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HE STILL LIVES IN THE HEART OF PEOPLEsasidharanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14354793692200273497noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6319765867876601755.post-64616066058892998802011-04-30T23:47:00.000-07:002011-05-17T04:19:51.787-07:00K.KAMARAJ<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Kumarasami Kamaraj (Tamil: குமாரசாமி காமராஜ்) better known as K. Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975) was an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu during 1954-1963 and a Member of Parliament during 1952-1954 and 1969-1975. He was known for his simplicity and integrity.<br />
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He was involved in the Indian independence movement. As a high ranking office bearer of the Indian National Congress, he was instrumental in bringing to power two Prime Ministers, Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964 and Indira Gandhi in 1966. In Tamil Nadu, his home state, he is still remembered for bringing school education to millions of the rural poor by introducing free education and the free Mid-day Meal Scheme during his tenure as chief minister. He was awarded India's highest civilian honour, the Bharat Ratna, posthumously in 1976. The domestic terminal of the Chennai airport is named "Kamaraj Terminal" in his honour and the Madurai Kamaraj University has been renamed after him<br />
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<tr><td class="n" colspan="2" style="font-size: 125%; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><span class="fn">K. Kamaraj</span></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" height="320" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Kamarajar.jpg" width="224" /></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Nagercoil</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1967–1975</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>A. Nesamony</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>Kumari Ananthan</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Constituency</th> <td>Nagercoil</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Sattur</div></td></tr>
</tbody></table><table class="infobox vcard"><tbody>
<tr><td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1957–1967</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>S. Ramaswamy Naidu</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>S. Ramaswamy Naidu</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Constituency</th> <td>Sattur</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">Member of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for Gudiyatham</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1954–1957</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>Rathnaswamy and A. J. Arunachala Mudaliar</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>V. K. Kothandaraman and T. Manavalan</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Constituency</th> <td>Gudiyatham</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">Chief Minister of the Madras State (Tamil Nadu)</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1954–1963</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>C. Rajagopalachari</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>M. Bhakthavatsalam</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) for Srivilliputhur</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1952–1954</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>None</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>S. S. Natarajan</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Constituency</th> <td>Srivilliputhur</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">President of the Indian National Congress (Organisation)</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1967–1971</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>None</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>Morarji Desai</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">President of the Indian National Congress</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1963–1967</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Preceded by</th> <td>Neelam Sanjiva Reddy</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>S. Nijalingappa</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="font-size: 110%; text-align: center;"><hr /><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% lavender; font-weight: bold;">President of the Madras Provincial Congress Committee</div></td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2" style="border-bottom: medium none; text-align: center;"><b>In office</b><br />
1946–1952</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Succeeded by</th> <td>P. Subbarayan</td> </tr>
<tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Born</th> <td>15 July 1903<span style="display: none;">(<span class="bday">1903-07-15</span>)</span><br />
Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu, India</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Died</th> <td>2 October 1975<span style="display: none;">(<span class="dday">1975-10-02</span>)</span><br />
Chennai , Tamil Nadu, India</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Nationality</th> <td>Indian</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Spouse(s)</th> <td>NIL</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Children</th> <td>NIL</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Religion</th> <td>Hindu</td> </tr>
<tr> <th>Signature</th> <td><img alt="" height="32" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/95/Signature_of_K._Kamraj.svg/128px-Signature_of_K._Kamraj.svg.png" width="128" /></td></tr>
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naan sollappoagum vaarthaiyai nallaa ennippaaradaa<br />
nee ennippaaradaa<br />
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(Chinnappayalae..)<br />
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aalum valaranum arivum valaranum adhudhaandaa valarchchi - unnai<br />
aasaiyoadu eenravalukku adhuvae nee tharum magizhchchi<br />
- un<br />
naramboadudhaan pinni valaranum thanmaana unarchchi<br />
thanmaana unarchchi<br />
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(Chinnappayalae..)<br />
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vaeppamara uchchiyil ninnu paeyonnu aadudhunnu<br />
vilaiyaadap poagumboadhu solliveppaanga - un<br />
veeraththaik kozhundhilaeyae killiveppaanga - indha<br />
vaelaiyatra veenargalin moolaiyatra vaarthaigalai<br />
vaedikkaiyaagak kooda nambividaadhae - nee<br />
veettirkullae bayandhukidandhu vembividaadhae<br />
nee vembi vidaadhae<br />
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(Chinnappayalae..)</b><br />
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<div id="text">Telugu Pride and the quest for an alternative to the Congress became NTR's political platform.</div><div id="text">Political analyst, T Ramchandriah says, "Audiences saw him as a demi-god as he essayed roles of Gods in his mythological films. Also at that time there was political space for a big leader. So both these factors worked together to ensure his sweeping success to power."</div><div id="text">However, a decade before NTR scripted success in Andhra politics , in neighboring Tamil Nadu, a star had emerged as the undisputed leader - M G Ramachandran, more popularly known as MGR.</div><div id="player1" style="display: none; font: 14px/20px Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; padding: 10px 0pt;"><div style="float: left; margin-right: 20px;"><a href=""><img alt="" border="0" height="181px" src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/sitepix/08_2008/ntr-mgr_313.jpg" title="" width="271px" /></a><div style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(244, 250, 253); padding: 5px;"><a href=""><img align="absmiddle" alt="" src="http://static.ibnlive.com/pix/ibnhome/ply_botton2.gif" style="padding-right: 10px;" title="" />Click to play video</a></div></div><b>Chennai:</b> It took N T Rama Rao just nine months to turn himself from an onscreen mythological hero to the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh. He laucnhed the Telugu Desam Party in March 1982 and by January 1983 he was chief minister.Telugu Pride and the quest for an alternative to the Congress became NTR's political platform.Political analyst, T Ramchandriah says, "Audiences saw him as a demi-god as he essayed roles of Gods in his mythological films. Also at that time there was political space for a big leader. So both these factors worked together to ensure his sweeping success to power."However, a decade before NTR scripted success in Andhra politics , in neighboring Tamil Nadu, a star had emerged as the undisputed leader - M G Ramachandran, more popularly known as MGR.</div><div id="text">MGR, unlike his Telugu colleague started off with the Congress and then entered the Dravidian movement way back in the 1950's, but a rivalry with Karunanidhi meant he would be expelled from the party in 1972.</div><div id="text">A former minister in MGR's cabinet, Panrotti Ramachandran says, "In 1972 ,Karunanidhi expelled MGR and that resulted in a massive feeling that a hero who fights for the poor has been betrayed by a politician and that's a feeling which lasted till the very end."</div><div id="text">The onscreen hero who fought for the poor took his screen image to real life politics - an image that helped him remain chief minister till he died in 1987.</div><div id="text">Their political paths were different but MGR and NTR share one common criticism - they were both larger than the party they started and were often considered autocratic, a criticism that they share with most actors who turn to politics including MGR's co-star and political successor, J Jayalalithaa.</div><div id="text"></div><div id="text">Panrotti Ramachandran says, "You see when a star enters politics, he derives his power from the people and once he has derived his power then the party organsiation comes in to execute the power."</div><div id="text">Despite all their critics, together NTR and MGR leave behind a legacy that's beyond the parties they started, a legacy that makes politics virtually a retirement plan for most south Indian superheros.</div><div id="text" style="text-align: left;"></div></div><a href='https://www.alertpay.com/?AaPsdUK%2foTgO87QjF%2f1Hvw%3d%3d'><img src='http://www.alertpay.com/banners/ban_04.gif' border='0'></a><br />
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<tr><th colspan="2">#<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-colour_6-1"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu#cite_note-colour-6"></a></sup></th> <th>Name</th> <th><br />
</th> <th>Took office</th> <th>Left office</th> <th>Term</th> <th>Political party</th> <th>Election</th> </tr>
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</th> <td>1</td> <td><br />
