Transition metal complexes of 2-aminothiazole-derived Mannich base ligand of the type ML 2 [where M = Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II)] L = N-((1H-benzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-yl)methyl)thiazol-2-amine] have been synthesized. The structural features have been arrived from their elemental analysis, magnetic susceptibility, molar conductance, IR, UV-Vis, NMR, Mass and EPR spectral studies. Conductivity measurements reveal that all the complexes are non-electrolytic in nature. Spectroscopic and other analytical data of the complexes suggest octahedral geometry for Cu(II), Co(II), Ni(II) and Zn(II) complexes of N-((1Hbenzo[d][1,2,3]triazol-1-yl)methyl)thiazol-2-amine metal(II) complexes. The redox behaviour of the copper(II) complexes have been studied by cyclic voltammetry. The free ligands and their metal complexes have been screened for their in-vitro biological activities against the bacteria Salmonella typhi, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis and antifungal activities against the fungi Aspergillus niger, Aspergillus flavus and Rhizoctonia bataicola by well diffusion method. The zone of inhibition value indicates that the most of the metal complexes are found to possess increased activities than the free ligands. The binding properties of metal complexes with DNA were investigated by viscosity measurement. Detailed analysis reveals that the metal complexes intercalate into the DNA base stack as intercalators. The DNA cleavage ability of all the complexes were also examined on calf thymus (CT-DNA) plasmids using gel electrophoresis experiment in presence of H 2 O 2 and the result implies that all the metal complexes cleave the CT-DNA in presence of H 2 O 2 .