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	\| successor4 = S.R.P. Ponnuswamy Chettiar		\| successor4 = S.R.P. Ponnuswamy Chettiar
	\| 2blankname4 = [[Chief Minister]]		\| 2blankname4 = [[Chief Minister]]
	\| 2namedata4 = {{ubl\|[[K. Kamaraj]] (~~1962-~~1963)\|[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]] (1963-1964)}}		\| 2namedata4 = {{ubl\|[[K. Kamaraj]] (until 1963)\|[[M. Bhaktavatsalam]] (1963-1964)}}
	~~\| office5 = President of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]~~
	~~\| term_start5 = 17 October 1972~~
	~~\| term_end5 = 24 December 1987~~
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	~~\| successor5 = [[V.N.Janaki]]~~
	\| office6 = General Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]		\| office6 = General Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
	\| term_start6 = 17 October 1972		\| term_start6 = 17 October 1972

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	In 1972, DMK leader Karunanidhi started to project his first son [[M. K. Muthu]] in a big way in film and politics, around the same time M.G.R. was accusing that corruption had grown in the party after the demise of [[C. N. Annadurai]]. Consequently, M.G.R. was expelled from the party.		In 1972, DMK leader Karunanidhi started to project his first son [[M. K. Muthu]] in a big way in film and politics, around the same time M.G.R. was accusing that corruption had grown in the party after the demise of [[C. N. Annadurai]]. Consequently, M.G.R. was expelled from the party.

	Upon his ouster from DMK, ~~M.G.R. floated~~ a new party ~~which he~~ called Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ~~(ADMK),~~ later renamed [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK), the only powerful opponent of the DMK. He mobilised between 1972 and 1977 to spread and preach his party ambition with films like ''Netru Indru Naalai'' (1974), ''Idhayakani'' (1975), ''Indru Pol Endrum Vazhga'' (1977), etc.{{Citation needed\|reason=there is no citation for this complete paragraph, the ouster from DMK especially needs a citation\|date=December 2016}}		Upon his ouster from DMK,his volunteer Anakaputhur Ramalingam started a new party called the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Joined as a member of that party and became its leader and generel secretary.[ later renamed [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK), the only powerful opponent of the DMK. He mobilised between 1972 and 1977 to spread and preach his party ambition with films like ''Netru Indru Naalai'' (1974), ''Idhayakani'' (1975), ''Indru Pol Endrum Vazhga'' (1977), etc.{{Citation needed\|reason=there is no citation for this complete paragraph, the ouster from DMK especially needs a citation\|date=December 2016}}

	===Continued success in TN Assembly elections===		===Continued success in TN Assembly elections===
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	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with Indian National Congress (Indira) in the 1977 parliamentary election. However, when Janata Party won the election and Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister, M.G.R. extended unconditional support to the Janata party Government. He continued his support to the Charan Singh Government in 1979. After the fall of the Charan Singh government, fresh parliamentary elections were conducted in 1980. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam struck alliance with INC(I). AIADMK and Janata Party alliance won only 2 seats in Tamil Nadu in that parliamentary election. INC(I) won the election and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister.		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam allied with Indian National Congress (Indira) in the 1977 parliamentary election. However, when Janata Party won the election and Morarji Desai became the Prime Minister, M.G.R. extended unconditional support to the Janata party Government. He continued his support to the Charan Singh Government in 1979. After the fall of the Charan Singh government, fresh parliamentary elections were conducted in 1980. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam struck alliance with INC(I). AIADMK and Janata Party alliance won only 2 seats in Tamil Nadu in that parliamentary election. INC(I) won the election and Indira Gandhi became the Prime Minister.
	Congress-DMK victory in the 1980 parliamentary election emboldened their alliance and made them think that people lost their faith in M.G.R. government. DMK pressed the central government to dismiss the Tamil Nadu government using similar allegations used by M.G.R. to dismiss DMK government in 1976. The AIADMK ministry and the assembly were dismissed by the central government and fresh elections conducted in 1980.		Congress-DMK victory in the 1980 parliamentary election emboldened their alliance and made them think that people lost their faith in M.G.R. government. DMK pressed the central government to dismiss the Tamil Nadu government using similar allegations used by M.G.R. to dismiss DMK government in 1976. The AIADMK ministry and the assembly were dismissed by the central government and fresh elections conducted in 1980.
	Despite their victory at the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. AIADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time~~. He became the first leader since [[K. Kamaraj]] to win a re-election as Chief Minister~~.		Despite their victory at the 1980 Lok Sabha polls, DMK and Indira Congress failed to win the legislative assembly election. AIADMK won the election and its leader and incumbent Chief Minister, M. G. Ramachandran was sworn in as Chief Minister for the second time.

	====1984 assembly elections====		====1984 assembly elections====

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	\| term_end5 = 24 December 1987		\| term_end5 = 24 December 1987
	\| predecessor5 = ''position established''		\| predecessor5 = ''position established''
	\| successor5 = ~~''position abolished''~~		\| successor5 = [[V.N.Janaki]]
	\| office6 = General Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]		\| office6 = General Secretary of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
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	==Early life and background==		==Early life and background==
	Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran was born in [[Kandy]], [[Sri Lanka]], in the [[Malayali]] family of Melakkath Gopalan Menon, a [[Palakkad]] [[Mannadiyar\|Mannadiyar Nair]]<ref name=~~“kongu”~~>{{cite news \|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthi\|date=30 April 2020\|title=Inscriptions talk of fascinating Kongu connection\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/inscriptions-talk-of-fascinating-kongu-connection/article31470952.ece\|work=The Hindu\|location= \|access-date=17 April 2021}}:”Krishna Menon of the Valluva Nadu royal family had five sons, of whom the fourth was Sankunni Valiya Mannadiyar, born in 1832. Sankunni Mannadiyar held a judicial post in Cochin. His son was Gopala Menon, born in 1884. Gopala Menon’s wife, Satyabhama, belonged to a family in Mathur, which was referred to as Vadavanur Vellalar in copper plates. To Gopala Menon and Satyabhama, a son was born in 1917, who was to become famous not only in Tamil films, but in the political scene in Tamil Nadu. That son was M.G. Ramachandran! So MGR had Kongu Vellala ancestors, both on his father’s side and mother’s side!”</ref><ref name="Kannan"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=M G Ramachandran: The first film actor to become Chief Minister in India \|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/m-g-ramachandran-the-first-film-actor-to-become-chief-minister-13043.html/page/3 \|access-date=20 April 2021 \|work=India TV News \|date=14 October 2013 \|language=en}}</ref> and Maruthur Satyabhama, a [[Vadavannur]] [[Vellalar]]<ref name=~~“kongu”~~/><ref name="Kannan">{{cite book \|author=R. Kannan\|date=28 June 2017\|title=		Maruthur Gopala Ramachandran was born in [[Kandy]], [[Sri Lanka]], in the [[Malayali]] family of Melakkath Gopalan Menon, a [[Palakkad]] [[Mannadiyar\|Mannadiyar Nair]]<ref name="kongu">{{cite news \|last=Krishnamachari\|first=Suganthi\|date=30 April 2020\|title=Inscriptions talk of fascinating Kongu connection\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/society/history-and-culture/inscriptions-talk-of-fascinating-kongu-connection/article31470952.ece\|work=The Hindu\|location= \|access-date=17 April 2021}}:”Krishna Menon of the Valluva Nadu royal family had five sons, of whom the fourth was Sankunni Valiya Mannadiyar, born in 1832. Sankunni Mannadiyar held a judicial post in Cochin. His son was Gopala Menon, born in 1884. Gopala Menon’s wife, Satyabhama, belonged to a family in Mathur, which was referred to as Vadavanur Vellalar in copper plates. To Gopala Menon and Satyabhama, a son was born in 1917, who was to become famous not only in Tamil films, but in the political scene in Tamil Nadu. That son was M.G. Ramachandran! So MGR had Kongu Vellala ancestors, both on his father’s side and mother’s side!”</ref><ref name="Kannan"/><ref>{{cite news \|title=M G Ramachandran: The first film actor to become Chief Minister in India \|url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/m-g-ramachandran-the-first-film-actor-to-become-chief-minister-13043.html/page/3 \|access-date=20 April 2021 \|work=India TV News \|date=14 October 2013 \|language=en}}</ref> and Maruthur Satyabhama, a [[Vadavannur]] [[Vellalar]]<ref name="kongu"/><ref name="Kannan">{{cite book \|author=R. Kannan\|date=28 June 2017\|title=
	MGR: A Life\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2mclDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&dq=MGR:+A+Life+kannan+menon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIo_i6-NfwAhWKwjgGHfvxAk0Q6AEwAHoECAAQAw#v=onepage&q=MGR%3A%20A%20Life%20kannan%20menon&f=false\|location=India\|publisher=Penguin Random House\|~~page~~=~~12-13~~\|isbn=0143429345}}:"MGR has said that his ancestors were originally from Pollachi, and were Mandradiyars of the Kongu Vellalars...MGR greatly resented being considered a Malayali"</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/mgrs-childhood-home-in-kerala-to-become-a-cultural-hub/articleshow/62910243.cms\|title=MGR's childhood home in Kerala to become a cultural hub\|work=The Times of India\|date=14 February 2018\|access-date=10 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105205026/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/mgrs-childhood-home-in-kerala-to-become-a-cultural-hub/articleshow/62910243.cms\|archive-date=5 November 2019\|url-status=live\|quote=Maruthur Gopalamenon Ramachandran, popularly known as 'MGR'.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Daksnamurthy \|first1=Aananth \|title=Janaki Ramachandran, the first woman chief minister of Tamil Nadu who ruled for 24 days \|url=https://theprint.in/features/janaki-ramachandran-the-first-woman-chief-minister-of-tamil-nadu-who-ruled-for-24-days/424272/ \|access-date=11 November 2020 \|work=ThePrint \|date=19 May 2020\|quote=Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR,}}</ref> from [[Palakkad]], in the modern-day state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Mani Shankar Aiyar\|title=A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21 Century\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpzzxxCgpbcC&pg=PT38\|date=1 January 2009\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=978-0-670-08275-9\|pages=38–}}</ref> Gopalan Menon died when Ramachandran was just two and a half years old. Just after the death of his father, his sister too died due to ill health. His mother had to struggle alone to bring up Ramachandran and his brother. She took the decision to return to India and went back to Kerala where she failed to get the support of her relatives. With the support of Velu Nair of Kumbakonam, Satyabhama put both her sons in school.		MGR: A Life\|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=2mclDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT15&dq=MGR:+A+Life+kannan+menon&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiIo_i6-NfwAhWKwjgGHfvxAk0Q6AEwAHoECAAQAw#v=onepage&q=MGR%3A%20A%20Life%20kannan%20menon&f=false\|location=India\|publisher=Penguin Random House\|pages=12–13\|isbn=0143429345}}:"MGR has said that his ancestors were originally from Pollachi, and were Mandradiyars of the Kongu Vellalars...MGR greatly resented being considered a Malayali"</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/mgrs-childhood-home-in-kerala-to-become-a-cultural-hub/articleshow/62910243.cms\|title=MGR's childhood home in Kerala to become a cultural hub\|work=The Times of India\|date=14 February 2018\|access-date=10 October 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191105205026/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kochi/mgrs-childhood-home-in-kerala-to-become-a-cultural-hub/articleshow/62910243.cms\|archive-date=5 November 2019\|url-status=live\|quote=Maruthur Gopalamenon Ramachandran, popularly known as 'MGR'.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news \|last1=Daksnamurthy \|first1=Aananth \|title=Janaki Ramachandran, the first woman chief minister of Tamil Nadu who ruled for 24 days \|url=https://theprint.in/features/janaki-ramachandran-the-first-woman-chief-minister-of-tamil-nadu-who-ruled-for-24-days/424272/ \|access-date=11 November 2020 \|work=ThePrint \|date=19 May 2020\|quote=Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, or MGR,}}</ref> from [[Palakkad]], in the modern-day state of [[Kerala]].<ref>{{cite book\|author=Mani Shankar Aiyar\|title=A Time of Transition: Rajiv Gandhi to the 21 Century\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cpzzxxCgpbcC&pg=PT38\|date=1 January 2009\|publisher=Penguin Books India\|isbn=978-0-670-08275-9\|pages=38–}}</ref> Gopalan Menon died when Ramachandran was just two and a half years old. Just after the death of his father, his sister too died due to ill health. His mother had to struggle alone to bring up Ramachandran and his brother. She took the decision to return to India and went back to Kerala where she failed to get the support of her relatives. With the support of Velu Nair of Kumbakonam, Satyabhama put both her sons in school.

	It was in school that Ramachandran started his acting career and joined the Boys Company drama troupe taking part in the rigorous training programmes conducted by the troupe in the areas of singing, dancing, sword fighting, diction and memory with active interest and involvement.		It was in school that Ramachandran started his acting career and joined the Boys Company drama troupe taking part in the rigorous training programmes conducted by the troupe in the areas of singing, dancing, sword fighting, diction and memory with active interest and involvement.

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