p.s kumaraswamy raja</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>26 January 1950</td> <td>9 April 1952</td> <td>1 </td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> <td> 1946 Madras Legislative Assemby</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</th> <td>2</td> <td>c.rajagopalachari</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>10 April 1952</td> <td>13 April 1954</td> <td>2</td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> <td rowspan="2"> 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly Election</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</th> <td>3 </td> <td>k.kamaraj</td> <td rowspan="3"><br />
</td> <td>13 April 1954</td> <td>31 March 1957</td> <td>1</td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</th> <td>4</td> <td>K. Kamaraj</td> <td>13 April 1957</td> <td>1 March 1962</td> <td>2</td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> <td> 1957 Madras Legislative Assembly Election</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</th> <td>5</td> <td>K. Kamaraj</td> <td>15 March 1962</td> <td>2 October 1963</td> <td>3</td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> <td rowspan="2"> 1962 Madras Legislative Assembly Election</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: cyan;"><br />
</th> <td>6</td> <td> M.Baktavatsalam</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>2 October 1963</td> <td>6 March 1967</td> <td>1</td> <td>Indian National Congress</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>7</td> <td> C.N.Annadurai</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>6 March 1967</td> <td>14 January 1969</td> <td>1</td> <td> DMK</td> <td> 1967 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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<tr> <th colspan="2">#<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-colour_6-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu#cite_note-colour-6"></a></sup></th> <th>Name</th> <th><br />
</th> <th>Took office</th> <th>Left office</th> <th>Term</th> <th>Political party</th> <th>Election</th> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>1</td> <td>C.N.Annadurai</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>14 January 1969</td> <td>3 February 1969</td> <td>1</td> <td> DMK</td> <td rowspan="3"> 1967 Assembly Elections</td><td rowspan="3"><br />
</td><td rowspan="3"><br />
</td><td rowspan="3"><br />
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<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>2</td> <td> V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-worldstatesmen_17-2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Chief_Ministers_of_Tamil_Nadu#cite_note-worldstatesmen-17"></a></sup></td> <td><a class="image" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:V_R_Nedunchezhiyan_2011_02_17.JPG"><br />
</a></td> <td>3 February 1969</td> <td>10 February 1969</td> <td>1</td> <td>DMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>3</td> <td><br />
<table class="wikitable"><tbody>
<tr></tr>
<tr><td>M. Karunanidhi</td></tr>
</tbody></table></td> <td rowspan="2"><br />
</td> <td>10 February 1969</td> <td>4 January 1971</td> <td>1</td> <td>DMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>4</td> <td>M. Karunanidhi</td> <td>15 March 1971</td> <td>31 January 1976</td> <td>2</td> <td>DMK</td> <td rowspan="2"> 1971 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: black;"><br />
</th> <td><br />
</td> <td><sup> Presidents Rule</sup></td> <td><br />
</td> <td>31 January 1976</td> <td>30 June 1977</td> <td><br />
</td> <td><br />
</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #009900;"><br />
</th> <td>5</td> <td> M.G.Ramachandran</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>30 June 1977</td> <td>17 February 1980</td> <td>1</td> <td>AIADMK</td> <td rowspan="2"> 1977 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: black;"><br />
</th> <td><br />
</td> <td>President's rule</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>17 February 1980</td> <td>9 June 1980</td> <td><br />
</td> <td><br />
</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #009900;"><br />
</th> <td>6</td> <td>M. G. Ramachandran</td> <td rowspan="2"><br />
</td> <td>9 June 1980</td> <td>15 November 1984</td> <td>2</td> <td>AIADMK</td> <td> 1980 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #009900;"><br />
</th> <td>7</td> <td>M. G. Ramachandran</td> <td>10 February 1985</td> <td>24 December 1987</td> <td>3</td> <td>AIADMK</td> <td rowspan="4"> 1984 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #009900;"><br />
</th> <td>8</td> <td>V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (acting)</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>24 December 1987</td> <td>7 January 1988</td> <td>2</td> <td>AIADMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #009900;"><br />
</th> <td>9</td> <td> Janaki Ramachandran</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>7 January 1988</td> <td>30 January 1988</td> <td>1</td> <td>AIADMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: black;"><br />
</th> <td><br />
</td> <td>President's rule</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>30 January 1988</td> <td>27 January 1989</td> <td><br />
</td> <td><br />
</td> </tr>
<tr> <th style="background-color: #dd1100;"><br />
