A. T. Pannirselvam

Rao Bahadur Sir Arogyaswami Thamaraiselvam Pannirselvam (1 June 1888 – 1 March 1940) was an Indian attorney, landlord, politician and leader of the Justice Party.

Pannirselvam was born on 1 June 1888 into a Udayar community family from Perumpaniyur[1] (or "Perumpannaiyur"; in present-day Tiruvarur district, Tamil Nadu, India).

[6] He also served as the Minister for Home and Finance, in the short lived interim provincial government of Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu during 1 April – 14 July 1937.

He was one of the few Justice leaders to win in the 1937 elections, defeating George Joseph of the Indian National Congress from the Tanjore Constituency.

[11] On 1 March 1940, Pannirselvam was traveling to London to join the Secretary of State's Indian Council, when the Imperial Airways flight he was flying in, Handley Page H.P.42 Hannibal, disappeared in the Gulf of Oman, killing everyone aboard.