Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran,popularly known by his initials M.G.R.,was an Indian actor,politician and philanthropist who served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987. He was the founder and first general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. On 19 March 1988,Ramachandran was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna,India's highest civilian honour. Ramachandran is regarded as one of the most influential politicians of post-independence India. Apart from politics,as a film personality he won the National Film Award,two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two Filmfare Award South.
Reddiar is a Telugu speaking land owning,merchants,agricultural social group in Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry.
Vijayaraj Alagarswami,known by his stage name Vijayakanth,was an Indian actor,film director,film producer,philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politics in the later part of his career and founded his own party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam.
The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captain) at Madurai on 14 September 2005. The party was led by its founder until 14 December 2023 from its date of founding. From 14 December 2023,the DMDK is led by Vijayakant's wife Premallatha Vijayakant as general secretary of the party. The party served as the main opposition party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from 27 May 2011 to 21 February 2016. The headquarters of the party is called Captain Aalayam,which is located at Jawaharlal Nehru Salai,Koyambedu,Chennai.
Ramanathan Sarathkumar is an Indian actor,politician and former bodybuilder who works predominantly in Tamil cinema in addition to Telugu,Malayalam,Kannada and Hindi films. He has acted in more than 145 films and won two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and three Filmfare Awards South.
Panchaksharam Rangasamy Pillai,known professionally as Vijayakumar,is an Indian actor who works in Tamil cinema. He started his film career in the Tamil film Sri Valli (1961) as a child actor and started playing a lead role from the movie Aval Oru Thodar Kathai (1974) then he worked in Madhura Geetham (1977) and Azhage Unnai Aarathikkiren (1979). He has also acted in Telugu and Malayalam movies. He also worked in television serials like Thangam,Vamsam,Talambralu,Nandini and Rasaathi. His son is actor Arun Vijay.
Senthamizhan Seeman is an Indian politician,actor and former filmmaker. He is the leader and chief-coordinator of the Naam Tamilar Katchi political party in Tamil Nadu. He is a strong advocate for regional autonomy and Tamil nationalism by focusing on the Tamil language,identity,and culture.
Thuluva Vellalar,also known as Agamudaya Mudaliar or Arcot Mudaliars,is a caste found in northern Tamil Nadu,southern Andhra Pradesh and southern Karnataka. They were an elite and dominant land-owning community.
Sedapatti Suryanarayana Rajendran,also known by his initials SSR,was an Indian actor,film director,film producer and politician who worked in Tamil theatre and cinema.
The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State was held in February 1967. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led coalition under the leadership of C.N. Annadurai won the election defeating the Indian National Congress (Congress). Anti-Hindi agitations,the rising prices of essential commodities,and a shortage of rice were the dominant issues. K. Kamaraj's resignation as the Chief Minister in 1963,to concentrate on party affairs,along with persistent rumors of corruption had weakened the incumbent Congress Government. This was the first time that a non-congress party had gained a single simple majority in a state assembly in India,second time after Communist Party of India winning Kerala assembly elections in 1957 for a non-Congress party alliance to gain the majority in a state in India,and the last time that Congress held power in Tamil Nadu. It marked the beginning of Dravidian dominance in the politics of Tamil Nadu. Annadurai,who became the first non-Congress chief minister of post-independence Tamil Nadu,died in office in 1969 and V.R. Nedunchezhiyan took over as acting chief minister. Since then,except for brief months of President's rule,only Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and its splitaway Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have formed cabinets in the State.
The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party,led by K. Kamaraj,won the election. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam made significant in-roads in the election and emerged as the second party for the first time by winning 50 seats. 1962 Election remains the most recent election in which Indian National Congress to form a majority Government in the State as its support was heavily declined due to rise of Dravidian political parties.
M. Kannappan is an Indian politician and former Union minister for Non-conventional energy sources in A. B. Vajpayee's NDA rule between 1999 and 2004 Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Kinathukadavu constituency in 1967,and 1972 elections.
P. Dhanapal is an Indian politician and incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He is a former Speaker of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly.
Udhayanidhi Stalin is an Indian politician,film producer and former actor who has been the 3rd and current Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu since 2024,serving under his father M. K. Stalin. He is the youngest person in Tamil Nadu to have ever held the position. He has also been the Minister of Youth Welfare and Sports Development in Tamil Nadu since December 2022.
Ishari K. Ganesh is the founder,chairman and chancellor of Vels University in Chennai,India. He founded the Vel's Educational Trust in 1992 in the memory of his late father Isari Velan,a former Member of Legislative Assembly in the state government of M. G. Ramachandran.
Varun is an Indian actor who predominantly works in tamil cinema. He is the grandson of Isari Velan. His entry into the film industry occurred with his debut role in Anthony's Oru Naal Iravil in 2015. Since then,he has consistently engaged in projects closely associated with acclaimed directors such as A. L. Vijay and Prabhu Deva. In 2024,Varun collaborated with Gautham Vasudev Menon on an action thriller titled Joshua Imai Pol Kaakha.
Elections in India in 1977 included Legislative Assembly elections in several Indian states,including Goa,Himachal Pradesh,Jammu and Kashmir,Tamil Nadu,and West Bengal.
The First Ministry of Ramachandran was the Council of Ministers, headed by M. G. Ramachandran, that was formed after the sixth legislative assembly election,which was held in two phases on 12th and 14 June 1977. The results of the election were announced in June 1977,and this led to the formation of the 6th Assembly. On 30 June 1977,the Council took office.