</th> <td>10</td> <td>M. Karunanidhi</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>27 January 1989</td> <td>30 January 1991</td> <td>3</td> <td>DMK</td> <td rowspan="2"> 1989 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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</th> <td><br />
</td> <td>President's rule</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>30 January 1991</td> <td>24 June 1991</td> <td><br />
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</th> <td>11</td> <td> J.Jayalalitha</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>24 June 1991</td> <td>12 May 1996</td> <td>1</td> <td>AIADMK</td> <td> 1991 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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</th> <td>12</td> <td>M. Karunanidhi</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>13 May 1996</td> <td>13 May 2001</td> <td>4</td> <td>DMK</td> <td> 1996 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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</th> <td>-</td> <td>J. Jayalalithaa</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>14 May 2001</td> <td>21 September 2001</td> <td>-</td> <td>AIADMK</td> <td rowspan="3"> 2001 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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</th> <td>13</td> <td> O.Panneerselvam</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>21 September 2001</td> <td>1 March 2002</td> <td>1</td> <td>AIADMK</td> </tr>
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</th> <td>14</td> <td>J. Jayalalithaa</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>2 March 2002</td> <td>12 May 2006</td> <td>2</td> <td>AIADMK</td> </tr>
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</th> <td>15</td> <td>M. Karunanidhi</td> <td><br />
</td> <td>13 May 2006</td> <td><i> CURRENT</i></td> <td>5</td> <td>DMK</td> <td> 2006 State Assembly Elections</td> </tr>
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<span style="font-size: large;"> </span> <br />
He was the foremost political leader of the state of Madras (now called Tamil Nadu).<br />
MGR CALLED C.N.ANNADURAI AS HIS LEADER THATS WHY HE NAMES HIS PARTY AS <span style="background-color: yellow;">ANNA DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM</span><br />
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<div align="center"><ins style="border: medium none; display: inline-table; height: 90px; margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt; position: relative; visibility: visible; width: 728px;"></ins></div><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif; font-size: small;"><b> <span style="background-color: yellow;">Annadurai </span>- fondly referred to Anna or elder brother - was a politician, playright, journalist and scriptwriter for Tamil movies.<br />
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Born into a lower middle class family of weavers in Kanchipuram, Annadurai was the son of Natarajan and his wife Bangaru Ammal.<br />
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Annadurai studied at the Pachaiyappa's High School in Madras (now Chennai) and later got his BA and MA from the Pachaiyappa's College.<br />
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A good debater in both Tamil and English, Annadurai became a follower of the rationalist and Dravida Kazhagam leader E.V.Ramasamy Naicker a.k.a. Periyar (elder).<br />
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Disillusioned with the Dravida Kazhagam's reluctance to enter the political arena, Annadurai parted ways with Periyar and founded the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 1949. <br />
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In the 1957 state Legislative Assembly elections, Annadurai won from the Kancheepuram constituency defeating P.S.Srinivasan of the Congress party. Annadurai secured 51.94% of the votes versus 33.77% for the runner-up Srinivasan.<br />
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The DMK fared even better in the 1962 state Legislative Assembly elections winning 50 seats out of the 143 it contested. <br />
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But Annadurai, who contested in the 1962 state Legislative Assembly elections from the Kancheepuram constituency, lost to a Congress candidate S.V.Natesha Mudaliar. It was not a narrow defeat for Annadurai because his oponent got 54.8% of the votes.<br />
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However, he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha (Upper House) of the Indian Parliament.<br />
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It was his secessionist speeches in Parliament that brought Annadurai to the national limelight. On May 5, 1962, Annadurai stunned his fellow parliamentarians and the country by advocating the secession of the four south Indian states including Madras, the state he hailed from.<br />
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Annadurai mooted that India should be turned into "a comity of nations instead of a medley of disgruntled units." Parliament was shocked and so was Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.<br />
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Annadurai had two complaints - discrimination against the southern states and imposition of the Hindi language.<br />
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An angry Nehru declared that the creation of Pakistan was "bad enough." To Nehru, any more divisions would balkanize India into "thousands of bits" and he vowed to resist such secessionist demands with all force.<br />
