C. N. Annadurai
CN Annadurai ( Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai, Tamil: .. .. சி என் அண்ணாதுரை Ci én Aṇṇāturai [ aɳ ː a ː ðuɾɛi̯ ]; born September 15, 1909 in Kanchipuram, † February 3, 1969 in Tamil Nadu ) is a politician and author was on stage ( playwright ) and film (screenplay) from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He was the first Chief Minister in the State of Madras ( later Tamil Nadu ), who did not come from the Congress Party. By his supporters, he was briefly called Anna ( Anna அண்ணா [ aɳ ː ɑ ː ] ) and with the honorary title Arignar ( அறிஞர் Arinar [ ariɲər ] " sage " ) considered.
Policy
Annadurai studied economics and politics at the Pachaiyappa 's College, University of Madras and graduated with MA from. On the side he worked for the Justice Party as a translator, edited the weekly magazine union Nava Yugam and ran in 1936 for the city election in Madras. In 1937, Annadurai supporters of the politician EV Ramasami ( Periyar ) consisting of the Justice Party, the Dravidar Kazhagam formed in 1944. Annadurai joined in the 1940s against the dominance of Hindi and the influence of Aryan culture from the north to and supported Periyars idea of an independent state Dravida Nadu for the " Dravidians of South India ". In 1942 he founded the Tamil weekly magazine with the programmatic title Dravida Nadu. Part of its pro- Dravidian ideology was the notion that Tamil Brahmins actually are not true Tamils and their discrimination a means to " social justice " is.
Disputes with Periyar led in 1949 to split the Party and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam establishing the chaired Annadurais. Although the new party took over Periyars anti- Brahmanical and anti-religious policy and opposed the caste system, but diluted these principles by unilaterally lay down on nationalist Tamil rhetoric and Hindi, North India and the Congress Party declared total the main enemy. 1957, the DMK first time a significant number of seats in the regional parliament of the state of Madras. 1962 Annadurai was Member of Parliament Rajya Sabha in the first time. Inflation consequences after two wars against China (1962) and Pakistan ( 1965) and an effective party propaganda with the help of the Tamil film industry favored his ongoing protests against the ruling Congress Party for 20 years. The DMK won the 1967 elections in the State of Madras and Annadurai became chief minister.
Within its short tenure of only two years, he was able to record only a few political successes. Even in 1967, renamed the state of Madras in Tamil Nadu was decided. It was after the approval of Parliament in New Delhi in January 1969, three weeks before Annadurais death occurred. He died of oral cancer. At the funeral several million people arrived.
After his death, M. Karunanidhi took over the party chairmanship and the Chief Minister post. The DMK, or the split of their parties like AIADMK, MDMK and DMDK ( new party of film stars Vijaykanth ) are still using today his image to promote electoral votes.
Stage and Screen
Annadurai recorded his political ideas in essays, short stories and plays and took advantage from the beginning to the Tamil film for party propaganda (DMK film). Annadurai served since the 1940s as a playwright. Most of his plays have social issues such as the exploitation of women and social weak. In Kambarasan it criticized the glorification of the Aryans in the Ramayana. He wrote the history piece Shivaji Kanda Indhu Rajyam over the Maratha king Shivaji, became acquainted with the Sivaji Ganesan and from which it derived its name artists.
According to his own play of the same Annadurai wrote the screenplay for Velaikkari (1949) and began to apply his party to the center of the film. Followed Nallathambi (1949 ) Ore. Iravu (1951), Sorgavasal (1954) and Nallavan Vazhvan ( 1960). Annadurais novel Rangoon Radha was processed in 1956 by his work and party colleague M. Karunanidhi to a movie script. The propaganda films tied numerous references to party symbols, colors and anagrams of a party leader. The stylized to Stars performer held at a suitable location (eg arguments in a courtroom ) Monologues with a length up to 30 minutes, the extracts from Annadurais political speeches or ideologies of the DMK contained.