1957 Legislative assembly
Madras Legislative Assembly election, 1957-31 march 1957
First election after linguistic separation.
Indian national congress representing K. Kamraj had won the election defeating dravida munnerra kazhagam. Rajaji was lost his hope due to kula kalvi thittam With the support of M. Bhatavachalam andC. subramaniam Kamraj become chief minister having both of them as cabinet ministers While M. Karunanidhi and Anbhazhagan won first MLA seat from Dravida kazhagam
Delimitation and reorganisation-1953
Few area of Telugu speaking were mixed with Andhra
Bellary merged with mysore
In 1956 Malabar merged with kerala
Kanyakumari and Shenkottah added to Tamil Nadu
Finally it had arrived to a figure of 206 states
1957 Legislative assembly
Two member constituencies
From 167 , 38 were two member constituency and 37 schedule caste and one schedule tribe were larger in size having more than 100000 votes. Each had to put two vote for each list
Member (including both reserved and general lists).
The system was abolished after 1952 and 1957 election By two member Constituencies abolition act (1961)
Parties and issues
Kamraj was supported by DMK and Dravida kazhagam but he was least interested with Dravida kazhagam. Kamraj support to DMK made congress to form new party called congress reform Committee and during this tenure MGR entered the DMK party and started spreading messages through films. Karunanidhi, Nedunchezhian Ss rajendran, Anbhazhagan,, dominated DMK and won seats
K. Kamaraj
Kumaraswami Kamaraj was born on 15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975, was a leader of the Indian National Congress (INC),
Freedom fighter in congress wing
Named as King maker
President of Congress 1964-1967
Responsible for Making two prime minister Lal bahadur shastri and Indira Gandhi
3rd Chief minister of India state 1954-1963( Served three terms)
Member of parliament , Lokh sabha 1952-1954.
Introduced free midday meal scheme
Bharth Rathna – 1976
Increased Literacy rate in Tamil Nadu
Kamraj took efforts to establish IIT madras 1959
He took major efforts For irrigation, canal systems , building dams,Industries
Neyveli Lignite Corporation,
BHEL at Trichy, Manali Refinery,
Hindustan raw photo film factory at Ooty,
Surgical instruments factory at Chennai,
A railway coach factory at Chennai were established.
Industries such as paper, sugar, chemicals and cement took off during the period.
He introduced Kamraj Plan in 1963 to make all Ministers to resign from power and concentrate on policies. organisation. Six Union Ministers and six Chief Ministers such as Lal Bahadur Shastri, Jagjivan Ram, Morarji Desai, Biju Patnaik and S.K. Patil wer resigned which was appreciated by Nehru.
1957- Opposition Leader- Congress
V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar
He was elected to the Uthiramerur constituency as an Indian National Congress candidate - 1952 election
Become Opposition leader elected as an Independent candidate in 1957 election. He set up Madras labor union along with B.P.Wadia.
Dravidar Kazhagam
In August 1944, Periyar created the 'Dravidar Kazhagham' out of the Justice Party and the Self-Respect Movement at the Salem Provincial Conference.[7] Dravidar Kazhagam, conceived as a movement and not a political party, insisted on an independent nation for Dravidians called Dravida Nadu consisting of areas that were covered under Madras Presidency.
Over the years, many disagreements arose between Periyar and his followers. In 1949, several of his followers led by C. N. Annadurai, decided to split from Dravidar Kazhagham, after an aged Periyar married a young woman Maniammai and appointed his young wife to act as his successor to lead the party, superseding senior party leaders. Until then E. V. K. Sampath, the nephew of Periyar, was considered his political heir.
Annadurai, on 17 September 1949 along with Kudanthai K.K.Neelamegam, V. R. Nedunchezhiyan, K. A. Mathiazhagan, N. V. Natarajan called "Aimberum Thalaivargal" (Great Five Leaders) along with M. Karunanidhithen an emerging screenwriter and thousands of others in Robinson park in Royapuram in Chennai announced the formation of the DMK. The name of the party (DMK) was announced by Kudanthai Perunthagai. K. K. Neelamegam.