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Encyclopedia > Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Election symbol of DMK
Party chairperson M. Karunanidhi
General Secretary K. Anbazhagan
Founded 1949
Headquarters Arivalayam, Anna Salai, Chennai - 600018
Alliance United Progressive Alliance
Political ideology Social Democratic/Populist
Publications Murasoli
Website http://www.dmk.in
See also the politics of India series
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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (Tamil:திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம்) (literally "Dravidian Progress Federation" [1]) is a regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu in India, but also has presence in near by state of Pondicherry. It is a Dravidian party found by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar. The party is headed by M Karunanidhi, the incumbent Chief Minister of the state. Don Mueang (International) Airport (IATA: DMK, ICAO: VTBD) (or also (Old) Bangkok International Airport) (Thai: , also Don Muang) is an airport in Bangkok, Thailand. ... The private DMK Erotic Art Museum is one of the leading private collections in this field and based on the collection of Roger Peyrefitte, Paris, and founded by the German art collector D.M.Klinger who published more than 60 Volumes of bibliophile books since 1982 including approx. ... Image File history File links ECI-rising-sun. ... M. Karunanidhi (Tamil: ) or Karunanidhi Muthuvel generally referred to as M.K (Tamil: )and Dr. Kalaingar (கலைஞர்), is the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Madras redirects here. ... United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is the present ruling coalition of political parties in India. ... Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Populism is a political ideology or rhetorical style that holds that the common person is oppressed by the elite in society, which exists only to serve its own interests, and therefore, the instruments of the State need to be grasped from this self-serving elite and instead used for the... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Tamil ( ; IPA ) is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamils in India and Sri Lanka, with smaller communities of speakers in many other countries. ... This is a list of recognised political parties in India. ... Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ... Map of Pondicherry Region, Union Territory of Pondicherry, India Pondicherry (Tamil:புதுவை,Hindi: पॉण्डिचेरी) is a Union Territory of India. ... In this Indian name, the name Conjeevaram Natarajan is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Annadurai. The abbreviations s/o or d/o, if used, mean son of or daughter of respectively. ... Dravidar Kazhagam or Dravida Kazhagam (Dravidian Organization) was the first fully Dravidian party in India. ... E.V.Ramasami (September 17, 1879–December 24, 1973), also known as Periyar, EVR, Thanthai Periyar, or Periyar Ramasami, was a well-known rationalist, atheist,freedom-fighter, activist, founder of Dravidar Kazhagam and founder of the Self-respect Movement in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ... Categories: Indian people stubs | Tamil people | Indian politicians ... List of All Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu See Also Tamil Nadu Chief Ministers of India Links Categories: India-related stubs | Tamil Nadu | Indian politicians | Office-holders | Government of India ...

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Formation of DMK

DMK traces its roots to the South Indian Liberal Federation (Justice Party) formed in 1916, by P. Thiyagarayar, Dr.P T Rajan, Dr. Natesanar and few others. The Justice Party, whose objectives included social equality and justice, came to power in the first General Elections to Chennai Presidency in 1920.[2] E. V. Ramasami Naicker (known as "Periyar"), a popular Tamil leader, who had joined Indian National Congress in 1919, became disillusioned with what he considered as the Brahminic leadership of the party.[3] He quit Congress and in 1935, he joined the Justice Party. In the 1937 elections, the Justice Party lost and the Indian National Congress under C. Rajagopalachari ("Rajaji") came to power in Madras Presidency. Rajaji's introduction of Hindi as a compulsory subject in schools led to the anti-Hindi agitations, led by Periyar and his associates. In August 1944, Periyar carved out the "Dravida Kazhagham" out of the Justice Party at the Salem Provincial Conference.[4] Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Year 1920 (MCMXX) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Indian National Congress, Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ... Year 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (Tamil: சக்ரவர்தி ராஜகோபாலாச்சாரி) (b. ... Anti-Hindi agitation is a term used to describe the opposition the people of Tamil Nadu have voiced to the Indian Governments attempts to establish Hindi as the sole National language of India [1]. Anti Hindi agitation is not a history but its an ongoing agitation or feelings with...


However, over the years, disputes arose between Periyar and his followers. In 1949, several of his followers led by C. N. Annadurai, decided to split from Dravida Kazhagham, after an aged Periyar married a young woman Nagammai and anointed his young wife to act as his successor to lead the party, superseding senior party leaders. In this Indian name, the name Conjeevaram Natarajan is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Annadurai. The abbreviations s/o or d/o, if used, mean son of or daughter of respectively. ...


Annadurai, on September 17, 1949 along with V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, K.A.Mathialagan, K. Anbazhagan, E.V.K. Sampath and thousands of others in Robinson park in Royapuram in Chennai announced the formation of the DMK. Few months later M. Karunanidhi, left DK and joined the DMK. The DMK carried on the principles and aims of the Justice Party and Dravidar Kazhagam. The movement was initially mooted as one that championed the cause of socially and economically disadvantaged sections of the society. It was also sympathetic to the demand for a separate "Dravida Nadu" state. is the 260th day of the year (261st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nedunchezhiyan (left) with M. Karunanidhi and M. G. Ramachandran V.R. Nedunchezhiyan (Tamil: ) (July 11, 1920 – January 12, 2000) was a former finance minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. ... Royapuram, a locality of Chennai, South India, is the place where the first railway station of south India was constructed, and from where the laying down of the second railway line of the Indian subcontinent commenced in 1850s. ... Madras redirects here. ... M. Karunanidhi (Tamil: ) or Karunanidhi Muthuvel generally referred to as M.K (Tamil: )and Dr. Kalaingar (கலைஞர்), is the present Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. ... Please wikify (format) this article or section as suggested in the Guide to layout and the Manual of Style. ... Dravidar Kazhagam or Dravida Kazhagam (Dravidian Organization) was the first fully Dravidian party in India. ... Dravida nadu is a proposal put forward by C.N Annadurai and Ramasamy Naikar of Erode to group the Andrapradesh , Tamilnadu and Kerala together and declare it as an independent nation called Dravida Nadu. ...


DMK has been firmly in favour of reservation for the backward classes for social upliftment, and has increased reservation up to 69% the highest in the country. DMK along with Periyar forced the withdrawal of the Kula Kalvi Thittam of Rajaji where schools will work in the morning and students had to compulsorily learn the family vocation in the afternoon.[5] This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject. ... Hereditary Education Policy or Kula Kalvi Thittam is a education policy introduced by Rajaji as Chief Minister of Madras State in 1952. ... Rajaji Chakravarthi Rajagopalachari (December 1878 - December 25, 1972), known as or Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian lawyer, writer, statesman and a Hindu spiritualist. ...


MGR was a member of the DMK, and he was seen as an icon of the DMK and spread its message through films like Anbe Vaa. In 1953 MGR joined the DMK popularised the party flag and symbol by showing it in his movies.Annadurai wanted a separate Dravida Nadu which he gave after 1962 China War. The Anti-Hindi agitations of 1965, forced the central government to abandon its efforts to impose Hindi as the only official language of the country. In 1967, DMK came to power in Tamil Nadu in 1967, after the anti-Hindi tide helped it defeat the Congress. MGR may refer to any of the following: M.G.Ramachandran, late Tamil actor and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. ... Year 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... MGR may refer to any of the following: M.G.Ramachandran, late Tamil actor and former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. ... C.N.Annadurai (1909 to 1969), popularly called Anna (which means elder brother in Tamil language) was the first non Congress Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, India. ... Year 1962 (MCMLXII) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1962 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Anti-Hindi agitation is a term used to describe the opposition the people of Tamil Nadu have voiced to the Indian Governments attempts to establish Hindi as the sole National language of India [1]. Anti Hindi agitation is not a history but its an ongoing agitation or feelings with... Year 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar) of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. ... Hindi (DevanāgarÄ«: or , IAST: , IPA:  ), an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India, is one of the 22 official languages of India and is used, along with English, for central government administrative purposes. ... Indian National Congress, Congress-I (also known as the Congress Party and abbreviated INC) is a major political party in India. ...


Karunanidhi era

With the passage of time and a shift in the national political scenario towards coalition governments, DMK adopted a more national outlook. It championed the cause of Tamil language and culture, and used its national clout to make Government of India declare Tamil as a classical language.Dmk and its president MR.M.Karunanidhi was tha main root cause of implementing mandal commission to provide rights to scheduled castes.Dmk was the cause for naming the state Tamilnadu as Tamilnadu instead of Madras state,and also Madras as chennai.In 2008 DMK announced "Thai" as the first month for tamils instead of following the Sanskrit way.


The DMK is also sympathetic to the freedom struggle in and of Tamil Eelam. It split over the past three decades into the AIADMK in the 1970s and the MDMK in the 1990s. Eelam or Eela Naadu is a Tamil name for Sri Lanka. ... All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in India. ... மறுமலர்ச்சித் திராவிட முன்னேற்றக் கழகம் (Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, abbreviated MDMK), a political party in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. ...


MGR and split in the party

M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) who was a popular actor and the then party treasurer had brought his fans to the party and also playing a vital part in popularising the party's ideologies. The political feud between MGR and the then party president Karunanidhi emerged as an aftermath of the latter calling himself "Mujib of Tamil Nadu". MGR called for a boycoutt of the party's General Council. With the crisis falling into call for curruption probe by MGR, he was eventually suspended from the General Council. Thus emerged a new party Amma DMK (AIADMK).[6] Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran (Tamil: மருதூர் கோபால இராமச்சந்திரன், Malayalam:മരത്തൂര്‍ ഗോപാലന്‍ രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍) (January 17, 1917–December 24, 1987), popularly known as MGR எம்.ஜி.ஆர்., Puracthi Nadigar, Ponmana Chemmal, Makkal Thilakam and Puratchi Thalaivar (Tamil: Revolutionary Leader), was a longtime leading Tamil film actor and Chief Minister of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death. ... Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (Bangla: শেখ মুজিবর রহমান Shekh Mujibur Rôhman) (March 17, 1920 – August 15, 1975) was a Bengali political leader in East Pakistan and the founding leader of Bangladesh. ... All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) is a regional political party in India. ...


Presidents

Year President
1949-1969 Annadurai
1969-till date Karunanidhi

Year 1949 (MCMXLIX) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... Also: 1969 (number) 1969 (movie) 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ...

Election history

See pdf for summary. DMK's worst poll performance ever in this state was registered in 1962 and its peak in 1996.


Madras State

Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won
1962 3rd Assembly 3,435,633 50
1962 3rd Lok Sabha 2,315,610 7
1967 4th Assembly 6,230,552 137
1967 4th Lok Sabha 5,524,514 25

Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

Tamil Nadu

Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won
1971 5th Assembly 7,654,935 184
1971 5th Lok Sabha 5,622,758 23
1977 6th Assembly 4,258,771 48
1977 6th Lok Sabha 3,323,320 2
1980 7th Assembly 4,164,389 37
1980 7th Lok Sabha 4,236,537 16
1984 8th Assembly 6,362,770 24
1984 8th Lok Sabha 5,597,507 2
1989 9th Assembly 8,001,222 150
1989 9th Lok Sabha 7,038,849 0
1991 10th Assembly 5,535,668 2
1991 10th Lok Sabha 5,601,597 0
1996 11th Assembly 11,423,380 173
1996 11th Lok Sabha 6,967,679 17
1998 12th Lok Sabha 5,140,266 5
1999 13th Lok Sabha 6,298,832 12
2001 12th Assembly 8,669,864 31
2004 14th Lok Sabha 7,064,393 16
2006 13th Assembly 8,728,716 96

Tamil Nadu (தமிழ் நாடு, Land of the Tamils) is a state at the southern tip of India. ...

Pondicherry

Year General Election Votes Polled Seats Won
1969 2nd Assembly 61,717 15
1974 3rd Assembly 47,823 2
1977 4th Assembly 30,441 3
1980 5th Assembly 68,030 14
1984 8th Lok Sabha 97,672 0
1985 6th Assembly 87,754 5
1989 9th Lok Sabha 157,250 0
1990 7th Assembly 101,127 9
1991 8th Assembly 96,607 4
1991 10th Lok Sabha 140,313 0
1996 9th Assembly 105,392 7
1996 11th Lok Sabha 183,702 0
1998 12th Lok Sabha 168,122 1
2001 10th Assembly 83,679 7
2006 11th Assembly 7

Map of Pondicherry Region, Union Territory of Pondicherry, India Pondicherry (Tamil:புதுவை,Hindi: पॉण्डिचेरी) is a Union Territory of India. ...

See also

This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Judiciary Supreme Court of India Chief Justice of India High Courts District Courts Elections Political Parties Local & State Govt. ...

External links

  • The official party website
  • Election reports by EC
  • Manisegaran on Dravida Movement

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  6. ^ Robert L. Hardgrave, Jr.(1973) Politics and the Film in Tamilnadu: The Stars and the DMK. Asian Survey. University of California Press.
Dr. Gail Omvedt is an American born Indian scholar, sociologist and human rights activist. ... Nicholas Dirks is the Franz Boas Profressor of History and Anthropology at Columbia University, dean of the universitys faculty, and Vice President of its Arts and Sciences division. ...

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'Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam' (DMK) is a regional political party in the Tamil Nadu state of India.
It was founded by C N Annadurai as a breakaway faction from Dravidar Kazhagam, headed by Periyar.
The DMK is also sympathetic and formerly allied to the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Sri Lanka.
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