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Subsequently, Annadurai toned down his secessionist rhetoric and he and his DMK party focused on opposing the Hindi language.<br />
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In the 1967 state Legislative Assembly elections, the DMK defeated the Congress party handily and Annadurai became the first non-Congress Chief Minister of Madras (now known as Tamil Nadu). <br />
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Of the 174 seats the DMK contested, it won 137 and secured 40.69% of the total votes. The Congress party got 41.1% of the total votes but won just 51 of the 232 seats it contested.<br />
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Annadurai died of cancer on February 3, 1969 leaving behind a wife. His funeral was attended by a record 15 million people, a testament to the popularity of this leader.</b></span> <br />
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MGR was very much childish he gets angry so quick that MGC used to convince him every time, even in Family matters and as well as in Cinema shooting. <br />
'Arasakattalai' was produced and Directed by MGC but MGR was the real Director, The film took 3 years in making. MGC also acted in Arasakattalai but due to length of the movie his part got deleted. <br />
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MGC family include 10 children<br />
MG.C.Sathyabama<br />
M.G.C.Ramamurthy<br />
M.G.C.Prabakar<br />
M.G.C.Chandran<br />
M.G.C.Sukumar<br />
M.G.C.Leelavathy<br />
M.G.C.Vijaylakshmi<br />
M.G.C.Rajendran<br />
M.G.C.Balu<br />
M.G.C.Vijaykumar<br />
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M.G.C.Sukumar acted in three movies and one film 'Nadigan Kural' only climax scene is left.</span></span></h6></div><a href='https://www.alertpay.com/?AaPsdUK%2foTgO87QjF%2f1Hvw%3d%3d'><img src='http://www.alertpay.com/banners/ban_04.gif' border='0'></a><br />
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<tr><td align="left">MGR was a member of the Congress Party till 1953 and he used to wear kathar and wear vibhuti on his forehead. In 1953 MGR joined the DMK. He became a vocal Tamil and Dravidian nationalist and prominent member of the DMK (Dravidian Progressive Federation). He added glamour to the Dravidian movement which was sweeping Tamil Nadu. He became a member of the state Legislative Council in 1962. He was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1967. After the death of his mentor, Annadurai, MGR became the treasurer of DMK in 1969 after Karunanidhi became the chief minister.</td> <td align="right"><img height="280" src="http://www.puratchithalaivar.org/wp-content/themes/puratchithalaivar/images/mgr-political.jpg" style="height: 140px; width: 200px;" width="400" /></td> </tr>
</tbody></table>In 1967, he was shot in the neck by fellow actor and political aspirant M.R. Radha. The bullet was permanently lodged in his neck and his voice damaged. He wanted the financial details of the party to be publicised which enraged the leadership of DMK and in 1972, MGR was expelled from the party. MGR then floated a new party named Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK) which was later renamed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the only powerful opponent of the DMK. He became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 1977, and remained in office till his death in 1987. In 1979, Members of his party became the first dravidian and non-congress party from Tamil Nadu to become ministers in the Union Cabinet. It is to be noted that the AIADMK won every state assembly election as long as MGR was alive. He was the first film actor to be a Chief Minister in India.</div><a href='https://www.alertpay.com/?AaPsdUK%2foTgO87QjF%2f1Hvw%3d%3d'><img src='http://www.alertpay.com/banners/ban_04.gif' border='0'></a><br />
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In his youth, MGR and his elder brother, M. G. Chakrapani became members of a drama troupe to support their family. Influenced by Gandhian ideals, MGR joined the Indian National Congress. After a few years of acting in plays, he made his film debut in the 1936 film <i>Sathi Leelavathi</i> in a supporting role. In the late 1940s he graduated to leading roles and for the next three decades dominated the Tamil film industry.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran#cite_note-0"></a></sup>He became a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and rose rapidly through its ranks. He successfully used his popularity as a film hero to build a large political base. In 1972, he left the DMK to form his own party the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK). In 1977 he became the chief minister of Tamil Nadu - the first film actor in India to become the chief minister of a state. He remained as chief minister till his death in 1987.<br />
In Tamil Nadu, he has a reputation for philanthropism and is considered to be one of the greatest political leaders and actors of the state. He is idolized by his followers as <i>Puratchi Thalaivar</i> (lit. Revolutionary leader MGR was posthumously honoured with the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award.<br />
