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C. N. Annadurai

1909 - 1969

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Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969), also known as Perarignar Anna, was an Indian politician who was the founder and first general-secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the fourth and last chief minister of Madras State from 1967 until 1969, and then as the first chief minister of Tamil Nadu for 20 days before his death in office. He was the first member of a Dravidian party to hold either post. He was well known for his oratorical skills and was an acclaimed writer in the Tamil language. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. C. N. Annadurai is the 12,816th most popular politician (down from 8,183rd in 2019), the 517th most popular biography from India (down from 273rd in 2019) and the 164th most popular Indian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, C. N. Annadurai ranks 12,816 out of 19,576. Before him are Francisco Antonio Pinto, Andrey Lukanov, Dumarsais Estimé, Boris Eikhenbaum, Udo Voigt, and W. Averell Harriman. After him are Abdalá Bucaram, Hakainde Hichilema, Countess Palatine Eleonora Catherine of Zweibrücken, Chiang Fang-liang, Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer, and Hédi Baccouche.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1909, C. N. Annadurai ranks 214. Before him are Tatiana Proskouriakoff, Mike Todd, Edward Gardère, Irakli Abashidze, Edward Osóbka-Morawski, and Hans Hotter. After him are Lev Artsimovich, John Wright, Aboul-Qacem Echebbi, Nikola Vaptsarov, Riccardo Freda, and Wang Zhen. Among people deceased in 1969, C. N. Annadurai ranks 134. Before him are Tiburcio Carías Andino, Bobbie Rosenfeld, Enrique Peñaranda, Simon Vratsian, Kurt Blome, and Juan Modesto. After him are Ahmet Ali Çelikten, Gabriel Chevallier, Silvestre Igoa, Jalal Al-e-Ahmad, Otto Fahr, and Al Taliaferro.

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In India

Among people born in India, C. N. Annadurai ranks 517 out of 1,861. Before him are Soumya Swaminathan (1959), Ram Manohar Lohia (1910), Guru Har Krishan (1656), Pankaj Kapur (1954), M. S. Subbulakshmi (1916), and Dadasaheb Phalke (1870). After him are Margaret Murray (1863), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Kumaragupta I (400), Fatima Jinnah (1893), Asin (1985), and Chinmayananda Saraswati (1916).

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Among POLITICIANS In India

Among politicians born in India, C. N. Annadurai ranks 164. Before him are Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Sanjay Gandhi (1946), N. Chandrababu Naidu (1950), Begum Hazrat Mahal (1820), Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit (1900), and Mamata Banerjee (1955). After him are Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Kumaragupta I (400), Fatima Jinnah (1893), Jhalkaribai (1830), M. S. Swaminathan (1925), and Prince Vijaya (-543).

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