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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › MM. Karunanidhi - Wikipedia

    Karunanidhi sponsored and presided over a State Autonomy Conference in Madras on 12 September 1970, which included Periyar, West Bengal Chief Minister Ajoy Mukherjee, numerous Parliamentarians, and other dignitaries.

  2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Self-Respect_MovementSelf-Respect Movement - Wikipedia

    After reservation was introduced by the Justice Party, it changed this trend, allowing non-Brahmins to rise in the government of the Madras Presidency. Ramasamy spoke against the unbalance of the domination of Brahmins who were only 3 percent of the population, over government jobs, judiciary and the Madras University. He continued this line of ...

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  4. www.thenewsminute.com › tamil-nadu › 50-years-look50 years on, a look at how Madras State became Tamil Nadu

    Jul 20, 2018 · Formerly called Madras Province, it had been renamed to Madras State on January 26, 1950. Taking over the baton from him, a proposal to rename the state was made in the Assembly by the DMK in 1957 ...

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_Madras_PresidencyHistory of Madras Presidency - Wikipedia

    The Indian National Congress was elected to power in 1937 [32] for the first time in Madras Presidency and barring the six years when Madras was in a state of Emergency, ruled the Presidency till India got independence on 15 August 1947. Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was the first Chief Minister of Madras Presidency from the Congress party.

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  7. www.cambridge.org › core › booksThe Madras Presidency (Chapter 1) - The Emergence of ...

    Summary. By 1800, the British had acquired most of what was to become their presidency of Madras. They found themselves in possession of a collection of territories which covered about 140,000 square miles and which, between 1870 and 1920, came to contain a population of some 30 to 40 millions. The province was certainly the most artificial of ...

  8. www.thehindu.com › news › citiesThe fight for Madras - The Hindu

    Aug 18, 2013 · The fight for Madras. August 18, 2013 01:48 am | Updated August 19, 2013 08:15 am IST - Chennai. A. Srivathsan. READ LATER. A view of the President's State Drive on Independence Day as it passes ...

  9. www.thehindu.com › archives › world-tamil-conferenceWorld Tamil Conference in Madras - The Hindu

    Jan 3, 2018 · The Madras Chief Minister, Mr. C.N. Annadurai, presided. The State Governor, Sardar Ujjal Singh, who released the conference souvenir on the occasion, said the Tamil language, which had survived ...