Dayanidhi Maran (born December 5, 1966, Kumbakonam, Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India) is a member of parliament and also Minister of Communications and IT of Government of India, was elected to India’s 14th Lok Sabha from Madras Central constituency. December 5 is the 339th day (340th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (the link is to a full 1966 calendar). ... Kumbakonam (Tamil: கும்பகோணம்) is a city and a municipality in the Thanjavur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... “Tanjore” redirects here. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Sansad Bhavan, The Parliament of India The Parliament of India (or Sansad) is bicameral. ... Look up Communication in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Information technology (IT), as defined by the Information Technology Association of America (ITAA)is: the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. ... The Government of India (Hindi: भारत सरकार Bhārat Sarkār), officially referred to as the Union Government, and commonly as Central Government, was established by the Constitution of India, and is the governing authority of a federal union of 28 states and 7 union territories, collectively called the Republic of India. ... Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house in the Parliament of India. ...

He is the son of deceased leader Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of DMK president M Karunanidhi. His elder brother is Kalanidhi Maran, the founder and managing director of Sun Network, the group that owns and operates the largest number of satellite television channels in southern India in four languages. He is a graduate in economics. Murasoli Maran (1934- November 23,2003) was a prominant Tamil politician, and an important leader of the DMK party which is headed by his maternal uncle and mentor, M. Karunanidhi. ... In genealogy, a cousin is a relative with whom one shares common grandparents or more distant ancestors. ... Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is a regional political party in the Tamil Nadu state of India. ... Categories: Indian people stubs | Tamil people | Indian politicians ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... Sun Network is a Rs 12000-crore Indian cable television network based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. ...

Contested as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Party candidate to the 14th Lok Sabha from Central Chennai Constituency in Chennai in the State of Tamil Nadu in Parliamentary Elections held in April – May 2004 and elected as a Member of Parliament by winning with a margin of over 1,34,000 votes and securing over 62% of the votes polled. Appointed as Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology w.e.f. 26.05.2004.

As of 2004, he was a millionaire having declared assets of 16 million Indian rupees (approx. 360,000 US dollars). 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A mansion on Diamond Head Road in Honolulu near Diamond Head State Park. ... ISO 4217 Code INR User(s) India Inflation 5. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

Controversy

Dayanidhi Maran has been accused of demanding the Tatas 33.33% shares from the Tata-Rupert Murdoch DTH project (Tata Sky) for the Sun Network. In reply, he has asked the news papers which have published the report to apologize and has gone to court seeking compensation of Rs. 1 crore for personality damage from Indian Express, Thina Mani and Jaya TV. Tata may refer to: Tata Group, a multinational company based in India Tata Motors, one of Indias largest automobile company known for its hatchback motorvehicle Tata Indica Tata Steel, worlds fifth largest steel producer Tata Consultancy Services, Indias largest IT company Tata Airlines, now Air India Tata... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... A Satellite dish antenna A satellite dish is a type of parabolic reflector antenna designed with the specific purpose of transmitting signals to and/or receiving from satellites. ... REDIRECT [[]]Tata Sky is a DTH satellite television provider in India. ... A crore is a unit in the Indian numbering system, still widely used in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. ... The Indian Express is an Indian newspaper started by Ram Nath Goenka, and is published from New Delhi. ... Jaya TV is one of the major Tamil language satellite television channels based in Chennai, India. ...

External link

• Official site