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    M. K. Stalin

    12th and current Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu

    In this Tamil name, there is no surname or family name. The name Muthuvel Karunanidhi is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Stalin.

    M. K. Stalin

    Official portrait,

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    7 May
    GovernorBanwarilal Purohit ()
    R. N. Ravi
    (–present)
    Deputy Chief MinisterUdhayanidhi Stalin
    (–present)
    Preceded byEdappadi K. Palaniswami

    Incumbent

    Assumed office
    28 August
    General Secretary
    Preceded byM. Karunanidhi
    In office
    4 January &#;– 28 August
    PresidentM. Karunanidhi
    General Secretary
    Preceded byPosition established
    Succeeded byPosition abolished
    In office
    24 May &#;– 6 May
    Governor
    Chief MinisterJayalalitha
    O. Panneerselvam
    Edappadi K Palaniswami
    Preceded byVijayakanth
    In office
    29 May &#;– 15 May
    GovernorSurjit Singh Barnala
    Chief Minis

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    With his passing, former DMK chief Kalaignar Muthuvel Karunanidhi leaves behind a large family, who may not always see eye to eye. Apart from navigating the pressures of his political life – appeasing partymen and the sporadisk altercations with rivals – he has also had to walk a very fine line at home. With three wives and six children, it hasn’t always been easy.

    Former ledare Minister J Jayalalithaa, one of Kalaignar’s greatest political rivals, often brought up how he had “power centres at home” in reference to his wives.

    Image created bygd Akruti Rao and Jaseem Ali

    Karunanidhi's first wife was Padmavathi, who died very early. His first son, MK Muthu, was born to Padmavathi in Padmavathi died the same year of tuberculosis. Her jewellery had been pledged to help pay the running costs of ‘Murasoli’, which eventually became the DMK’s official newspaper.

    MK Muthu had great ambitions of being an actor. He idolised MG Ramachandran, a close friend of Kalaignar at the time, a

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    How Karunanidhi clan has carried on inter-caste self-respect marriage legacy ‘without imposing beliefs’

    Born in the Isai Vellalar caste, Karunanidhi, who died in , came from the most backward community of musicians and dancers who perform at temple festivals and social gatherings. His family tree shows that the majority of marriages were inter-caste and almost all were self-respect marriages.

    A long-standing leader of the Dravidian or self-respect movement — which calls for dismantling of Brahminical authority, eradication of the caste system, social reform and equality for women — Karunanidhi made his son M.K. Alagiri marry Kanthi, from the Dalit caste, marking his commitment to inter-caste marriages and caste equality.

    “Kalaignar’s great-grandchildren are getting married now, and they too seem to be going for inter-caste self-respect weddings. It is his legacy and he lived up to his principles even in his personal life,” says political commentator Raveendran Duraisamy.

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