Aravinda Bala Pajanor

Aravinda Bala Pajanor
Minister of Petroleum, Chemicals and Fertilizers of the Republic of India
In office
19 August 1979  23 December 1979
Prime MinisterCharan Singh
Preceded byT. A. Pai
Succeeded byShyam Nath Kacker
ConstituencyPuducherry
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
In office
25 March 1977  22 August 1979
Prime Minister
Preceded byS. Mohan Kumaramangalam
Succeeded byP. Shanmugam
ConstituencyPuducherry
Personal details
Born(1935-12-05)5 December 1935
Pondicherry, India
Died20 March 2013(2013-03-20) (aged 77)
United States
Political partyAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Alma materDr. Ambedkar Government Law College, Chennai

Aravinda Bala Pajanor (5 December 1935 – 20 March 2013) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as the minister of petroleum, chemicals, and fertilizers of the Republic of India in the Charan Singh-led government of India. He was the first member of parliament in the Lok Sabha of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from the Puducherry constituency. He and Sathiavani Muthu are the first politicians belonging to the Dravidian and regional party to join the union cabinet.