The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest communist party in India. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur on 26 December 1925.
Palaniappan Chidambaram,better known as P. Chidambaram,is an Indian politician and lawyer who currently serves as Member of Parliament,Rajya Sabha. He served as the Chairman of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs from 2017 to 2018. He also served as Interim Deputy Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha from 2022 to 2023 under Mallikarjun Kharge.
R. Umanath was a communist politician from Tamil Nadu,India,and a Politburo member of Communist Party of India (Marxist) from 1998. He was born in 1921 in Kasaragod,Kerala and moved to Madras during his student days.
Chidambaram is a major town and municipality in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu,on the banks of the Vellar River where it meets the Bay of Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Chidambaram taluk. The town is believed to be of significant antiquity and has been ruled,at different times,by the Pallavas until ninth century,Medieval Cholas,Later Cholas,Later Pandyas,Vijayanagara Empire,Thanjavur Nayakas,Marathas and the British. The town is known for the Thillai Nataraja Temple and Thillai Kali Temple,and the annual chariot festival held in the months of December–January and June to July. One of the Divya Desams Divya Sri Govindaraja Perumal Temple (Thiruchitrakoodam) is a part of Thillai Nataraja Temple complex. Thiruvetkalam Shiva Temple,Vadakiruppu,Thirunelvayil Shiva Temple,Sivapuri and Tirukkazhippalai Palvannanathar Temple are the other three ancient Shiva temples in the region.
The Annamalai University is a public state university in Chidambaram,Tamil Nadu,India. The 1,500-acre (6.1 km2) sprawling campus offers courses of higher education in arts,science,engineering,management,humanities,agriculture,and physical education. The university also provides more than 500 courses through distance education. With over 32,480 students residing on campus,it is one of the largest teaching,and residential universities in Asia,and is among the most reputed and ranked universities in India including the rankings from NIRF,QS World University Rankings,Times University Rankings,CWTS Leiden Ranking,India Today Magazine,India Today MDRA,AISHE,ARIIA,SCImago Institutions Rankings.
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was an Indian politician of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He was the secretary of the CPI(M) Kerala State Committee from 2015 to 2022. He stepped down from the position of state secretary due to his failing health. He was the Chief Editor of the Malayalam newspaper Deshabhimani.
Nagapattinam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 29 of 39. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The constituency is noted for being an historically communist stronghold,having elected Communist Party of India parliamentary representative seven times.
The eleventh legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 2 May 1996. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led front won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi,became the chief minister. This was his fourth term in office. S. Balakrishnan also known as So. Balakrishnan of Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC),became the Leader of the Opposition. The incumbent All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) government was defeated in a landslide manner with its general secretary and outgoing chief minister J. Jayalalithaa losing the election from the Bargur constituency. She became the first Incumbent Chief Minister since M. Bakthavatsalam in 1967 to lose her own constituency.
The eighth legislative assembly election for Tamil Nadu was held on 24 December 1984. All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) won the election and its general secretary,incumbent M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R) was sworn in as Chief Minister,for the third time. The election victory was mainly attributed to the sympathy wave created by Indira Gandhi's assassination and M.G.R's illness coupled with Rajiv Gandhi's popularity. This is the last election M.G.R contested as he died in office in 1987. This is also the only General Election which M. Karunanidhi did not contest since 1957 until his death. As now,this is the last election where the ruling party gained seats.
J. Hemachandran was an Indian politician and trade unionist. He was a leading personality of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the state of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from the Thiruvattar constituency four times,in 1980,1984,1989 and 2001. He served as the leader of the CPI(M) group in the Assembly.
By-elections to nine state assembly constituencies were held in Tamil Nadu,in four separate phases. The election for Thirumangalam was held on 9 January and for Bargur,Thondamuthur,Ilaiyangudi,Cumbum,and Srivaikuntam constituencies on 18 August. Also,the election took place for Vandavasi and Tiruchendur constituency on 19 December 2009 and finally for Pennagaram constituency on 27 March 2010. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) defeated All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in Thirumangalam in the first phase and kept the winning momentum in the following general election.
David Pandian was an Indian Tamil politician who served as Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha as an Indian National Congress–United Communist Party of India (UCPI) candidate from North Chennai constituency in 1989 and 1991 elections. He was the Tamil Nadu State Secretary of the Communist Party of India for three consecutive terms from 2005 to 2015,when he was succeeded by R. Mutharasan.
P. Dillibabu is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Harur constituency,which is reserved for candidates from the Scheduled Castes. He represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party. Previously he represented the same constituency as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) member in the 2006 elections.
S. Gunasekaran is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu from Sivaganga constituency.
S. Venkatesan,also known as Su. Venkatesan,is a Tamil writer from Tamil Nadu,India and Tamil Nadu State Committee member of CPI(M). Venkatesan is a state committee member of the Party and a whole-timer of the Party. He is the state Honorary President of Tamil Nadu Progressive Writers and Artists Association.
K. Balakrishnan is an Indian politician and was a member of the 14th Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly from the Chidambaram constituency. He represented the Communist Party of India (Marxist) party.
Doraisamy Raja is an Indian politician and the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) since July 2019. He was former member of Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu. He was the national secretary of the Communist Party of India (CPI) from 1994 to 2019.
The 2014 Indian general elections for Tamil Nadu's 39 seats in the 16th Lok Sabha were held on 24 April 2014. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led by its general secretary J. Jayalalithaa won a spectacular victory,taking 37 of the 39 seats. The total electors in the state of Tamil Nadu for the election was 55,114,867 and 73.74% of voters exercised their right to do so. The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.
P. Shanmugam is an Indian communist politician from Tamil Nadu. He is currently serving as the secretary of Tamil Nadu unit of Communist Party of India (Marxist). He is also the member of the Central Committee of the party since 10 April 2022.
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