Later Years
Towards the end of his life, Rajendran was diagnosed with cancer and was undergoing treatment. On October 10, 2003 he died after being found in a coma in a hotel room. Within days after Nawab Rajendran's death, a controversy raged about the hasty cremation of his body contrary to his last wish of donating the body to a medical college.
Rajendran’s life stands as a mute testimony not only to the gallant fight of a social worker but also to the punitive immunity that could be bought by the high-ups through the clever maneuvering of the callous vote bank.
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