K. Samarasam (also Ko. Samarasam) is an Indian politician and former

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. He is one of senior most party carde in

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. He has been a member since 1972 when the party formed. He was elected to the

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from Kaveripattinam constituency as an

Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK, also abbreviated as ADMK), also shortened to Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory ...

candidate in

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, 1980 elections and 1984 election. He won three consecutive Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. He was currently official spokesperson and speaker of

. He is a member of the executive and general committees of

and former All World M.G.R forum secretary'. He was wedded to the ideals of Periyar and Muthuramalinga Thevar. Attracted by his fiery oratorical skill, Dravidian leader Arignar Annadurai changed his name to Samarasam from Krishnan. He was picked by

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founder and former CM late M.G. Ramachandran. He received the Thanthai Periyar award for 2012 from the then CM, J Jayalalithaa in 2013 and Anna Award from CM Edappadi K. Palaniswami, in 2020. Actor Rajnikanth gave him the MGR award during the MGR centenary celebrations in 2018.

Early life and politics

Samarasam was born in Kaveripattinam,

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in a

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family. His father was a member of Forward Bloc and Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar used to stay in their house during campaigns. Since from childhood he was inspired by

Periyar Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy (17 September 187924 December 1973), commonly known as Periyar, was an Indian social activist and politician. He was the organizer of the Self-Respect Movement and Dravidar Kazhagam and is considered the architect o ...

and C.N.Annadurai speeches. He got involved in Dravida ideology and rational thinking. In later years he became an ardent M.G. Ramachandran fan and joined the MGR forum. Later became one of trustworthy person to M.G. Ramachandran. In 1977 when

faced Tamilnadu assembly election for first time, he was selected as a candidate in Kaveripattinam Assembly constituency and although he belongs to Agamudayar caste which was minority in that constituency, he won and made three consecutive wins in assembly election and became one of powerful politician during the M.G.R regime. In 1987 on that time

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Ramachandran attended his daughter's marriage in Kaveripattinam which was arranged grand and celebrated like a festival by people of Kaveripattinam on that time and which was last wedding ceremony attended by MGR.

Election results

Tamil Nadu Legislative elections

Awards and accolades

*Recipient of Perarignar Anna Award for 2019 by Tamil valarchi thurai. *Acted in supporting roles in Tamil movies like Rajinikanth starred Panakkaran and many more. *Recipient of Thanthai Periyar Award for 2012 on 15 January 2013 from Jayalalithaa, chief minister of Tamil Nadu. The award carries cash reward of Rs. 1 lakh, 8 gram gold medal and a certificate of appreciation.

References

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