P.Chidambaram is a prominent Indian politician. He was the Finance Minister in the Manmohan Singh government from 2004 to 2014. He is a Rajya Sabha member and an advocate of the Supreme Court of India.
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P. Chidambaram was born on Sunday, 16 September 1945 (age 76 years; as in 2021) in Kanadukathan village in Sivagangai district of Tamil Nadu. His zodiac sign is Virgo. She did her schooling from St. Thomas Convent, Christian Higher Secondary School and Loyola College, Chennai. In 1964 he completed his B.Sc. Studied. in Statistics from Presidency College, Chennai. In 1996, he earned a Bachelor of Laws degree from Madras Law College, Chennai. In 1968 he went to Harvard Business School in America to pursue MBA. After returning to India, he practiced law in the Madras High Court. He practiced for 2 years and then moved to New Delhi to practice law in the Supreme Court of India. He became the union leader of MRF Tyres; Which aroused his interest in politics.
P.Chidambaram in his younger days
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Eye colour: black
Hair Color: Black
P Chidambaram
Family, Caste and Wife
P.Chidambaram belongs to the Nagarathar community (also known as Chettiars). He was born to Palaniyappa Chettiar and Lakshmi Achi. His sister, Uma Narayanan is a businesswoman and runs “The Nest” school in Chennai. He has 2 brothers, P. Lakshmanan (industrialist) and P. Annamalai (deceased).
P.Chidambaram’s sister Uma Narayanan
P.Chidambaram’s elder brother P.Lakshmanan
He is married to Nalini Chidambaram. On December 11, 1968, they eloped and got married; Because their families did not agree to their marriage. Nalini is the daughter of retired Supreme Court judge PS Kailasham and renowned Tamil poet, writer and senior lawyer in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India Soundra Kailasham. They have a son, Karti Chidambaram.
P. Chidambaram with his wife Nalini Chidambaram
P Chidambaram with Karti Chidambaram
political career
Chidambaram joined the Indian National Congress in 1972. In the same year, he was elected as a member of the All India Congress Committee (AICC). He was appointed as the President of Tamil Nadu Youth Congress from 1973 to 1976. In 1976, he was elected as the General Secretary of the Tamil Nadu Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC).
P Chidambaram during a press conference
In 1984, he was elected to the 8th Lok Sabha from Sivagangai constituency of Tamil Nadu. On 21 September 1985, he was appointed as the Union Deputy Minister of Commerce by Rajiv Gandhi. From 1985 to 1986, he was given the additional responsibility of Union Deputy Minister for Administrative Reforms, Personal and Public Grievances and Pensions. In 1987, he was promoted as the Union Minister of State for Personnel and Public Grievances, Pensions and Home Affairs (Internal Security).
P Chidambaram with Rajiv Gandhi
In 1989, he was elected to the 9th Lok Sabha from Sivagangai constituency of Tamil Nadu. In 1991, he was re-elected to the 10th Lok Sabha and was appointed as the Union Minister of State for Commerce (Independent Charge).
P. Chidambaram with his staff on his first day as Minister of State for Commerce
Chidambaram left the Congress in 1996 and joined the Tamil Nadu Congress (TMC), a party formed by former members of the Tamil Nadu Congress. In 1996, TMC and other parties formed a coalition government in Tamil Nadu and Chidambaram was appointed as the Finance Minister. In 1998, he was elected to the Lok Sabha for the fifth time from Sivagangai constituency. In 2001 he formed his own party – Congress Jannayak Peravai. However, after the 2004 general elections, he merged his party with the Congress.
P.Chidambaram formally submitting the papers of merger of his party with Congress
In 2004, he was elected as MP from Shivanag constituency. He was inducted into the Manmohan Singh government and appointed Union Finance Minister. In 2009 he was re-elected as Lok Sabha MP for the seventh time.
P Chidambaram with Manmohan Singh
He was appointed as the Union Home Minister in 2008 after the Mumbai terrorist attacks; Following the resignation of the previous Home Minister following the 26/11 attacks. In 2012, when Pranab Mukherjee was appointed as the President of India, he was re-appointed as the Union Finance Minister. In 2016, he was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. On 16 June 2022, he submitted his resignation as Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra to the Speaker of the House after being elected to the Rajya Sabha from his home state Tamil Nadu.
P Chidambaram with Pranab Mukherjee
Awards and honors
- Of. Best Administrator Award in India 2012 by Karunakaran Foundation
- Business Reformer of the Year Award in 2013 by ET Awards
controversies
- Chidambaram resigned as Minister of State for Commerce in July 1992 after it was revealed that his wife Nalini Chidambaram had invested in a company involved in a stock market scam. Reportedly, Nalini was aware of the scam before it came to light and invested in it instead of reporting it to the authorities.
