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Oct 7, 2024 · C N Annadurai with E V Ramasamy, better known as Periyar. (Photo: Wikipedia) Having indelibly shaped Tamil Nadu’s political and social fabric for a century, the Social Justice Movement that has entered its centenary year continues to be a cornerstone of politics in the state.
Oct 1, 2024 · C.N. Annadurai’s Vision and Tamil Nadu’s Democratic Journey. In 1968, C.N. Annadurai, a pioneering leader and former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, visited Yale University as part of the Chubb Fellowship Program.
5 days ago · The anti-Hindi campaign in the mid-1960s took the DMK to greater prominence, and it triumphed over Congress in the 1967 state assembly elections, garnering 137 of the 234 seats. Party president Annadurai became chief minister (head of government) and oversaw the renaming of the state.
Sep 22, 2024 · Ably guided by EVR’s former lieutenant C.N. Annadurai, the party declared even in its initial years that it subscribed to the policy of “Ontre Kulam Oruvane Devan [One race, One god]”.
Sep 17, 2024 · Their leader, an unassuming 40-year-old C N Annadurai (Anna, the diminutive also means elder brother), had rebelled against his maverick boss, the 72-year-old E V Ramasamy ‘Periyar’ who had passed the torch of the Dravidar Kazhagam, a social movement to his 40-yearyounger wife Maniammai.
1 day ago · After the death of C.N. Annadurai in 1969, he became the DMK's leader and Chief minister of Tamil Nadu [10] and led the party to a landslide win in the 1971 Assembly elections. [17] He was influenced by the rationalist and egalitarian ideology of Periyar and DMK founder C N Annadurai. [ 18 ]
2 days ago · C. N. Annadurai's ideologue and movie producer turned politician R. M. Veerappan was the key architect in unifying M.G.R. fan clubs and further consolidating the party structure in the 1970s.
