M. Bhaktavatsalam

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M. Bhakthavatsalam
4th Chief Minister of Madras State
In office 2 October 1963 – 5 March 1967
Preceded by	K. Kamaraj
Succeeded by	C. N. Annadurai
Minister of Finance and Education, Madras State
In office 3 March 1962 – 2 October 1963
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj
Minister of Home Affairs, Madras State
In office 13 April 1957 – 15 March 1962
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj
Preceded by	K. Kamaraj
Succeeded by	K. Kamaraj
Minister of Agriculture, Madras State
In office 13 April 1954 – 15 March 1962
Chief Minister	K. Kamaraj
Preceded by	R. Nagana Goud
Succeeded by	P. Kakkan
Minister of Public Works and Information, Madras Presidency/Madras Province
In office 24 March 1947 – 6 April 1949
Chief Minister	Omanthur P. Ramaswamy Reddiar
Personal details
Born	(1897-10-09)9 October 1897 Nazarethpettai, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	13 February 1987(1987-02-13) (aged 89) Madras, Tamil Nadu, India (present-day Chennai)
Resting place	Periyavar Bhakthavatsalam Ninaividam
Political party	Indian National Congress
Spouse	Gnanasundarambal
Children	Sarojini Varadappan
Occupation	Politician

Minjur Bhakthavatsalam (9 October 1897 – 13 February 1987) was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the chief minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.

Bhaktavatsalam was born on 9 October 1897 in the Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised as an advocate in the Madras High Court. He involved himself in politics and the freedom movement right from an early age and was imprisoned during the Salt Satyagraha and the Quit India Movement. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1937 and served as Parliamentary Secretary in the Rajaji government and as a minister in the O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar government. He led the Indian National Congress during the 1950s and served as the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from 1963 to 1967. Following the defeat of the Indian National Congress in the 1967 elections, Bhaktavatsalam partially retired from politics. He died on 13 February 1987 at the age of 89.