- On 6 April 2009, a shoe was thrown at him by journalist Jarnail Singh during a press conference when Chidambaram was addressing a press conference explaining why Congress leader Jagdish Tytler was given a clean chit in the 1984 Sikh riots. Was given. When Jarnail was asked about his actions, he said-
“Chidambaram did not answer me or give any valid answer, so I threw the shoe at him”
- In July 2013, Ram Jethmalani had accused Chidambaram of money laundering. In a letter written to Chidambaram, he said that Chidambaram had Rs. “NDTV” looted Rs 5,000 crore for itself through Mauritius.
- After the 2011 Mumbai bomb blasts, Chidambaram was criticized for being the Union Home Minister. The media and many politicians blamed Chidambaram and said that after the 26/11 attacks, huge investments were made towards upgrading intelligence networks and internal security and despite these investments, a terrorist attack took place.
- In 2002, Chidambaram’s son Karti Chidambaram and Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra allegedly took advantage of P Chidambaram’s position as Finance Minister. He was a beneficiary in the 2G scam. Karti and Vadra pushed the Aircel-Maxis deal to take bribes. P. Chidambaram was also blamed for delaying the FDI proposal by seven months to push through the Aircel-Maxis deal.
- INX Media Case – January 2008 – Income Tax Department cleared foreign direct investment (FDI) of Rs 305 crore in INX Media Pvt Ltd (owned by Peter Mukherjee and Indrani Mukherjee) by 3 Mauritius-based companies. The case was transferred to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). 2010- ED registered a case of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) violations against INX Media. 2016- During the investigation of Karti Chidambaram in the Aircel-Maxis case, ED received documents related to it. “INX Media” on his CA computer. The documents showed payments by INX Media to Karthi’s company. This transaction was done after P. Chidambaram gave Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) approval to INX Media. 15 May 2017- ED filed a corruption case against P. Chidambaram in FIPB. 11 October 2018- ED seizes Karti Chidambaram’s properties worth Rs 54 crore in India, UK and Spain in INX Media money laundering case. 11 July 2019- Indrani Mukherjee became a government witness in the INX Media case. He accepted the conditions of ED to provide all the information related to the case. After this, P. Chidambaram filed an anticipatory bail application in the Delhi High Court. 20 August 2019 – Delhi High Court rejected the bail plea of Chidambaram and he was asked to appear in the court. Chidambaram filed a petition for anticipatory bail in the Supreme Court of India, which was rejected. After which he remained missing for 27 hours. Meanwhile, CBI issues look-out notice for Chidambaram. 21 August 2019 – Chidambaram appeared in the press conference at AICC headquarters at 8 pm. He said he was innocent and the BJP was targeting him due to political vendetta. Immediately after the press conference, he went to his home in Jor Bagh, New Delhi. CBI reached his residence, but he refused to open the door. After this, CBI officials had to climb the walls and arrest Chidambaram from his residence. September 5, 2019- A CBI court sentenced him to 14 days judicial custody in Tihar jail in the INX Media case. 4 December 2019- He came out of jail after spending 105 days. The Supreme Court has granted him bail in the INX Media money laundering case.
#Watch CBI officers took P. Chidambaram in the car. #Delhi pic.twitter.com/nhE9WiY86C
– ANI (@ANI) 21 August 2019
Signature
car collection
He owns a Honda City (2015 model) and a Skoda Octavia (2010 model).
Assets and Properties (as of 2016)
Cash: Rs 3.5 lakh
Bank deposits: Rs 22.43 crore
Bonds and shares: Rs 10.44 crore
Jewellery: 32 grams gold, worth Rs 87,000 and 3.21 carat diamonds, worth Rs 9.12 lakh
2 agricultural lands in Karnataka worth Rs 4.24 crore
Salary and Net Worth
Salary: Rs. Rs 1 lakh per month + other allowances (as a member of Rajya Sabha)
Net Worth: Rs. 95.66 crores (as of 2016)
Facts/General Knowledge
- P. Chidambaram’s grandfather, Sir Annamalai Chettiar, was the founder of “Annamalai University” and “United India Insurance Company”.
P.Chidambaram’s grandfather-Annamalai Chettiar
- In 1969, during his college days, he started a political magazine called “The Radical View”. After moving towards leftist ideology, he started the magazine. Chidambaram N. Ram (editor of The Hindu) and Maithili Sivaraman (women activist) started the magazine. N Ram and Chidambaram quit after some time, but Maithili continued to work on the magazine.
- P. Chidambaram’s budget as Finance Minister in 1997 is considered to be India’s dream budget. Chidambaram’s mother was present in Parliament when he presented the budget and told reporters that she was proud of the budget prepared by her son and was happy that Chidambaram explained it so calmly.
P. Chidambaram before presenting the budget of 1997
- After being arrested by the CBI on 21 August 2019, he was taken to the CBI headquarters for questioning. Reportedly, he was non-cooperative in the investigation and avoided most of the questions asked by the CBI. On 22 August 2019, the CBI was granted custody of P. Chidambaram till 26 August 2019. questions.
P. Chidambaram after being arrested by CBI
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