{{Short description|Indian politician}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}} {{Use Indian English|date=October 2019}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | image = <!-- only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people - see [[WP:NONFREE]] --> | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1946|3|8}} | birth_place = [[Tirupur]] | occupation = [[Politician]], [[Entrepreneur]] | death_date = | death_place = | office = President, [[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam]] | term = | predecessor = | successor = | party = [[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam|KMK]] | spouse = R. Lakshmi | children = | website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110114192016/http://www.knmkparty.org/ knmkparty.org] | footnotes = | date = | year = | source = }}
"'''Best'''" '''S.''' '''Ramasamy''' is an Indian politician and entrepreneur from [[Tamil Nadu]]. He is the president of the [[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam]] (KMK) party. He is also the chairman of "Best Group"– a group of apparel and textile companies in the city of [[Tiruppur|Tirupur]].<ref name="hindu1">{{cite news | last=Prasad | first=K. V. | title= Looking to create a Kongu stronghold | date=8 May 2009| url =http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050854060500.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20110128083551/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/08/stories/2009050854060500.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =28 January 2011| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28 | location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref name="bs1">{{cite news | last=Ramasamy| first=S | title=Cong, DMK, DMDK candidates figure among top "crorepatis" | date=2 May 2009| url =http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/crackdowncriminals-headline-in-32pt-in-2-col/60202/on| work =[[Business Standard]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref><ref name="hindu2">{{cite news | title= If neglect continues we will demand separate state: KMK | date=2 May 2009| url =http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/02/stories/2009050257780500.htm| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20090506085414/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/02/stories/2009050257780500.htm| url-status =dead| archive-date =6 May 2009| work =[[The Hindu]]| access-date = 2010-01-28 | location=Chennai, India}}</ref><ref name="express1">{{cite news | last=Unny| first= E. P.| title= Meet 'Best' Ramasamy from Tirupur, Tamil Nadu's new political entrepreneur | date=7 May 2009| url =http://www.indianexpress.com/news/meet-best-ramasamy-from-tirupur-tamil-nadus-new-political-entrepreneur/455683/0| work =[[Indian Express]]| access-date = 2010-01-28}}</ref><ref name="eci">{{cite news| title=Declaration of assets by candidates for Pollachi Constituency| url=http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/ECI/Affidavits/S22/GE/21/BEST%20S.RAMASAMY.pdf| work=Election Commission of India| access-date=2010-01-28| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721174930/http://www.elections.tn.nic.in/ECI/Affidavits/S22/GE/21/BEST%20S.RAMASAMY.pdf| archive-date=2011-07-21}}</ref>
==Early life and education== Ramasamy was born into a small agricultural family in a place near [[Tirupur]]. His father died when he was 7 years old. Due to difficulty cultivating agricultural lands, he moved into [[Tiruppur|Tirupur]] at the age of 12, where he became a worker in a small garment factory.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
He holds B.A in Economics and in History and is fluent in [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[English language|English]], and [[Hindi]].<ref name="konguperavai.com">{{cite web|url=http://konguperavai.com/ |title=Welcome to Kongunadu Munnetra Peravai Official Website |access-date=2010-12-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129235409/http://konguperavai.com/ |archive-date=2011-01-29 }}</ref>
==Business career== From the age of 12 to 18, he worked as an employee in a small garment factory in Tirupur. At the age of 19, he started a shop to sell firewood.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
During the mid-1960s, Tirupur's garment industry grew. In 1966, when he was 20, Ramasamy started Best Knitting Company with an initial investment of {{INRConvert|10000}}. He has consolidated his companies under the name Best Corporation Pvt Ltd and leads it as its chairman.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}
{{As of|2009}}, companies under Best Group employed more than 5,000 people in and around Tirupur.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/meet-best-ramasamy-from-tirupur-tamil-nad/455683 | title=Meet 'Best' Ramasamy from Tirupur, Tamil Nadu's new political entrepreneur|first=E P|last=Unny|date=7 May 2009|newspaper=The Indian Express|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref>
==Political career== Starting in 1978, he worked in various [[Kongu Nadu|Kongu]] organisations. In 1988, was one of the founders of [[Kongu Vellala Goundergal Peravai]]. In 2007, he became its president. He was declared as the president of [[Kongunadu Munnetra Kazhagam]] (KMK) when the party was launched in 2009 at Coimbatore.<ref name="konguperavai.com"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dinamalar.com/Political_detail.asp?news_id=7103|title = Latest Tamilnadu, Indian Political News, Headlines, Information Online}}</ref> He contested in the [[2009 Lok Sabha elections]] as a KMK candidate in the [[Pollachi Lok Sabha constituency|Pollachi constituency]]; he came in third with 103,004 votes.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |title=General Elections, 2009 - Constituency Wise Detailed Results |publisher=Election Commission of India|access-date=2014-04-30 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811090059/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |archive-date=2014-08-11 }}</ref>
==See also== * [[E. R. Eswaran|E. R. Easwaran]]
==References== {{reflist}}
== External links == * [https://web.archive.org/web/20110114192016/http://www.knmkparty.org/ Official Website of KMK Party]
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