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K. Kamaraj

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Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903, The Hindu, 8 July 2009 –2 October 1975, hinduonnet.com. 15–28 September 2001), was a leader of the Indian National Congress (INC), widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s. [1]

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A. B. Shetty

Attavar Balakrishna Shetty (1883–1960) better known as A. B. Shetty was an Indian politician, philanthropist, entrepreneur and the founder of Vijaya Bank.

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A. J. John

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A. Nesamony

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Amaravathi Dam

The Amaravathi Dam is a dam constructed across the Amaravathi River.

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Arthur Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour

Arthur Oswald James Hope, 2nd Baron Rankeillour (7 May 1897 – 26 May 1958) was a British politician, soldier and administrator.

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Aruppukkottai

Aruppukottai is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

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B. Parameswaran

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Bharat Heavy Electricals

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) owned and founded by the Government of India, is an engineering and manufacturing company based in New Delhi, India.

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Bharat Ratna

The Bharat Ratna (Jewel of India) is the highest civilian award of the Republic of India.

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Bhavani

Bhavani (also known as Tulaja, Turaja, Tvarita, Ambā and Jagadambā) is an avatar of the Hindu Goddess Parvati.

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Biju Patnaik

Bijayananda Patnaik, popularly known as Biju Patnaik (ବିଜୁ ପଟ୍ଟନାୟକ)(5 March 1916 – 17 April 1997) was an Indian politician and 3rd Chief Minister of Odisha for two terms.

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Bishnuram Medhi

Bishnuram Medhi (বিষ্ণুৰাম মেধি) (April 24, 1888 – January 21, 1981) was an Indian politician and freedom-fighter who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 1950 to 1957 and Governor of Madras State from January 1958 till May 1964.

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C. Rajagopalachari

Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (10 December 1878 – 25 December 1972) informally called Rajaji or C.R., was an Indian politician, independence activist, lawyer, writer and statesman.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Chennai International Airport

Chennai International Airport is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India and its metropolitan area.

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Chidambaram Subramaniam

Chidambaram Subramaniam (commonly known as CS) (30 January 1910 – 7 November 2000), was an Indian politician and Independence activist.

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Chief Minister - India

In the Republic of India, a Chief Minister is the elected head of government of each of Twenty nine states and seven union territories (Delhi and Pondicherry).

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Flag Satyagraha

In India, Flag Satyagraha (झंडा सत्याग्रह) is a campaign of peaceful civil disobedience during the Indian independence movement that focused on exercising the right and freedom to hoist the nationalist flag and challenge the legitimacy of the British Rule in India through the defiance of laws prohibiting the hoisting of nationalist flags and restricting civil freedoms.

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G. Bhuvaraghan

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Gandhi Jayanti

Gandhi Jayanti is a national festival celebrated in India to mark the occasion of the birthday of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, who is also known as the "Father of the Nation".

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Gandhi–Irwin Pact

The Gandhi Irwin Pact was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and the then Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London.

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Gopalswamy Doraiswamy Naidu

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Gudiyatham (state assembly constituency)

Gudiyatham (SC) state assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu, India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian general election, 1951 (Madras)

The Indian general election, 1951 was the first democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 62 seats.

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Indian general election, 1971 (Tamil Nadu)

The Indian general election, 1971 polls in Tamil Nadu were held for 39 seats in the state.

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Indian Home Rule movement

The Indian Home Rule movement was a movement in British India on the lines of Irish Home Rule movement and other home rule movements.

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Indian independence movement

The Indian independence movement encompassed activities and ideas aiming to end the East India Company rule (1757–1857) and the British Indian Empire (1857–1947) in the Indian subcontinent.

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Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Indian Institute of Technology Madras is a public engineering institute located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC, often called Congress Party) is a broadly based political party in India.

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Indian National Congress (Organisation)

The Indian National Congress (Organisation) or Congress (O) was a political party in India formed when the Congress party split following the expulsion of Indira Gandhi.

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Indira Gandhi

Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (née Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician, stateswoman and a central figure of the Indian National Congress.