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</tbody></table><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Early_life_and_background">Early life and background</span></h2>MGR was born in Nawalapitiya near Kandy, British Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka), to immigrant Keralite parents — Melakkath Gopala Menon and Maruthur Satyabhama. His family was originally from Vadavannur, Palakkad, Kerala, but his father had migrated with his family to Ceylon. Melakkath Gopala Menon had been excommunicated from Keralite society (<b>bhrasht</b>) during a Smarthavicharam in 1903, regarding an fake allegation that dealt with an illicit relationship with a widowed Brahmin woman; and hence he left his family, and married Maruthur Satybhama , and migrated to Ceylon<br />
MGR was a Hindu and portrayed himself as a devotee of Lord Murugan, as is common practice for many Hindus in Sri Lanka.This was during his early days. Later, when he joined the DMK,a pro-rationalist party,he followed the rationalist ideology, though not appearing very aggressively atheistic.However,in later days after he founded his own party following his expulsion from the DMK, he seems to have shown some leaning towards religious faith. He had asked his followers to pray for the success of his AIADMK party.<br />
His followers even prayed for him when it was determined that he had a kidney illness.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-10"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran#cite_note-10"></a></sup> After his demise, his wife opened up a temple in his name.<br />
After his father's death, he joined a drama troupe called Original Boys. Later, he entered the world of cinema, becoming an actor, and later a director, producer, and editor. MGR married Bargavi also known as Thangamani who died early due to illness. He later married Sathanandavathi who also died soon due to Tuberculosis. M. G. R. married V. N. Janaki a former Tamil film actress as his third wife after the death of his second wife. Janaki divorced her husband Ganapati Bhat, to marry MGR.<br />
<h2><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Acting_career">Acting career</span></h2>He made his film debut in 1935, in the film <i>Sati Leelavati</i>,<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-11"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran#cite_note-11"></a></sup> directed by Ellis Dungan, an American born film director. Generally starring in romance or action films, MGR got his big breakthrough in the 1947 film <i>Rajakumaari</i>, written by M. Karunanidhi.Soon he rose to superstardom in the 1954 blockbuster'Malaikallan'. He acted as hero in the Tamil film industry's first ever colour movie, the 1955 blockbuster ' Ali Baba and the forty thieves'. He rose to become the heart throb of millions of Indians with movies such as 'Anbe Vaa', 'Aayirathil Oruvan', 'Mahadevi', 'Panam Padaithavan', 'Ulagam Sutrum Vaalibhan','Adimaippenn'etc..,. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the film <i>Rickshakaran</i>. His film <i>Nadodi Mannan</i>,which was a tamil version of the interpretation of the Prisoner of Zenda,was produced and directed by himself and released in 1956, ran to full houses. His 1973 blockbuster' Ulagam Sutrum Vaalibhan' broke previous box office records. It was one of the few movies shot in abroad in those days. It was shot in nations like Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong and Japan.The DMK unsuccessfully tried to curtail that movie. His acting career ended in 1978 with his last movie, Madurai Meetta SundaraPandian, which he acted when he was the Chief Minister of the state.He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1988 (posthumous).<br />
<div class="thumb tright"><div class="thumbinner" style="width: 222px;"><img alt="" class="thumbimage" height="151" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Rajkumar_Mgrraj4.JPG/220px-Rajkumar_Mgrraj4.JPG" width="220" /> <br />
<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"></div>MGR embracing Rajkumar during the latter's visit to Chennai</div></div></div><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Political_career">Political career</span></h2>MGR was a member of the Congress Party till 1953 and he used to wear Khādī. In 1953 MGR joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) with the help of M. Karunanidhi. He became a vocal Tamil and Dravidian nationalist and prominent member of the DMK] ("Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam" aka <i>Dravidian Progressive Federation</i>). He added glamour to the Dravidian movement which was sweeping Tamil Nadu. He became a member of the state Legislative Council in 1962. He was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1967. After the death of his mentor, Annadurai, MGR became the treasurer of DMK in 1969 after Karunanidhi became the chief minister.<br />
On the 12th of January 1967, he was shot in the neck by fellow actor M.R. Radha. The bullet was permanently lodged in his neck and his voice damaged. Within hours of the shooting, some 50,000-odd fans had gathered at the hospital where MGR had been taken. People cried in the streets. For six weeks, he lay in the hospital as fans awaited each report of his health. He was visited by a steady stream of commoners and luminaries of film industry, polity and bureaucracy.From his hospital bed, he conducted his campaign for Madras Legislative Assembly. He won twice the number of votes polled by his Congress rival and the largest vote polled by any candidate for the Assembly.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-isbn0-415-39680-8_13-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._G._Ramachandran#cite_note-isbn0-415-39680-8-13"></a></sup><br />
