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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Mani Shankar
Aiyar is a former Indian diplomat who resigned from foreign service and
became a politician working for Rajiv Gandhi in 1989-1991. He is a
member of the Indian National Congress party and was the Minister of
Panchayati Raj until he lost his seat in the 2009 Election. He served as
the Union Cabinet Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas from May 2004
through January 2006 and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports till 2009.
He represented the Mayiladuthurai constituency of Tamil Nadu in the 14th
Lok Sabha. Mani Shankar Aiyer is the son of V. Sankar Aiyar, a chartered
accountant, and Bhagyalakshmi Sankar Aiyar. His younger brother is the
journalist, Swaminathan Aiyar. He lost his father at age 12 in an air
crash. He attended Welham Boys' School, The Doon School and St.
Stephen's College, Delhi
