Events in the year 2004 in the Republic of India.
The Tamil Maanila Congress (Moopanar) (transl. Tamil State Congress (Moopanar);abbr.TMC(M)) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It was founded by the former member of parliament of the Republic of India G. K. Moopanar on 29 March 1996 as a breakaway faction from the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee.
Although India is a parliamentary democracy,the country's politics has become dynastic or with high level of nepotism,possibly due to the absence of party organizations,independent civil-society associations which mobilize support for a party,or centralized financing of elections. The dynastic phenomenon is present at the national,state,regional,and district level. The Nehru–Gandhi family has produced three Indian prime ministers,and family members have largely led the Congress party since 1978. The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also has several dynastic leaders. In addition to the major national parties,other national and regional parties such as Shiromani Akali Dal,Shiv Sena,Samajwadi Party,Rashtriya Janata Dal,Janata Dal Secular,Jharkhand Mukti Morcha,Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,Kerala Congress,Jammu &Kashmir National Conference,Indian Union Muslim League,AIMIM,and the Nationalist Congress Party are all dominated by families,mostly those of the party founders.
Aarani,officially spelled as Arni and also known as Periya Aarani,is a major commercial,industrial and cultural hub and also a divisional headquarter in the Thiruvanamalai district of Tamil Nadu,India. The town is the second largest urban center next to the district headquarters,Thiruvannamalai,and is administered by a selection grade municipality. Aarani is home to silk weaving,spinning mills and agricultural industries. Famous Aarani silk and a paddy variety named Aarani Ponni,known for its rich aroma,originates from Aarani. The town is often nicknamed as The Silk City. Aarani also has a rich cultural heritage as it is a major center of Tamil Jainism.
Erode Venkata Krishnasamy Sampath Elangovan is an Indian politician who is a current member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly,representing the Erode East Assembly constituency. He previously represented the Gobichettipalayam Lok Sabha constituency of Tamil Nadu and was the Textiles Minister for the Union Government between 2004 and 2009,in Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh Government. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party.
S.K. Karvendhan started his political career at the age of 18 in the year 1968. He was recognized and mentored by K. Kamaraj,Former Chief Minister of Madras State. Alongside politics,S.K Kharventhan is also a practicing lawyer.
J.M. Aaroon Rashid is an Indian politician and former member of the Parliament of India,representing the Theni Lok Sabha constituency. Haaroon Rashid is a leader of Indian National Congress.
Subburaman Thirunavukkarasar is an Indian politician. He was the State President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee till 2 February 2019 and former secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) of the Indian National Congress (INC) party. His introduction to politics in 1977 was facilitated by former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu,M. G. Ramachandran. Ramachandran founded the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in 1972 and was facing his first elections for the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election in 1977. He identified Thirunavukkarasar,a lawyer by profession,to contest the Aranthangi assembly constituency. Thirunavukkarasar won the seat,aged 27,and was elected as the Deputy Speaker of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He continued in that capacity till 1980. Subsequently,he served as Tamil Nadu state minister from 1980 to 1987 in the MGR cabinet,holding portfolios that included Industries,Housing Board,Excise and Handlooms. Later,he became a member of the Lok Sabha –the lower house of the Parliament of India –when he won the erstwhile Pudukottai Lok Sabha constituency. He served as Union Minister of state for shipping and later for telecommunications and information technology.
The tenth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 24 June 1991. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) –Indian National Congress (INC) alliance won the elections in a landslide and AIADMK general secretary J. Jayalalithaa became the chief minister. This was her first term in office. The united strength of AIADMK,the alliance with the Congress,and the wave of public sympathy in the wake of Rajiv Gandhi assassination combined to produce a massive victory for the AIADMK. The DMK could only win 2 seats. This was the worst performance of the DMK since it entered electoral politics in the 1957.
The ninth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held on 21 January 1989. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election and its leader M. Karunanidhi,became the Chief Minister. It was his third term in office. The DMK was in power only for a short term,as it was dismissed on 31 January 1991 by the Indian Prime minister Chandra Shekhar using Article 356 (Otherwise) of the Indian Constitution.
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 of 2023,this is the last election where the ruling party gained seats.
A. C. Shanmugam is the founder and president of the New Justice Party,a political party of Tamil Nadu,India.He has been announced as Bharatiya Janata Party Candidate for 2024 Indian general election from Vellore Lok Sabha constituency.
Vazhappady K. Ramamurthy or Vazhapadi K. Ramamoorthy was an Indian trade unionist and politician.
K. Jayakumar is an Indian politician. He was elected as a Member of Parliament in Lok Sabha from Thiruvallur Constituency (SC) in 2019. He served as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected as an Indian National Congress candidate from Namakkal constituency in 2001 and 2006 elections.
Banwarilal Purohit is an Indian politician who is serving as 29th Governor of Punjab,India and Administrator of Chandigarh from September 2021. He was the former Governor of Tamil Nadu from 2017 to 2021,and former Governor of Assam from 2016 to 2017. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. He was a Member of Parliament from the Nagpur three times,twice as an Indian National Congress member,once as a BJP member.
Keshava Parasaran is a lawyer from India. He was Advocate General of Tamil Nadu during the president's rule in 1976,Solicitor General of India under the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi,and Attorney General of India under Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi between 1983 and 1989 until the end of Rajiv's tenure. Parasaran was awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2003 and Padma Vibhushan in the year 2011. In June 2012,he received a presidential nomination to the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's parliament,for a period of six years. He is a member of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. In 2019 the Central Government appointed him to lead the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra. However later,Mahant Nritya Gopal Das was appointed to lead the trust. The trust oversees the construction of Ram Temple in Ayodhya.
Tiruvannamalai district is the second largest district in Tamil Nadu by area after Dindigul District and one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu,in South India. It was formed in the year 1989 through the bifurcation of North Arcot into the Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar and Vellore Ambedkar districts. The city of Tiruvannamalai is the district headquarters.
The fifth legislative assembly election of Tamil Nadu was held in March 1971. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was re-elected,after its first victory under the leadership of C N Annadurai in 1967. This was the first time M. Karunanidhi,contested as the leader of DMK party won the election,since he assumed Chief Ministership for the first time,after the death of C N Annadurai. Karunanidhi had emerged successfully in the leadership crisis with other party leaders M. G. Ramachandran,and Nedunchezhiyan,which ensued after the death of C. N. Annadurai. The main opposition party in the election was Indian National Congress (Organisation) led by K. Kamaraj,whereas the Indian National Congress (Indira) faction aligned with Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. This was the last election that had only 2 major parties in Tamilnadu. After the election,MGR was slowly cornered out of DMK,and finally he formed AIADMK,which has since then been the close equal of DMK.
Jothimani Sennimalai,also known mononymously as Jothimani,is an Indian politician,writer,and social worker. A member of the Indian National Congress,she was elected to the Lok Sabha from Karur,Tamil Nadu in 2019. Having joined politics at a young age,Jothimani served separate terms as the General Secretary and Vice President of Indian Youth Congress and Tamil Nadu Youth Congress respectively.
Neeraj Dangi is an Indian politician from Rajasthan. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha,upper house of the Parliament of India from Rajasthan in the June 2020 Rajya sabha elections as an Indian National Congress candidate.
