1936 | |
| Governor General | Freeman Freeman-Thomas, 1st Marquess of Willingdon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1880 Srirangam, Madras Presidency |
| Died | 1953 (aged 73) Madras |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Political party | Indian National Congress |
| Alma mater | St. Joseph's College, Trichinopoly, Royapuram Medical School, Madras |
| Occupation | Doctor, politician |
Tiruvengimalai Sesha Sundara Rajan (1880–1953) was an Indian medical doctor, politician and freedom-fighter who served the Minister of Public Health and Religious Endowments in the Madras Presidency from 1937 to 1939.
Rajan was born in Srirangam in Trichinopoly district and studied medicine at Royapuram Medical School, Madras and England. He practised as a doctor in Burma and England and obtained his M.R.C.S. degree in 1911. In 1923, he set up his own clinic.
Rajan entered the Indian independence movement in 1919 and joined the Indian National Congress. He participated in the agitations against the Rowlatt Act and in the Vedaranyam Salt Satyagraha. He served as the President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and as the Member of the Imperial Legislative Council of India from 1934 to 1936. From 1937 to 1939, he served as the Minister of Public Health in the Madras provincial government.