Early Life
Murasoli Maran born on August 16, 1934 was son of Shanmuga Sundaram. He was born at Thirukkuvalai Village Thiruvarur-At Panneerselvam in Tamil Nadu. After completing his basic education in his hometown he headed to Madras to get a Master's degree in Arts (M.A) from Pachaiyappa's College and Law College, Madras. Before joining politics Mr. Maran worked as a Journalist and later served as a social worker. Since his student life at Madras he was closely associated with the DMK. On 15 September 1963 he married Mallika and has two sons and a daughter. His younger son Dayanidhi Maran is a ( Ex-Union Minister) and his elder son Kalanithi Maran heads and owns the popular TV Network Sun TV. His daughter Anbukarasi Maran is a Cardiologist.
He was very vocal against Hindi being introduced in Tamil Nadu and for this he was arrested in 1965 during anti-Hindi agitations for his articles. He was detained for a year under Maintenance of Internal Security Act during emergency .
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