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R. Gopalakrishnan (politician)

Member Parliament of India

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Source revisionApr 20, 2026
Entity authorityQ16979932 ↗
Source-derived summary

R Gopalakrishnan (born 5 October 1968) is an Indian politician and Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Madurai constituency as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 2014 election.

Gopalakrishnan was born on 5 October 1968 in Sellur, Madurai, Tamil Nadu. He was educated at Yadava College in Madurai. He is married to Smt. G. Deepa and has two children.

Gopalakrishnan was Deputy Mayor of Madurai Corporation since 2011 to 2014.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “R. Gopalakrishnan (politician)” as member Parliament of India. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1968, 2014, 2011—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1953. The account is most persuasive where Gopalakrishnan, politician and Member can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the history & society register because the source frames it as member Parliament of India. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 20, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q16979932. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1968, 2014 and 2011.

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This entry incorporates text from “R. Gopalakrishnan (politician)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.