Vellore,also spelt as Velur,is a city and the administrative headquarters of Vellore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located on the banks of the Palar River in the northeastern part of Tamil Nadu and is separated into four zones that are further subdivided into 60 wards,covering an area of 87.915 km2 and housing a population of 423,425 as reported by the 2001 census. It is located about 137.20 kilometres (85 mi) west of Chennai,and about 213.20 kilometres (132 mi) east of Bangalore. Vellore is located on the Mumbai–Chennai arm of the Golden Quadrilateral. Vellore is governed under a mayor and the Vellore Municipal Corporation. It is a part of both the Lok Sabha and state assembly constituencies of Vellore.
Pattali Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu,India,founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyar caste in northern Tamil Nadu. It is currently part of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It contests the elections with the "Ripe Mango" symbol.
Vaiyapuri Gopalsamy,better known as Vaiko,is an Indian politician. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India from Tamil Nadu. He is the founder and General Secretary of the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK),a political party active mainly in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was earlier elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Sivakasi,Tamil Nadu.
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.
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.
A.K. Moorthy is Indian politician who was a Deputy General Secretary of PMK,Former Member of parliament,Lok Sabha,Former Union Minister of State for Railways in Atal Bihari led NDA government.
Tholkappiyan Thirumavalavan,better known as Thol. Thirumavalavan is a political leader,scholar and activist from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He is a Member of Parliament from Chidambaram. Founder and President of Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi. He rose to prominence in the 1990s as a Dalit leader,and formally entered politics in 1999. His political platform centres on ending caste-based discrimination and consequently the caste system. He has also expressed support for Tamil nationalist movements in Sri Lanka.
Kalyanasundaram Anbazhagan was an Indian Tamil 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),though 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.
Anbumani Ramadoss is an Indian politician from Tamil Nadu,India. He rose to prominence as a leader of the Vanniyar caste after 2010. He is a member of the Rajya Sabha,the upper house of the Parliament of India and was the Minister of Health and Family Welfare in the First Manmohan Singh ministry from (2004–2009) as a part of the UPA government. He was elected to the Lok Sabha,the lower house of the Parliament of India from Dharmapuri,Tamil Nadu. He is also the president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi political party.
A. Nesamony,sometimes known as Marshal Nesamony,was a political leader from Kanyakumari district in Tamil Nadu,India. He was the second son of Kesavan Appavu Nadar,born on 12 June 1895 at Nesarpuram,Palliyadi in Vilavancode Taluk,Kanyakumari district. He graduated from Maharaja's College in Thiruvananthapuram,and studied at law college in Thiruvananthapuram. He began practising in 1921. He was among those involved with the merger of four Taluks from Southern Travancore to Tamil Nadu.
The 2009 Indian general election polls in Tamil Nadu was held for 39 seats in the state. There was a radical change in the alliances in this election compared to the last election,reminiscent of the 1999 election in Tamil Nadu. In this election the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) decided to stay with the United Progressive Alliance (UPA),but the Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK),Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam,and the left parties decided to ally itself with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the newly formed Third Front named United National Progressive Alliance.
S. Jagathrakshakan is an Indian Tamil businessman and politician. He did his matriculation at Valudavur. He is a member of Lok Sabha of India from Arakkonam constituency of Tamil Nadu and has been elected from this constituency thrice since 1999. He was the minister of state for commerce and industry from November 2012 to March 2013. He is also the chairman of Shree Balaji Medical College and Hospital. He is the owner of Dr. Rela Hospital and Institute. He has authored 30 books,one of which was released by Mother Teresa.
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.
Kaduvetti Guru,also known as J. Guru,was an Indian politician,who was twice elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly in Tamil Nadu. He was the president of a caste organisation,the Vanniyar Sangam.
Edappadi Karuppa Palaniswami,often referred to by his initials E.P.S.,is an Indian politician who is the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu and the current leader of opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. He served as the 7th chief minister of Tamil Nadu,from 2017 to 2021. He has been the General Secretary of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam since 28 March 2023. Palaniswami served as the Joint Coordinator of the AIADMK from 2017 to 2022 and Interim General Secretary of the AIADMK from 2022 to 2023. He also served as the Headquarters Secretary of the AIADMK from 2016 to 2022.
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.
M. Muhammad Ismail was an Indian politician and social worker from Tirunelveli,southern Tamil Nadu. He served as the first President of the Indian Union Muslim League after the partition of British India. He was popularly known in Tamil Nadu and Kerala as the "Quaid-e-Millat".
The list of political families of Tamil Nadu state in India.
