![]() The Justice party originated with the Madras United League which was initially started as a work group that helped non-Brahmin students in Madras with accommodation and later grew into a political party under the efforts of leaders like C. The Justice party was formed by non- Brahmin elites in 1917. See also: Justice party (India) and Dravidar KazhagamĪnnadurai's interest in politics made him join the Justice party in 1935. Ramachandran in 1972 was named after him as All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Several institutions and organisations are named after him. His funeral had the highest attendance of any to that date. However, he died of cancer just two years into office. He legalised Self-Respect marriages, enforced a two language policy (in preference to the three language formula in other southern states), implemented subsidies for rice, and renamed Madras State to Tamil Nadu. His cabinet was the youngest at that time in India. His party won a landslide victory in the 1967 state elections. The agitation itself helped Annadurai to gain popular support for his party. Various protests against the ruling Congress government took him to prison on several occasions the last of which was during the Madras anti-Hindi agitation of 1965. But with the evolution of national politics and the constitution of India after the Sino-Indian war in 1962, Annadurai dropped the claim for an independent Dravida Nadu. The DMK initially followed the same ideologies as its parent, Dravidar Kazhagam. Angered by this action of Periyar, Annadurai with his supporters parted from Dravidar Kazhagam and launched his own party, Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). The friction between the two finally erupted when Periyar married Maniammai, who was much younger than him. Ramasamy, he rose in stature as a prominent member of the party.ĭue to differences looming with Periyar, on issues of separate independent state of Dravida Nadu and union with India, he crossed swords with his political mentor. He edited several political journals and enrolled as a member of the Dravidar Kazhagam. Born in a middle-class family, he first worked as a school teacher, then moved into the political scene of the Madras Presidency as a journalist. He was the first politician from the Dravidian parties to use Tamil cinema extensively for political propaganda. Some of his plays were later made into movies. He was well known for his oratorical skills and was an acclaimed writer in the Tamil language. He was the first member of a Dravidian party to hold either post. Member of the Madras State Legislative CouncilĬonjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969), popularly known as Anna also known as Arignar Anna or Perarignar Anna ( Anna, the scholar or Elder Brother), was an Indian politician who served as the fourth and last Chief Minister of Madras State from 1967 until 1969 and first Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 20 days (after Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu) before his death. Member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council Member of the Madras State Legislative Assemblyġst General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Hafiz Mohamad Ibrahim, Yashwantrao Chavan,
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