Nesamony memorial opened by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
Posted on: 28/Feb/2014 12:02:10 PM
On Thursday, the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa declared open a memorial for Marshal A. Nesamony (1895-1968) in Nagercoil through video-conferencing from the Secretariat. The memorial had been constructed at a cost of about Rs.48.7 lakh.
Hailed for his role in integrating the district of Kanyakumari [which was originally with the erstwhile Travancore princely state] with Tamil Nadu, Nesamony was an advocate by profession.
He held various positions including the post of chairperson of the Nagercoil municipality (1943-47); Member of Travancore Legislative Assembly (1943-47) and that of Travancore-Cochin State (1948-52). As leader of Travancore Tamil Nad Congress Party, he won from the Nagercoil parliamentary constituency in 1951 and later, as a nominee of the Indian National Congress, he was re-elected from the constituency in 1962 and 1967.
Nesamony was declared unopposed from the Killiyoor Assembly constituency in 1957.
