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MGR birth anniversary: PM Modi, Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai pay tributes to AIADMK founder
Tamil Nadu | Jan 17, 2025, 11:56 AM ISTMGR birth anniversary: MG Ramachandran, founder of AIADMK served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for ten years between 1977 and 1987. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 1988.
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MGR to Kamal Haasan to Thalapathy Vijay, list of southern stars who launched political parties
Entertainment | Feb 02, 2024, 04:06 PM ISTBefore Thalapathy Vijay, many South superstars have launched their political parties including Jayalalithaa, Chiranjeevi, Kamal Haasan among others. Scroll down to check the list of those political parties launched by popular South actors.
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PM Modi pays tribute to MG Ramachandran on his birth anniversary
India | Jan 17, 2024, 09:10 AM ISTMGR birth anniversary: A hugely successful actor, Ramachandran was a member of the DMK but founded the AIADMK following differences with M Karunanidhi.
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Jayalalithaa 74th birth anniversary: Journey of non-political individual to a successful CM
India | Feb 24, 2022, 12:37 PM ISTBeing a successful actress who came into prominence in the mid-1960s, she worked in almost 140 movies between 1961-1980 primarily in Tamil, Telugu, and Kannada languages. She entered into politics and joined AIADMK in 1982 when MG Ramachandran was Tamil Nadu's chief minister.
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Arvind Swami's first look as MGR in Kangana Ranaut’s Jayalalithaa biopic Thalaivi. Watch video
Celebrities | Jan 17, 2020, 10:42 AM ISTAfter Kangana Ranaut impressed the masses with her first look as former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa, actor Arvind Swami unveiled his first look as MGR from the film Thalaivi.
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Curtains down on personality-driven bi-polar politics in Tamil Nadu?
India | Aug 08, 2018, 01:55 PM ISTThe passing away of Dravidian stalwart Muthuvel Karunanidhi has signaled the virtual end of personality-driven bi-polar politics in the state, dominated by charismatic individuals of arch-rivals DMK and AIADMK in the past five decades
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RIP Karunanidhi: Kalaignar's contribution to cinema and literature
Regional Cinema | Aug 08, 2018, 07:04 AM IST'Kalaignar' Karunanidhi's contribution to Indian cinema remains unparalleled and exceptional. Let's look back at DMK patriarch's journey in Tamil cinema as a screenwriter.
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Rajinikanth delivers first public address after political plunge, says he can offer ‘MGR rule’
Regional Cinema | Mar 06, 2018, 07:34 AM ISTRajinikanth said he has learnt politics from DMK leader M. Karunanidhi and Congress leader late G.K. Moopanar.
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I had suffered enough as a Pallar, so I agreed to convert: Omar Khayyam
India | Feb 20, 2015, 08:18 PM ISTChennai: When 800 Dalits of the Pallar caste which included 200 out of total 300 families in Meenakshipuram village of Tamil Nadu, converted to Islam on February 19, 1981, the incident of mass conversion brought
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Flashback: How 800 Dalit Hindus in Meenakshipuram were converted to Islam 33 years ago
India | Dec 12, 2014, 06:50 AM ISTNew Delhi: On February 19, 1981, when the late M G Ramachandran was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, the nation woke up to a news item which said nearly 800 Dalit Hindus in the
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My public life is like swimming in a river of fire: Jayalalithaa
National | Oct 19, 2014, 05:03 PM ISTChennai: Ruling AIADMK party general secretary and former Tamil Nadu chief minister J.Jayalalithaa Sunday said her public life is akin to swimming in a river of fire. In a statement issued here a day after she
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Former Tamil actor to campaign for AIADMK
National | Mar 08, 2014, 01:49 PM ISTChennai: Vennira Aadai Nirmala, who made her debut in Tamil cinema along with now Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa, will be one of the star campaigners for the AIADMK in the Lok Sabha polls.The
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M G Ramachandran: The first film actor to become Chief Minister in India
National | Nov 10, 2013, 06:30 AM ISTNew Delhi: M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, was first film actor to become Chief Minister of any state in India.Starting off his career as an actor in Tamil films, MGR joined politics later