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Jagjivan Ram

Jagjivan Ram (5 April 1908 – 6 July 1986), known popularly as Babuji, was an Indian independence activist and politician from Bihar.

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Jallianwala Bagh massacre

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre, also known as the Amritsar massacre, took place on 13 April 1919 when troops of the British Indian Army under the command of Colonel Reginald Dyer fired rifles into a crowd of Indians, who had gathered in Jallianwala Bagh, Amritsar, Punjab.

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Jawaharlal Nehru

Jawaharlal Nehru (14 November 1889 – 27 May 1964) was the first Prime Minister of India and a central figure in Indian politics before and after independence.

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Jayarama Reddiar

Jayarama Reddiar was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu.

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Kamaraj (film)

Kamaraj (காமராஜ்) (A film on the kingmaker) is a 2004 Tamil biographical film directed by Balakrishnan made about the life of the Indian politician K. Kamaraj from Tamil Nadu, widely acknowledged as the "Kingmaker" in Indian politics during the 1960s.

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Kingmaker

A kingmaker is a person or group that has great influence on a royal or political succession, without themselves being a viable candidate.

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Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri is a Town in Tamil-Nadu and administrative headquarters of Krishnagiri District in the part of Kongu Nadu region in western part of Tamil Nadu.

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Kumari Ananthan

Kumari Ananthan is a Tamil Nadu congress leader.

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Lal Bahadur Shastri

Lal Bahadur Shastri (2 October 1904 – 11 January 1966) was the 2nd Prime Minister of India and a senior leader of the Indian National Congress political party.

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List of awards

A list of orders, medals, prizes, and other awards, of military, civil, and ecclesiastical conferees.

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List of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu

The complete list of Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Tamil Nadu in India since 1920.

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List of Presidents of the Indian National Congress

The Indian National Congress (INC) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India.

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Lourdammal Simon

Lourdammal Simon (26 September 19124 May 2002) was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly and Minister for Local Administration and Fisheries of Madras State during 1957-1962.

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M. A. Manickavelu Naicker

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M. Bhaktavatsalam

Minjur Bhaktavatsalam or Minjur Kanakasabhapathi Bhaktavatsalam (9 October 1897 – 13 February 1987) was an Indian lawyer, politician and freedom fighter from the state of Tamil Nadu.

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M. C. Balan

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Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1957

The second legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 31 March 1957.

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Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1962

The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 21 February 1962.

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Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1967

The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) was held in February 1967.

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Madras Presidency

The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St.

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Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election, 1937

The First legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency was held in February 1937, as part of the nationwide provincial elections in British India.

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Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly election, 1946

The second legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of 1935 was held in 1946.

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Madurai Kamaraj University

Madurai Kamaraj University (MKU) is a public university in Madurai city in southern Tamil Nadu, India.

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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha

A Member of Parliament of Lok Sabha (सांसद, लोक सभा) (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the Indian people in the Lok Sabha; the lower house of the Parliament of India.

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Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)

A Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of the State government in the Indian system of government.

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Mettur Dam

The Mettur Dam is one of the largest dams in India and the largest in Tamilnadu located across the river Cauvery where it enters the plains.

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Midday Meal Scheme

The Midday Meal Scheme is a school meal programme of the Government of India designed to improve the nutritional status of school-age children nationwide.

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Modified Scheme of Elementary education 1953

The Modified Scheme of Elementary Education or New Scheme of Elementary Education or Madras Scheme of Elementary Education dubbed by its critics as Kula Kalvi Thittam (Hereditary Education Policy), was an abortive attempt at education reform introduced by the Indian National Congress Government of the Madras State, led by C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji) in 1953.

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Morarji Desai

Morarji Desai (29 February 1896 – 10 April 1995) was an Indian independence activist and served between 1977 and 1979 as the 4th Prime Minister of India and led the government formed by the Janata Party.

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Nagercoil (Lok Sabha constituency)

Nagercoil was a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, India.

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Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

Neelam Sanjiva Reddy (19 May 1913 – 1 June 1996) was the sixth President of India, serving from 1977 to 1982.

