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  MGR birth anniversary: PM Modi, Tamil Nadu BJP president Annamalai pay tributes to AIADMK founder

  January 17, 2025 11:56 IST

  MGR 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

  February 02, 2024 16:06 IST

  Before 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 | January 17, 2024 9:10 IST

  MGR 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 | February 24, 2022 12:37 IST

  Being 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 | January 17, 2020 10:42 IST

  After 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 | August 08, 2018 13:55 IST

  The 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 | August 08, 2018 7:04 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 | March 06, 2018 7:34 IST

  Rajinikanth 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 | February 20, 2015 20:18 IST

  Chennai: 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 | December 12, 2014 6:50 IST

  New 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

  Politics | October 19, 2014 17:03 IST

  Chennai: 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

  Politics | March 08, 2014 13:49 IST

  Chennai: 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

  Politics | November 10, 2013 6:30 IST

  New 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