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  1. Sep 14, 2021 · Through his craft, KRR supported the DMK in its early days, raising funds from his plays written by Annadurai. When plays like ‘Velaikkaari’ written by Anna witnessed severe opposition and protests, KRR continued to stage the play for several months and carried the message of Annadurai and the Dravidar Kazhagam.

  2. Jul 2, 2024 · On September 17, 1949, a group of young Tamil men, led by their leader C.N. Annadurai, gathered in Robinson Park at Royapuram in Madras to launch the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). Within two...

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  3. Jul 11, 2024 · In his first and second innings that lasted until 31 January 1976, he took the social revolution engineered by the DMK forward with his left-of-centre agenda, social justice, populist schemes...

  4. Being completely opposed to the Brahminical social, political and ritual dominance of southern India, the primary purpose of the Dravida Kazhagam was to secure the complete independence of a Dravidian Republic (Dravida Nadu).

  5. Aug 23, 2021 · “In 1949, with the founding of DMK, the actor K.R. Ramaswamy provided financial support for the struggling party. ‘Only with my earnings was the party founded,’ he says. He had met Annadurai through E.V. Ramaswamy, and it was his dramatic company which produced Anna’s first play, Velaikari.

  6. Sep 21, 2024 · India. Tamil Nadu. In black and red: 75 years of the DMK. The DMK, which split from the DK, tapped into Dravidianism and pursued a politics of community, putting together a broad coalition of the ...

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  8. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the Bharatiya Janata Party were unlikely allies in many ways, but a series of developments in Delhi and Chennai brought the two closer before the general election...