The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) was held in February 1967.
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led coalition under the leadership of C.N. Annadurai won the election defeating the Indian National Congress (Congress). First Time Non congress party won in TN after Kerala won by communist earlier. It is due to corruption scenario a, Anti Hindi protest and Kamaraj resignation
Annadurai, died in office in 1969 and V.R. Nedunchezhiyan took over as acting chief minister.
Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai
Indian politician- Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for 20 days in 1969
Fifth Chief minister,
Last Chief Minister of Madras from 1967 until 1969 when the name of the state of Madras was changed to Tamil Nadu.
He was the first member of a Dravidian party .
(15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969)
Popularly called Anna ("Elder brother") or Arignar Anna ("Anna, the scholar"),
Orator, Play writer, School Teacher, Editor- Justice magazine, kudiyarasu,
Formed two language system, Anti hindi protest agitator
Anna was instrumental in organizing the World Tamil Conference under the aegies of UNESCO in 196
He proceeded on a world tour as an invitee of the Yale University's Chubb Fellowship Programme and was also a guest of the State Department in the US in April–May 1968. He was awarded the Chubb Fellowship at Yale University, being the first non-American to receive this honour.The same year he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Annamalai University.
Differences with Periyar and did role in the birth of DMK
3rd feb 1969 His funeral had the highest number of attendees until then, as registered with The Guinness Book of Records. An estimated 15 million people attended it. His remains were buried in the northern end of Marina Beach, which is now called Anna Memorial.
The Indian government issued a commemorative coin of ₹ 5 denomination to mark the centenary celebrations of him on 15 September 2009 in Chennai. Jawaharlal Nehru hailed him as one of the great parliamentarians for speeches in Rajya Sabha. Selig Harrison, a US-based analyst of South Asian and East Asian politics and journalism commented,
There is no doubt that this powerful orator is the single-most popular mass figure in the region
The magazine India Today has listed Annadurai in its "Top 100 people who shaped India by thought, action, art, culture and spirit". In 2010, Anna Centenary Library was established in Chennai in remembrance of Annadurai.
A life-size statue of Annadurai was unveiled on 1 October 2002 in the Parliament House by then President of India, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in his honor and the function was attended by notable politicians.