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M. Karunanidhi

1924 - 2018

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018), also known as Kalaignar (Artist), was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He had the longest intermittent tenure as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu with 6,863 days in office. He was also a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. Karunanidhi has the record of never losing an election to the Tamil Nadu Assembly, having won 13 times since his first victory in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. M. Karunanidhi is the 3,041st most popular writer (down from 2,399th in 2019), the 406th most popular biography from India (down from 302nd in 2019) and the 50th most popular Indian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, M. Karunanidhi ranks 3,041 out of 7,302. Before him are Þorbjörn Hornklofi, Friedrich Wolf, Buddhadasa, Silvio Pellico, Hyginus Gromaticus, and Jean Richepin. After him are Aeneas Tacticus, Carl Robert Jakobson, Maria Deraismes, Karel Píč, Avetik Isahakyan, and Henrietta Szold.

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Among people born in 1924, M. Karunanidhi ranks 206. Before him are Wally Ris, Mutesa II of Buganda, Eduardo Fajardo, Wiel Coerver, Anne Vernon, and Adelaida Avagyan. After him are Deke Slayton, Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy, Claribel Alegría, Robert Webber, Marcel Broodthaers, and Nina Bocharova. Among people deceased in 2018, M. Karunanidhi ranks 181. Before him are Károly Palotai, Choi Eun-hee, Tessa Jowell, Walter Mischel, Henri Namphy, and Tommy Lawrence. After him are Roger Bannister, Lydia Clarke, Edgar Hilsenrath, Claribel Alegría, Juan Bautista Agüero, and Stan Mikita.

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In India

Among people born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 406 out of 1,861. Before him are Lahiri Mahasaya (1828), Mir Jafar (1691), Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), P. Chidambaram (1945), Suriya (1975), and Asaf-ud-Daula (1748). After him are Tarun Gogoi (1936), Duraisamy Simon Lourdusamy (1924), Sucheta Kriplani (1908), Shah Jahan Begum of Bhopal (1838), Rana Sanga (1482), and Navneet Aditya Waiba (null).

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Among WRITERS In India

Among writers born in India, M. Karunanidhi ranks 50. Before him are Idries Shah (1924), Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (1908), T. H. White (1906), Subramania Bharati (1882), Abdul-Qādir Bedil (1642), and Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897). After him are Rahul Sankrityayan (1893), D. R. Bendre (1896), Bhavabhuti (null), Ravindra Prabhat (1969), Shudraka (500), and Shibli Nomani (1857).

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