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<div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"></div>MGR at a function in <b>January</b> (1968)</div></div></div>In 1972, DMK leader Karunanithi started to project his first son M.K.Muthu in a big way in film industry and also in politics. Understanding the tactics played by Karunanithi to corner him, MGR started to claim that corruption had grown within the party after the demise of Annadurai and in a public meeting asked for the financial details of the party to be publicized which enraged the leadership of DMK. Consequently, as expected, MGR was expelled from the party, and floated a new party named Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK), later renamed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the only powerful opponent of the DMK.He mobilised the period between 1972-1977 to spread and preach his party ambiition with films like Netru Indru Naalai(1974), Idhayakani(1975) etc..,. He became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on the 30th of July 1977, remaining in office till his death in 1987. In 1979, members of his party Satyavani Muthu and Aravinda Bala Pajanor, became the first non-Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu to be ministers in the Union Cabinet. The AIADMK won every state assembly election as long as MGR was alive. Although Anna Durai as well as Karunanidhi had acted in stage plays in trivial roles, in their younger days, before becoming chief minister, MGR was the first popular film actor to be a Chief Minister in India.<br />
Once he became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, he placed great emphasis on social development, especially education. One of his most successful policies was the introduction of the "Mid-day Meal Scheme" introduced by the popular Congress Chief Minister and Kingmaker K Kamaraj to a nutritious Mid-day Meal Scheme in the Government-run and aided schools in Tamil Nadu, which encouraged underprivileged children to attend schools. He also introduced Women's Special buses. He set up a free school for the Cinema Technicians children in Kodambakkam called MGR Primary & Higher Secondary School which provided Free Mid-Day meals in the 1950s. He led the ADMK to victory in the 1984 assembly elections despite not taking part in the campaigning. At that time he was undergoing medical treatment in America and his images were broadcast in Tamil Nadu through cinema halls. This was an effective campaign tactic and ADMK won the elections, indicating the depth of his popular support.<br />
His was instrumental in setting up the Tamil University and the Mother Theresa Women's University in Tamil Nadu.<sup class="Template-Fact" style="white-space: nowrap;" title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from August 2007"></sup><br />
<h3><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Member_of_Legislative_Assembly">Member of Legislative Assembly</span></h3><table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(249, 249, 249); border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 95%; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0pt;"><tbody>
<tr align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>Year</th> <th>Elected/Reelected</th> <th>Place</th> <th>Party</th> </tr>
<tr> <td>1967</td> <td>Elected</td> <td><b>St. Thomas Mount</b></td> <td>DMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1971</td> <td>Reelected</td> <td><b>St. Thomas Mount</b></td> <td>DMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1977</td> <td>Elected</td> <td>Aruppukottai</td> <td>ADMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1980</td> <td>Elected</td> <td>Madurai West</td> <td>ADMK</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1984</td> <td>Elected</td> <td>Andipatti</td> <td>ADMK</td> </tr>
</tbody></table><h3><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Chief_Minister">Chief Minister</span></h3><table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(249, 249, 249); border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 95%; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0pt;"><tbody>
<tr align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>From Year</th> <th>To Year</th> <th>Election</th> </tr>
<tr> <td><b>1977</b></td> <td><b>1980</b></td> <td>Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1977</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><b>1980</b></td> <td><b>1984</b></td> <td>Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1980</td> </tr>
<tr> <td><b>1984</b></td> <td><b>1987</b></td> <td>Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1984</td> </tr>
</tbody></table><h2><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Awards">Awards</span></h2><ul><li>National Film Award for Best Actor for the film <i>Rickshakaran</i> in 1972.</li>
<li>Honorary doctorate received from University of Madras and The World University (Arizona).</li>
<li>Bharat Ratna was conferred by the Government of India (posthumously) in 1988 for his reformation activities and support from Tamil Nadu.</li>
</ul>One famous incident was that MGR was nominated for the Padmashree award from the Government of India but he refused to accept as the wording was in Hindi and not in Tamil in 1960.<br />
