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Muthuvel karunanidhi

• Muthuvel Karunanidhi is an Indian politician and the head of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK).
• Karunanidhi was born as Dakshinamoorthy to Muthuvel and Anjugam on 3 June 1924 in Thirukuvalai, Nagapattinam district.
• At birth he was named Dakshinamurthy after a form of Shivaas a teacher, but he later changed it to Karunanidhi influencedby Dravidian and rationalist movements that were against use of Brahmanical and gods' names.
• His initial schooling was in Thirukkuvalaiand then in 1936 he shifted to a high school in Tiruvarur.
• M.Karunanidhi was popularly known as 'Kalaignar'(artist), for his less contributions to Tamil literature through his poems, letters, screenplays, novels, biographies, historical novels, stage-plays, dialogues and movies.

• He was a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party.
• Karunanidhi died on 7 August 2018 (94) in Chennaiafter prolonged, age-related illness.
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  Kalaignar Karunanidhi: A political artist who shaped Tamil politics for over 50 years

  M Karunanidhi – known to millions of his admirers as Kalaignar, or the artist – is no more. With his death on Tuesday, the last and strongest link to a great transformative movement has snapped. Karunanidhi’s life manifested the highs and lows of the Dravidian movement, which originated nearly 100 years ago as a non-Brahmin movement with a strong egalitarian agenda, and rationalist platform, hinging on a linguistic identity.

  For over 70 years, Karunanidhi was an inescapable presence in Tamil politics. For at least five decades, no major political event in Tamil Nadu has occurred without Karunanidhi’s imprint – positive or negative – on it. Following his mentor CN Annadurai, he smoothly integrated the state into the national mainstream, made the strongest case for state autonomy in a federal set-up, empowered the backward classes, and reinforced language as a key component of identity. In much of these areas, his contribution was symbolic – and all the more powerful for that.

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  M. Karunanidhi

  Indian writer and politician (1924–2018)

  "Karunanidhi" redirects here. For the actor, see A. Karunanidhi.

  For the television channel, see Kalaignar TV.

  In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Muthuvel is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Karunanidhi.

  M. Karunanidhi
  Official portrait, 2005
  In office 13 May 2006 – 15 May 2011
  Governor	Surjit Singh Barnala
  Deputy	M. K. Stalin (from 2009)
  Preceded by	J. Jayalalithaa
  Succeeded by	J. Jayalalithaa
  Constituency	Chepauk
  In office 13 May 1996 – 13 May 2001
  Governor	Marri Chenna Reddy (1996) Krishan Kant(Addition Charge) (1996–1997) M. Fathima Beevi (from 1997)
  Preceded by	J. Jayalalithaa
  Succeeded by	J. Jayalalithaa
  Constituency	Chepauk
  In office 27 January 1989 – 30 January 1991
  Governor	P. C. Alexander (until 1990) Surjit Singh Barnala (from 1990)
  Preceded by	President's rule
  Succeeded by	President's rule
  Constituency	Chennai Harbour
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