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1962 Madras Legislative Assembly Election
The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held on 21 February 1962. The Indian National Congress party, led by K. Kamaraj, won the election. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam made significant in-roads in the election and emerged as the second party for the first time by winning 50 seats. 1962 Election remains the most recent election in which Indian National Congress to form a majority Government in the State as its support was heavily declined due to rise of Dravidian political parties. Constituencies Two member constituencies were abolished in 1961 by the ''Two-Member Constituencies(Abolition) Act, 1961''. 38 two member constituencies were abolished and an equal number of single member constituencies were established and reserved for Scheduled Caste and Scheulde Tribe candidates. The total number of constituencies remained at 206. Background Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was emerging as a major challenger to Indian National Congress party ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legislature Of Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu Legislature is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The Legislature is composed of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the Governor of Tamil Nadu Until 1 November 1986, the Tamil Nadu Legislature was a bicameral legislature consisting of: * the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council, the upper house, * the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly, the lower house, and * the Governor of Tamil Nadu In 2010, the erstwhile Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) Government took steps to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council and convert the legislature back into a bicameral one, but the administration left power during this time and was unable to continue. The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Government which assumed power in 2011, expressed its intent not to revive the Tamil Nadu Legislative Council. See also *Elections in Tamil Nadu *Government of Tamil Nadu References External linksOfficial website Unicameral legislatures Legislature ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India
Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine national parties in the country. The CPI was founded in modern-day Kanpur (formerly known as Cawnpore) on 26 December 1925. History Formation The Communist Party of India was formed on 26 December 1925 at the first Party Conference in Kanpur, which was then known as ''Cawnpore''. Its founders included M. N. Roy, his wife Evelyn Trent, Abani Mukherji, and M. P. T. Acharya. S.V. Ghate was the first General Secretary of CPI. There were many communist groups formed by Indians with the help of foreigners in different parts of the world, Tashkent group of Contacts were made with Anushilan and Jugantar the groups in Bengal, and small communist groups were formed in Bombay (led by S.A. Dange), Madras (led by Singaravelu Chettiar), United Provinces (led by Shaukat Usmani), Punjab, Sindh (led by Ghulam Hussain) and Bengal (led by Muzaffar Ahmed). Involvement in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perambur Assembly Constituency
Perambur is a legislative assembly, that includes the city, Perambur. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 12. Perambur assembly constituency is a part of Chennai North Lok Sabha constituency Chennai North is one of the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 2 of 39. Formerly it was known as ''Madras North''. Assembly segments After 2009 After delimitation, Chennai .... It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Madras State Tamil Nadu Election results 2021 2019 By-election 2016 2011 2006 2001 1996 1991 1989 1984 1980 1977 1971 1967 1962 1957 1952 References * {{coord, 13.10727, N, 80.24448, E, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basin Bridge Assembly Constituency
Basin Bridge was an assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. The elections conducted in the constituency and winners are listed below. Members of Legislative Assembly Election results 1971 1967 1962 1957 References External links * {{coord, 13.1013672, 80.2682343, display=title Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harbour Assembly Constituency
Harbour is a state assembly constituency in Chennai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Its State Assembly Constituency number is 18. It falls under Chennai Central parliamentary constituency during national elections. Most successful party: DMK (10 times). It is one of the 234 State Legislative Assembly Constituencies in Tamil Nadu, in India. Overview As per orders of the Delimitation Commission, No. 18 Harbour Assembly constituency is composed of Ward 23-30,43-44,48-49 & 80 of Greater Chennai Corporation The Greater Chennai Corporation, formerly known as the Corporation of Madras (1688-1996) and Corporation of Chennai (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Inaugurated on 29 September ... Madras State Tamil Nadu Election results 2021 2016 2011 2006 2001 1996 1991 1991 By-election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Washermanpet Assembly Constituency
