who is M Karunanidhi? is he some famous person in india?

Answer 1

No he isn't.

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (generally referred to as M. Karunanidhi or Dr. Kalaignar), born on June 3, 1924 in the Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the founder members and the present leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the president of the DMK party since 1969. He has been the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times (1969-71, 1971-74, 1989-91, 1996-2001 and 2006-date). He took over as the Chief Minister on 13 May 2006 after his coalition defeated his main opponent J. Jayalalithaa in the May 2006 elections. He currently represents the constituency of Chepauk in Central Chennai in the Tamil Nadu state Legislative Assembly. He holds the record of winning every election that he fought in his political career spanning over 60 years. He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for 11 times and once to the now abolished Tamil Nadu Legislative Council.

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (generally referred to as M. Karunanidhi or Dr. Kalaignar), born on June 3, 1924 in the Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the founder members and the present leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the president of the DMK party since 1969. He has been the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times (1969-71, 1971-74, 1989-91, 1996-2001 and 2006-date). He took over as the Chief Minister on 13 May 2006 after his coalition defeated his main opponent J. Jayalalithaa in the May 2006 elections. He currently represents the constituency of Chepauk in Central Chennai in the Tamil Nadu state Legislative Assembly. He holds the record of winning every election that he fought in his political career spanning over 60 years. [1] He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for 11 times and once to the now abolished Tamil Nadu Legislative Council. [2]

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He is the chief Minister of Tamilnadu(a state in the southern part of India),He recently won the elections and he is 83 years old.

Answer 5

he is the chief minister of a state called Tamil Nadu in India

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (generally referred to as M. Karunanidhi or Dr. Kalaignar), born on June 3, 1924 in the Tanjore District, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the founder members and the present leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. He has been the president of the DMK party since 1969. He has been the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu five times (1969-71, 1971-74, 1989-91, 1996-2001 and 2006-date). He took over as the Chief Minister on 13 May 2006 after his coalition defeated his main opponent J. Jayalalithaa in the May 2006 elections. He currently represents the constituency of Chepauk in Central Chennai in the Tamil Nadu state Legislative Assembly. He holds the record of winning every election that he fought in his political career spanning over 60 years. [1] He has been elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly for 11 times and once to the now abolished Tamil Nadu Legislative Council. [2]

Karunanidhi began his career as a scriptwriter in the Tamil film industry. He is known for his wit and oratorical skills, qualities which helped his rapid rise as a popular politician. He was famous for writing historicals and mythological stories which propagated the socialist and rationalist (in Tamil Nadu's politics, these usually stand for atheism and anti-caste views) ideals of Dravidian movement to which he belonged. His long political career spans over 60 years.On June 30, 2001 he was controversially arrested for alleged involvement in the "flyover scam".

He has championed the cause of the Tamil language in the past and has rallied against the "imposition" of the Hindi language in Tamil Nadu. According to him, "Hindi is like 'carrier-food' delivered from the hotel; English is akin to the food made by a cook by his own instructions; Tamil, whereas, is loving food from a mother who knows intimately of her family's needs and preferences, and so feeds them accordingly".

His son, M.K. Stalin is widely expected to succeed him as leader of the party, causing some political opponents to criticise him for attempting to establish a political dynasty. His defenders counter that Stalin has been in the party for several years and has contributed to its growth. His grand-nephew, Dayanidhi Maran, is currently the Union Minister of Communications & Information Technology.

In his political career, he has often strategically changed allegiances to garner power. For instance, he had opposed Indira Gandhi during the 1978 Emergency in India, but in the early 1980s he entered into a coalition with the Congress Party (the political party headed by Indira Gandhi)


Karunanidhi was indicted by Jain Commission for abetting Rajiv Gandhi's Murderers. Subbulakshmi Jagadeesan now a Union Minister in the UPA govt was chargesheeted by the CBI for harboring LTTE. The Jain commission in its 5,280 page report, comprising eight volumes of interim findings and nine volumes of annexures bound in black rexine, holds Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and his DMK responsible for abetting Rajiv Gandhi's murderers. The report also states that Kasi Anandan an LTTE leader Shri Kasi Anandan was interrogated on 7.7.1991 at the S.I.T. Office. In his interrogation, he stated that he came to India along with Natesan in June 1990 to lobby for political support with the National Front Government at the Centre and the DMK Government in Tamil Nadu. The two met the then Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Shri M. Karunanidhi and Natesan went to Delhi also.