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The '''Tamil Nadu Communist Party''' was a [[political party]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The party was founded by dissident [[Communist Party of India]] leader Manali C. Kandasami on 10 July 1973.<ref name="VenkataramaiahLinguistics1996">{{cite book|author1=K. M. Venkataramaiah|author2=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|isbn=978-81-85692-20-3|page=432}}</ref><ref name="Innaiah1982">{{cite book|author=N. Innaiah|title=The Birth and Death of Political Parties in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-fWJAAAAMAAJ|year=1982|publisher=Innaiah|page=92}}</ref> The split had been provoked by opposition to the alliance between CPI and the [[Indian National Congress]], in particular as the Congress Party was seen as trying to unseat the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] government in Tamil Nadu.<ref name="a">''Winnipeg Free Press'', ''[https://newspaperarchive.com/ca/manitoba/winnipeg/winnipeg-free-press/1973/09-04/page-15 Top Communists Quit Indian Party]'', 4 September 1973, p. 15</ref> The party held two seats in the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly]]; represented by Manali C. Kandasami and A.K. Subbiah.<ref name="a"/><ref>{{cite book|title=Careers Digest|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=flchAQAAMAAJ|year=1976|page=303}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Southern Economist, Vol. 12|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ptknAAAAMAAJ|year=1973|publisher=Mrs. Susheela Subrahmanya|page=566}}</ref> The party was allied with the DMK.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Indian Journal of Political Studies, Vol. 1-5|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=20kfAQAAMAAJ|year=1977|publisher=Department of Political Science, University of Jodhpur.|page=180}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Link, Vol. 16, part 3|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=f3BDAAAAYAAJ|year=1974|publisher=United India Periodicals|page=14}}</ref>

The party became defunct when Manali C. Kandasami died.<ref name="VenkataramaiahLinguistics1996"/>

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