Rise of Dravidian Parties To Power in Tamil Nadu

Rise Of Dravidian Parties To Power In Tamil Nadu

Forerunners

Iyothee Thass
Rettamalai Srinivasan
Natesa Mudaliar
Maraimalai Adigal
Theagaroya Chetty
T. M. Nair
K.Krishnasamy
Dravidian parties

Defunct parties
 • Justice party •
• Tamil National Party •
• Thazhthapattor Munnetra Kazhagam •
• Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam •
• Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani •
• Thayaga Marumalarchi Kazhagam •
• Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam •

Contemporary parties
 • Dravidar Kazhagam •
• Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam •
• All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam •
• Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam •
• All India Latchiya Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam •
• Dravidar Viduthalai Kazhagam •
• Thanthai Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam •


Chief Ministers

Madras Presidency
Subbarayalu • Panagal Raja • Munuswamy Naidu • R. R. Rao • P. T. Rajan
Tamil Nadu
C. N. Annadurai • V. R. Nedunchezhiyan • Karunanidhi • M. G. Ramachandran • Janaki Ramachandran • J. Jayalalithaa • O. Panneerselvam
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Dravidian parties rose to power and prominence in the political stage of Tamil Nadu, a state in India, in the 1960s. The rise in power and political support was gradual until Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), a Dravidian party, formed the government in the state in 1967. Although after the 1970s the Dravidian parties met with many break-aways and have taken rival stances against each other, the seat of power in Tamil Nadu has been with one or other Dravidian party. The increase in popularity of the Dravidian parties in the 1960s is attributed to several factors including the fall of popularity of the Congress Government in the centre and the North-South disparity as claimed by the Dravidian politics. The series of events climaxed with an anti Hindi agitation which led to the downfall of popularity of the then Indian National Congress government in the state and eventual rise of Dravidian parties to power.

Read more about Rise Of Dravidian Parties To Power In Tamil Nadu:  Background, Decline of Congress Party’s Popularity, North South Divide, Tamil Renaissance and Nationalism, DMK's Involvement in Anti-Hindi Agitation

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