Ukkirapandi Muthuramalinga Thevar, also known as Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar, was a politician and a patriarch of the Thevar community. He was elected three times to the national Parliamentary Cons
Portrait of Muthuramalinga Thevar on a postal stamp
Kumaraswami Kamaraj, popularly known as Kamarajar, was an Indian independence activist, politician, social reformer, and statesman who served as the Chief Minister of Madras from 13 April 1954 to 2 Oc
Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar
…to elect the leadership. Chaos broke out as warring factions confronted each other. Thevar interrupted the disputes and passed a motion re-electing Kamaraj as the TNCC President. Elections to the assembly of the Madras Presidency were again held in March 1946. Thevar contested from the Mudukulathur…
Portrait of Kamaraj
Kamaraj (second from left) during a visit to a party member's house in 1955
Kamaraj (left) during Queen Elizabeth II's visit to India in 1961
Kamaraj (center) with Jawaharlal Nehru (right) and Lal Bahadur Shastri (left)