The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is currently the main opposition.
Paramasiva Subbarayan was an Indian politician,freedom fighter and diplomat and was the Chief Minister of Madras Presidency,India's ambassador to Indonesia and Union Minister of Transport and Communications in Jawaharlal Nehru's government. He was the father of General P. P. Kumaramangalam who served as India's Chief of Army staff and politician Mohan Kumaramangalam. He was also the grandfather of INC and BJP politician and Union Minister Rangarajan Kumaramangalam.
Minjur Bhakthavatsalam was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the chief minister of Madras State from 2 October 1963 to 6 March 1967. He was the last Congress chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the last to have taken part in the Indian independence movement.
Murasoli Maran was an Indian politician and an important leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party which was headed by his maternal uncle and mentor,M. Karunanidhi. A Member of Parliament for 36 years,he was made a Union Minister in three separate central governments,in charge of Urban Development in the V.P. Singh government,Industry in the Gowda and Gujral governments,and finally Commerce and Industry under Vajpayee. Apart from being a politician,Maran was a journalist and scriptwriter for films too.
Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan was an Indian politician. He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and was the General Secretary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party (DMK) for nine terms. He has held several cabinet ministerial portfolios in the Tamil Nadu government under M. Karunanidhi including Finance,Education and Health and Social Welfare. He was elected as a member of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on nine occasions. He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha the lower house of India's Parliament from Tiruchengode and was also a member of the Madras Legislative Council. He served as the opposition leader of Tamil Nadu assembly from 2001 to 2006. He was popularly referred to as Perasiriyar (Professor) as he was a lecturer in Tamil in Pachaiyappa's College before resigning to contest elections in 1957.
Munisamy Thambidurai is an Indian politician who served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha and leader of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) in the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Indian Parliament. He had served as the Cabinet Minister of Law,Justice and Company Affairs and as the Minister of State of Surface Transport from March 1998 to April 1999. He had also served as the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1985 to 1989.
P. Kakkan or fondly known as Kakkan,was an Indian politician and freedom fighter who served as a member of the Constituent Assembly of India,Member of Parliament,President of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee and in various ministerial posts in Congress governments in the erstwhile Madras state between 1957 and 1967.
Maragatham Chandrasekar was an Indian politician and Member of Parliament from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
Ozhalur Viswanatha Mudaliar Alagesan was an Indian politician and freedom fighter from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He served as a Member of parliament,Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1957,1962 to 1967 and from 1971 to 1980.
Tiruppur Subrahmanya Avinashilingam Chettiar was an Indian lawyer,politician,freedom-fighter and Gandhian. He served as the Education Minister of Madras Presidency from 1946 to 1949 and was responsible for introducing Tamil as the medium of instruction. He is also credited with having commissioned the creation of the first Tamil encyclopedia.
Aladi Aruna (alias) V Arunachalam was an Indian politician. He was the Law Minister of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Alangulam constituency in the 1967,1971 and 1996 elections. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of India's Parliament,from Tirunelveli constituency in the 1977 elections. He was also a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of India's Parliament,as a member of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. He came into the limelight when he issued a dissent note in the JPC report on the Bofors Scandal against a clean chit to Rajiv Gandhi government. He was murdered in 2004.
Tamil Nadu has a parliamentary system as defined by its constitution,with power distributed between the state government and the districts.
P. H. Manoj Pandian is a politician and current Member of the Legislative Assembly for Alangulam constituency. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Cheranmahadevi constituency in 2001 election and former Member of Parliament from 2010 to 2016.
S. Madhavan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from the Thirukoshtiyur constituency in the 1962 election,from the Tiruppattur constituency in 1967 and 1971,and as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1984 election.
Meenakshisundaram Kalyanasundaram was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Communist Party of India candidate from Tiruchirappalli - II constituency in 1952,1957 and 1962 elections. Kalyanasundaram also served as a member of the Lok sabha for two periods 1971 to 1976 and 1977 to 1980 and upper house of India's Parliament the Rajya Sabha from 1980 to 1986. Kalyanasundaram married K. Logambal.
Sathyavani Muthu was an Indian politician and an influential leader from Chennai,Tamil Nadu. She was a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu,Rajya Sabha member and Union Minister. She began her political career as a member of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,began her own party,Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam and later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. In late 1990s,she again joined in DMK.
Nanjil K. Manoharan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was Tamil Nadu's minister of Finance during 1977–1980 and minister of Revenue during 1996–2000.
Balasubramanian Parameswaran was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly from Maduranthakam constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1946,1952,and 1962 elections. He was the grandson of Rettamalai Srinivasan,a pioneer in the Scheduled Caste movement. He was educated at the St. Gabriels High School and Presidency College,Madras. He served as private secretary to another Scheduled Caste leader M. C. Rajah. During 7 April 1949 –9 April 1952,he was the minister for Firka development,Khadi,Cottage industries,Fisheries,Cinchona and Harijan uplift in the P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja cabinet. During 1952–54,he was the mayor of Madras. From 13 April 1954 until 31 March 1957,he was the minister for Transport,Harijan Uplift,Hindu Religious Endowments,Registration and Prohibition in K. Kamaraj's first cabinet. During 1958–62,he was a member of the Rajya Sabha –the upper house of the Indian parliament.
K. S. Ramaswamy Gounder was an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Tamil Nadu. He was elected to the Lok Sabha from Gobichettipalayam constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate in 1957 and 1977 election. He was the union deputy minister for Home,Education and Social Welfare in Indira Gandhi's ministry. He is the son of the freedom fighter K.K Subbanna Gounder. He was appointed as President of Tamil Nadu Congress Committee. He was awarded with Chevalier and Sir.
K. Gopal is an Indian doctor and politician. He obtained a M.B.B.S degree from Thanjavur Medical College. Gopal was a Member of the Legislative Assembly from Nannilam 1991 to 1996. In 2014 he was elected to the Lok Sabha from the Nagapattinam as an Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in the 2014 election. He won the seat with 46.06% and was elected Member of Parliament for Nagapattinam for 16th Lok Sabha.