<h2><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="Philanthropy">Philanthropy</span></h2>He personally offered relief in disasters and calamities like fire, flood, drought, and cyclones. He was the first donor during the war with China in 1962, donating Rs. 75,000 to the war fund. He was the founder and editor of <i>Thai</i> weekly magazine and <i>Anna</i> daily newspaper in Tamil. He was the owner of Sathya Studios and Emgeeyar Pictures (willed to charity) which produced many of the films he acted in. He gifted a golden sword weighing half a Kilogram to Mookambika temple in Kollur, Udupi district.<br />
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Death">Death</span></h2>In October 1984, MGR was diagnosed with kidney failure and rushed to the Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, United States for treatment, undergoing a kidney transplant. MGR died on December 24, 1987 after his prolonged illness. His death sparked off a frenzy of looting and rioting all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Shops, movie theatres, buses and other public and private property became the target of violence let loose all over the state. The police had to resort issuing shoot-at-sight orders. Tamilians from Bangalore rushed to Madras in trains to see the mortal remains of MGR. Govt had announced free train facility for this visit. The violence during the funeral alone left 29 people dead and 47 police personnel badly wounded. This state of affairs continued for almost a month all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Around one million people followed his remains, around 30 followers committed suicide and people had their heads tonsured. After his death, his political party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, split between his wife Janaki Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa; they later merged in 1988. In 1989 Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired was established in the erstwhile Residence MGR Gardens, Ramavaram, in accordance with his will dated January 17, 1986. His official residence at 27, Arcot Street, T.Nagar is now MGR Memorial House and is open for public viewing. His film studio, Sathya Studios has been converted into a women's college.<br />
<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Filmography">Filmography</span></h2><h3><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="As_Actor">As Actor</span></h3><div class="rellink relarticle mainarticle"> M. G. Ramachandran filmography</div><h3><span class="editsection"></span> <span class="mw-headline" id="As_producer_.26_director">As producer & director</span></h3><table border="2" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(249, 249, 249); border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px solid rgb(170, 170, 170); font-size: 95%; margin: 1em 1em 1em 0pt;"><tbody>
<tr align="center" bgcolor="#cccccc"> <th>Year</th> <th>Film</th> <th>Role</th> <th>Notes</th> </tr>
<tr> <td>1958</td> <td><i>Nadodi Mannan</i></td> <td><br />
</td> <td>MGR's First film as Director,</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1973</td> <td><i>Ulagam Sutrum Valiban</i></td> <td><br />
</td> <td>MGR's Second film as Director,</td> </tr>
<tr> <td>1977</td> <td><i>Madhurai Meetha Sundharapandian</i></td> <td><br />
</td> <td>MGR's Third film as Director,</td> </tr>
</tbody></table><h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Gallery">Gallery</span></h2><ul class="gallery"><li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 31px auto;"><img alt="" height="88" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/02/MGRyou3332.jpg/120px-MGRyou3332.jpg" width="120" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">MGR with Prime Minister Indira Gandhi</div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><img alt="" height="120" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/MGR_and_K_A_Mathialagan.jpg/117px-MGR_and_K_A_Mathialagan.jpg" width="117" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">MGR with K. A. Mathiazhagan</div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 34px auto;"><img alt="" height="81" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Chennai_India_.jpg/120px-Chennai_India_.jpg" width="120" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">MGR's Tomb on the Marina</div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 31px auto;"><img alt="Cmmgrjanaki.jpg" height="87" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Cmmgrjanaki.jpg/120px-Cmmgrjanaki.jpg" width="120" /></div></div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><img alt="" height="120" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/45/2M4GRyoung223221.jpg/90px-2M4GRyoung223221.jpg" width="90" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">The Bharat Ratna Citation conferred on MGR.</div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><img alt="" height="120" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/29/MGR3bharat76aa.jpg/86px-MGR3bharat76aa.jpg" width="86" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">Bharat Ratna received by MGR's wife Janaki Ramachandran on his behalf.</div></div></li>
<li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px;"> <div style="width: 155px;"><div class="thumb" style="height: 150px; width: 150px;"><div style="margin: 15px auto;"><img alt="" height="120" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/f/f3/Mgrmomtemple.jpg/80px-Mgrmomtemple.jpg" width="80" /></div></div><div class="gallerytext">Temple built for MGR's mother by MGR</div></div></li>
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