Washermanpet was assembly constituency in Tamil Nadu. The elections conducted in the constituency and winners are listed below. It existed from 1952 to 1971 elections. Madras State Election results 1971 1967 1962 1957 1952 References External links {{Defunct assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
India Madras Legislative Assembly 1962
India, officially the Republic of India (Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the southwest, and the Bay of Bengal on the southeast, it shares land borders with Pakistan to the west; China, Nepal, and Bhutan to the north; and Bangladesh and Myanmar to the east. In the Indian Ocean, India is in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives; its Andaman and Nicobar Islands share a maritime border with Thailand, Myanmar, and Indonesia. Modern humans arrived on the Indian subcontinent from Africa no later than 55,000 years ago., "Y-Chromosome and Mt-DNA data support the colonization of South Asia by modern humans originating in Africa. ... Coalescence dates for most non-European populations average to between 73–55 ka.", "Modern human beings—''Homo sapiens''—originated in Africa. Then, interm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shivaji Ganesan
Villupuram Chinnaiya Manrayar Ganesamoorthy, better known by his stage name Sivaji Ganesan, (1 October 1928 – 21 July 2001) was an Indian actor and producer. He was active in Tamil cinema during the latter half of the 20th century. Sivaji Ganesan is acknowledged as one of the greatest Indian actors of all time and among the most imitated one by other actors. He was known for his versatility and the variety of roles he depicted on screen, which gave him also the Tamil nickname ''Nadigar Thilagam'' (). In a career that spanned close to five decades, he had acted 288 films in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Hindi. Sivaji Ganesan is the only Tamil actor to have played the lead role in over 250 films. Ganesan was the first Indian actor to win a "Best Actor" award in an International film festival, the Afro-Asian Film Festival held in Cairo, Egypt in 1960. Many leading South Indian actors have stated that their acting was influenced by Ganesan. In addition, he received four Fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theni Assembly Constituency
Theni was a state assembly constituency in Theni district in Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India .... The constituency was in existence since 1957 election till 2011. Madras State Tamil Nadu Election results 1957 References External links * {{Coord missing, Tamil Nadu Former assembly constituencies of Tamil Nadu Theni district ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohammad Ismail
Mohammad Ismail (26 May 1928 – 25 November 2003)"Ismail, Mohammad" entry, p 475, in ''Who's who of Indian Writers, 1999: 1999 : In 2 Vol. Vol. 1 A-M'' edited by K. C. Dutt, published by Sahitya Akademi, 1999, , retrieved via Google Books, 19 January 2009 is an Indian -language poet, critic, academic and university administrator. He was born in , district. He completed his education in |
Forward Bloc
The All India Forward Bloc ( AIFB) is a left-wing nationalist political party in India. It emerged as a faction within the Indian National Congress in 1939, led by Subhas Chandra Bose. The party re-established as an independent political party after the independence of India. It has its main stronghold in West Bengal. The party's current Secretary-General is Debabrata Biswas. Veteran Indian politicians Sarat Chandra Bose (brother of Subhas Chandra Bose) and Chitta Basu had been the stalwarts of the party in independent India. History Formation of the Forward Bloc The Forward Bloc of the Indian National Congress is a Political Party that was formed on May 3, 1939 by Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Makur Unnao , Uttar Pradesh, who had resigned from the presidency of the Indian National Congress on 29 April after being outmaneuvered by Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi. The formation of the Forward Bloc was announced to the public at a rally in Calcutta. Bose said that who all were joinin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muthuramalinga Thevar
Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar (30 October 1908 – 30 October 1963), also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was an Indian freedom struggle fighter, politician, patriarch of Thevar community and a close accomplice of Subash Chandra Bose from the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was elected three times to the Lok Sabha, national Parliamentary Constituency. The birth anniversary of Muthuramalinga Thevar on October 30 is celebrated annually by the Thevar community in the southern districts of Tamil Nadu as Thevar Jayanthi. Childhood and family life Muthuramalinga Thevar was born on 30 October 1908 in Pasumpon, Ramnad District. From 1910, he was in the custody of his maternal grandmother Parvathiammal in the neighbouring village of Kallupatti. Parvathiammal was furious with Muthuramalinga Thevar's father for having taken two new wives shortly after the death of his second wife. During his youth, Muthuramalingam Thevar was aided by Kuzhanthaisami Pillai, a close famil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
