V. R. Nedunchezhiyan

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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan
Acting Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office 24 December 1987 – 7 January 1988
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Political Party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
Constituency	Athoor
In office 4 February 1969 – 9 February 1969
Governor	Sardar Ujjal Singh
Political Party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	M. Karunanidhi
Constituency	Triplicane
Minister of Finance, Tamil Nadu
In office 24 June 1991 – 12 May 1996
Chief Minister	J. Jayalalithaa
In office 9 June 1980 – 24 December 1987
Chief Minister	M. G. Ramachandran
In office 6 March 1967 – 31 January 1976
Chief Minister	C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi
General Secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 25 December 1987 – 8 February 1989
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	J. Jayalalithaa
In office 23 June 1978 – 13 January 1979
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran
Succeeded by	P. U. Shanmugam
General Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 4 February 1969 – 1977
Preceded by	C. N. Annadurai
Succeeded by	K. Anbazhagan
Leader of the opposition in Tamilnadu Legislative Assembly
In office 1962–1967
Personal details
Born	Ra. Go. Narayanasamy[citation needed] 11 July 1920 Thirukannapuram, Madras Presidency, British India (present-day Tamil Nadu, India)
Died	12 January 2000(2000-01-12) (aged 79) Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Cause of death	Heart failure
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1980-2000)
Other political affiliations	Dravidar Kazhagam (1944-1949) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (1949-1979)
Spouse(s)	Visalakshi (m. 1950; d. 2016)
Children	1 son
Residence	Seethamma Colony, Teynampet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
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V. R. Nedunchezhiyan (11 July 1920 – 12 January 2000) was an Indian politician and writer. He served thrice as the acting Chief Minister of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. He was also finance minister under the governments of C. N. Annadurai, M. Karunanidhi, M. G. Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa. For his literary contributions, he was also known as "Navalar" or the eloquent.^[1]

Life and career[]

Nedunchezhiyan was born at Thirukannapuram on 11 July 1920. He was graduated with a master's degree and a doctorate in Tamil literature from Annamalai University. He became involved in politics while at the university and joined the Dravidar Kazhagam party in 1944. In 1949, he and C. N. Annadurai formed the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), with the latter as leader and Nedunchezhiyan acting as deputy general secretary until 1955. He was general secretary between 1955 and 1961 and then chairman of the party's general council until 1969.^[2]

Nedunchezhiyan was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu in 1962. In 1967, he became the Minister of Education when the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam took power. He was briefly acting Chief Minister for the state following C. N. Annadurai's death in 1969, taking the role until M. Karunanidhi was appointed. He then continued as a cabinet minister in the Karunanidhi cabinet until the DMK lost power in 1976.^[2]

Together with Sathyavani Muthu, Nedunchezhiyan left the DMK to form a new political party called the Makkal Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam but this did not last long. The party merged with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), which was by then in government, in 1978 and from 1980 Nedunchezhiyan was again a cabinet minister, this time as a Minister of Finance under the leadership of AIADMK's M. G. Ramachandran, until 1987. He became acting Chief Minister in 1988 when Ramachandran died. He was a candidate in the subsequent leadership election but lost to Ramachandran's wife, Janaki Ramachandran.^[2]

Nedunchezhiyan briefly aligned himself with the J. Jayalalithaa-led group within the AIADMK but was expelled from the party in 1988 after disputes with its leaders. He stood in the 1989 state elections and later that year returned to the party fold after Jayalalithaa had successfully reunified it. He served as Minister of Finance again between 1991 and 1996.^[2]

Legislative election history[]

Personal life[]

He married his wife, Visalakshi, in 1950, and they had one son.^[2]

He died on heart failure at Apollo Hospital on 12 January 2000.

In popular culture[]

The character Madhivanan, played by Rajesh, in the 1997 film Iruvar is loosely based on Nedunchezhiyan.

See also[]

• First Nedunchezhiyan ministry
• Second Nedunchezhiyan ministry

Books published[]

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Name of the book with year of publication.

1. பத்துப்பாட்டு ஆராய்ச்சி (1943)
2. மறைந்த திராவிடம் (1948)
3. மொழிப் போராட்டம் (1948)
4. களஞ்சியம் (1948)
5. கண்ணீரும் செந்நீரும் வளர்த்த கழகம் (1951)
6. எழுச்சி முரசு
7. புதிய பாதை
8. வீரத் தமிழகம்
9. பண்டைக் கிரேக்கம் (1953)
10. ஜியார்டனோ புரூனோ (1953)
11. சார்லஸ் பிராட்லா (1953)
12. மதமும் மூடநம்பிக்கையும் (1955)
13. புறநானூற்றுப் புதையல் (1961)
14. தி.மு.க (1961)
15. அண்ணாவோடு வாழ்ந்த அந்தச்சிறைவாசம் (1961)
16. இதயம் பெரும் இன்பம் (1982)
17. சிந்தனை மலர்கள் (1982)
18. கலித்தொகை தரும் காதற் காட்சிகள்
19. நற்றிணைக் காட்சிகள் (1982)
20. சொல்லும் சுவையும் (குறுந்தொகை காட்சிகள்) (1985)
21. பண்பாடு போற்றுவோம் (1985)
22. நாவலர் நாட்டுக்கு அளித்த நல் அறிவிப்புகள் (1988)
23. வடக்காலத்தூர் இராச கோபாலனார் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு (1991)
24. திருக்குறள் -நாவலர் தெளிவுரை (1991)
25. புரட்சிக்கவிஞர் பாரதிதாசன் வாழ்க்கை வரலாறு (1994)
26. சமூக நீதிப் போர் (1996)
27. திராவிட இயக்க வரலாறு (முதல் பகுதி) (1996)
28. ஜெயின் கமிசன் அறிக்கை - ஓர் ஆய்வு (1997)
29. வாழ்வில் நான் கண்டதும் கேட்டதும் (2000)
30. திருக்குறள் நாவலர் உரை (கையடக்கப் பதிப்பு) (2001)
31. திருக்குறளில் உவமை நயம் (2004)

References[]

• Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly