{{Short description|Indian politician (1929–2013)}} {{resume-like|date=September 2023}} {{Use Indian English|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox officeholder | honorific_prefix = | name = N. Dennis | honorific_suffix = | image = | caption = | image_size = 200px | office1 = Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | term_start1 = 1980 | term_end1 = 1999 | predecessor1 = Kumari Ananthan | successor1 = Pon Radhakrishnan | constituency1 = Nagercoil | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1929|01|23}} | birth_place = Vill. Keezhkulam, Vilavancode Taluk, Kanyakumari District, India | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2013|6|21|1929|1|23}} | death_place = Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India | party = Indian National Congress | spouse = Smt. W. Gladys | children = 3 | education = M.A., B.L. | alma_mater = St. John's College, Palamcottah<br />University College, Calcutta<br />Ernakulam Law College<br />Trivandrum Law College | profession = Advocate, Agriculturist, Political & Social Worker, Trade Unionist }}
'''N. Dennis''' (23 January 1929 – 21 June 2013) was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from Nagercoil constituency. He was elected six times to the Lok Sabha from Nagercoil constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1980, 1984, 1989 and 1991 elections and as a Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) candidate in 1996 and 1998 elections.<ref>{{cite news|title=Constituency profile:Nagercoil|url=http://elections.ndtv.com/news_story.aspx?ID=NEWEN20090086849&keyword=constituency&ch=310200933900PM|work=NDTV |date=10 March 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf Volume I, 1980 Indian general election, 7th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf Volume I, 1984 Indian general election, 8th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf Volume I, 1989 Indian general election, 9th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf Volume I, 1991 Indian general election, 10th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf Volume I, 1996 Indian Lok Sabha election, 11th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf Volume I, 1998 Indian general election, 12th Lok Sabha]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |title=XI LOK SABHA DEBATES Session II, Budget Thursday, 25 July 1996/Sravana 3, 1918 (Saka) |access-date=3 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304053744/http://parliamentofindia.nic.in/lsdeb/ls11/ses2/1225079605.htm |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="parliamentofindia1">[http://www.parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lok12/biodata/12TN39.htm Biographical Sketch Member of Parliament12th Lok Sabha]</ref> He died in 2013 after a brief illness.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ptinews.com/news/3740287_Former-Congress-MP-N-Dennis-is-no-more |title=fullstory |publisher=Ptinews.com |date= |accessdate=2013-06-22}}</ref>
==Early life== He was educated at St. John's College in Palamcottah. He graduated with a MA degree from University College, Calcutta (West Bengal), Simultaneously he pursued his law studies at Ernakulam Law College and Trivandrum Law College (Kerala).<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/>
==Public life== * 1964-68 : Vice-President, District Congress Committee (Indira)[D.C.C. (I)], Kanyakumari, President, Town Panchayat, Keezhkulam<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1965-76 : Chairman, Panchayat Union Council, Killiyoor<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1971-76 : Member, Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, Member, Estimates Committee, Member, Rules Committee, Member, Panel of Chairmen<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1972-73 : Associate Member, Delimitation Commission for Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies * 1975-78 : President, D.C.C. (I), Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1980 : Elected to 7th Lok Sabha<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1980-84 : Member, Committee on the Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House, Member, Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Commerce<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1984 : Re-elected to 8th Lok Sabha (2nd term) * 1984-89 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Industry * 1985-86 : Member, Committee on Estimates<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1988-95 : Vice-President, Pradesh Congress Committee (Indira) [P.C.C.(I)], Tamil Nadu * 1989 : Re-elected to 9th Lok Sabha (3rd term) * 1990-91 : Member, Committee on Petitions, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries * 1991 : Re-elected to 10th Lok Sabha (4th term)<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/> * 1992 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Food Processing Industries * 1992-96 : Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture * 1993-94 : Member, Committee on Communications * 1996 : Re-elected to 11th Lok Sabha (5th term) * 1996-97 : Member, Committee on Home Affairs, Member, Committee on Subordinate Legislation, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Agriculture * 1998 : Re-elected to 12th Lok Sabha (6th term) * 1998-99 : Member, Committee on External Affairs and its Sub-Committee-I, Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Communications, Member, Joint Parliamentary Committee on Essential Commodities Act
==Social and cultural activities== Working for making provision of transport and drinking water facilities in scarcity areas; got constructed several roads and provided sanitation facilities in backward areas and SC/ST villages; established communal harmony among the different communities and religious sects; and established educational institutions in different parts of Kanyakumari.<ref name="parliamentofindia1"/>
== Parliament activities == * Tamil Nadu Budget, 1980-81 - General Discussion, Demands for Grants Tamil Nadu Budget <ref>https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/3658/1/lsd_07_02_18-03-1980.pdf Page 175</ref>
== References == {{Reflist}}
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