What is C. N. Annadurai?
[[file:CN Annadurai.jpg|thumb|upright|Picture of C. N. Annadurai]] '''Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai''' was an Indian politician. He was [[Chief Minister]] of [[Tamil Nadu]], South India from 1967 to 1969. He was the first member of a [[Dravidian party|Dravidian Party]] to hold that chief minister post.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arignaranna.net/home1.htm|title=Arignar Anna, Anna, Peraringnar Anna, Former chief Minister of Tamil Nadu|website=www.arignaranna.net}}</ref> Annadurai was famous for his oration skills, dramas and literary works in Tamil. He was the first politician from the Dravidian parties to use Tamil cinema for political propaganda. Annadurai was born in a middle-class family. He first worked as a school teacher, then moved into the political field of the [[Madras Presidency]] as a journalist. He became a member of the [[Dravidar Kazhagam]] and a big follower of [[Periyar E. V. Ramasamy]]. But later Annadurai formed a new party named [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] due to differences between ideologies. Various protests against the ruling Congress government took him to prison on several occasions; the last of which was during the Madras anti-Hindi agitation of 1965. The agitation itself helped Annadurai to gain popular support for his party. His party won a landslide victory in the 1967 state elections. He legalised [[Self-Respect marriages]], enforced a two language policy and renamed [[Madras State]] to [[Tamil Nadu]]. However, he died of cancer just two years into office. His funeral had the highest attendance web<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arignaranna.net/englisharticles.htm|title=Articles about ANNA|date=January 2021|website=Arignaranna}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Annadurai}} [[Category:Tamil Nadu politicians]] [[Category:Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians]] [[Category:1909 births]] [[Category:1969 deaths]]