Maduranthakam C. Arumugam, popularly known as Madhuranthagathar, was an Indian politician and former

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. He was the founder member of Dravida Munetra Kazhagam. He was a member of the General Committee with

C.N.Annadurai Conjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai (15 September 1909 – 3 February 1969), popularly known as Anna also known as Arignar Anna or Perarignar Anna (''Anna, the scholar'' or ''Elder Brother''), was an Indian Tamil politician who served as the fo ...

in the Chengai Anna District. He was elected to the

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from Maduranthakam constituency as a

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...

candidate in 1971, 1977, and 1984. He was also

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secretary for

from 1971 to 1993. He was a close associate of

Dravida Munetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is cur ...

chief Thiru M.Karunanidhi and he was a member of the

Trust.1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India
/ref> He fought hard and won the 1984 Assembly elections against 90 people, then protested against Hindi imposition, burnt the copy of the Constitution of India. He was jailed for 45 days and was disqualified from Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly. He died on June 2, 2005.

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Tamil Nadu MLAs 1971–1976 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politicians Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Tamil Nadu MLAs 1977–1980 Tamil Nadu MLAs 1980–1984 {{DMK-politician-stub