Topic: Palaniappan Chidambaram
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Terrorist groups including LeT and JeM persist in their endeavor to launch terror attacks
Terror group threat to India more grave Sep 14, 2009
Some changes have already been made and more are under way
Indian security overhaul proposed Dec 11, 2008
When millions of people are going hungry, it's a crime against humanity that food should be diverted to biofuels
Commentary: Not by bread alone Apr 21, 2008
We can no longer point to cross-border terrorism as a source of terror attacks in India
Indian militants likely set off court bomb Sep 12, 2011
It was always a terror organization and today an ambiguity has been removed
Indian Maoist party termed terrorist group Jun 23, 2009
P. Chidambaram or Chidambaram Palaniappan, sometimes written Palaniappan Chidambaram (Tamil: ப. சிதம்பரம்; born September 16, 1945) is an Indian politician and present Union Minister of Home Affairs of the Republic of India. Previously he was the Finance Minister of India from May 2004 to November 2008. However, after the resignation of Shivraj Patil, Chidambaram was made the Home Affairs Minister.
From years 1996 to 1998, P. Chidambaram was also a Cabinet Minister with the Finance portfolio for a brief period in the United Front coalition government. Chidambaram, as finance minister then under Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Deputy Chairman of India's Planning Commission, Montek Singh Ahluwalia was a part of the Planning Commission of India. Prior to the tenure of Finance Minister, he was Minister of State in the Rajiv Gandhi and Narasimha Rao led Congress-party governments, holding other portfolios.
Chidambaram was born to Kandanur L. Ct. L. Palaniyappa Chettiar and Mrs. Lakshmi Achi in Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga District, in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was born into the royal family of Chettinad. Chidambaram did his schooling from the Madras Christian College Hr.Sec.School, Chennai. After graduating with a Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree in Statistics from The Presidency College, Chennai, he completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the Madras Law College currently Dr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai, and his Masters in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from Harvard Business School. He also holds a Masters from Loyola College, Chennai.
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