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Neil Statue Satyagraha

Neil statue Satyagraha was an agitation that took place in Madras Presidency, British India during the Indian Independence Movement.

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NLC India Limited

'NLC India Limited (NLCIL) formerly Neyveli Lignite Corporation is a 'Navratna' profit making, Government of India Entreprise engaged in mining of lignite and generation of power through lignite based thermal power plants.

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Non-cooperation movement

This was a significant phase of the Indian independence movement from British rule.

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P. Kakkan

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P. Seenivasan

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P. Subbarayan

Paramasivan Subbarayan (11 September 1889 – 6 October 1962) 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.

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P. V. Rajamannar

Pakala Venkataramana Rao Rajamannar (1901–1979) was an Indian judge and politician who served as the acting Governor of Madras State from 1957 to 1958.

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Parambikulam Tiger Reserve

Parambikulam Tiger Reserve, which also includes the erstwhile Parambikulam Wildlife Sanctuary, is a protected area in Chittur taluk in Palakkad district of Kerala state, South India.

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Presidencies and provinces of British India

The Provinces of India, earlier Presidencies of British India and still earlier, Presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance in the subcontinent.

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Pullambadi

Pullambadi is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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R. Venkataraman

Ramaswamy Venkataraman (4 December 191027 January 2009) was an Indian lawyer, Indian independence activist and politician who served as a Union Minister and as the eighth President of India.

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S. K. Patil

Sadashiv Kanoji Patil (abbreviated as S. K. Patil) (1898-1981) was a former Congress leader from Maharashtra.

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S. M. Abdul Majid

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S. Nijalingappa

Siddavanahalli Nijalingappa (10 December 1902 – 8 August 2000, Chitradurga) was a senior Congress politician and the Chief Minister of Karnataka (then Mysore State) between 1956 and 1958 and once again, between 1962 and 1968.

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S. Ramaswamy Naidu

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S. S. Ramasami Padayatchiyar

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Sathanur Dam

Sathanur Dam is formed by Sathanur reservoir, one of the major dams in Tamil Nadu.

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Sattur

Sattur is a town in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Sattur (state assembly constituency)

Sattur is an assembly constituency located in Virudhunagar district in Tamil Nadu.

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Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi

Shanmugha Rajeswara Sethupathi (9 November 1909 – 4 March 1967) or Naganatha Sethupathi was an Indian politician of the Justice Party and later, the Indian National Congress and head of the zamindari of Ramnad from 1929 to 1967.

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Simon Commission

The Indian Statutory Commission, commonly referred to as the Simon Commission was a group of seven British Members of Parliament of United Kingdom under the chairmanship of Sir John Allsebrook Simon assisted by Clement Attlee.

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Sri Prakasa

Sri Prakasa (3 August 1890 – 23 June 1971) was an Indian politician, freedom-fighter and administrator.

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Srivilliputhur

Thiruvilliputhur is a town and a municipality in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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T. Manavalan

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Tamil language

Tamil (தமிழ்) is a Dravidian language predominantly spoken by the Tamil people of India and Sri Lanka, and by the Tamil diaspora, Sri Lankan Moors, Burghers, Douglas, and Chindians.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tamil Nadu Congress Committee

Tamil Nadu Congress Committee(TNCC) is the wing of Indian National Congress serving in Tamil Nadu.

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Unlawful assembly

Unlawful assembly is a legal term to describe a group of people with the mutual intent of deliberate disturbance of the peace.

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V. K. Kothandaraman

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V. Ramaiah

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Vaigai River

The Vaigai is a river in Theni, Andipatti and Madurai, Tamil Nadu state of southern India.

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Vedaranyam March

The Vedaranyam March (also called the Vedaranyam Satyagraha) was a framework of the nonviolent civil disobedience movement in British India.

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Virudhunagar

Virudhunagar is a town and the administrative headquarters of the Virudhunagar district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Virudhunagar (state assembly constituency)

Virudhunagar is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K._Kamaraj

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