Muthuvel Karunanidhi (3 June 1924 – 7 August 2018) was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for almost two decades over five terms between 1969 and 2011. He is popularly referred to as Kalaignar (Artist) and Mutthamizh Arignar (Tamil Scholar) for his contributions to Tamil literature. He was also a long-standing leader of the Dravidian movement and ten-time president of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam political party. Karunanidhi is a unique politician and a multi faceted personality.

KiranPrabha narrates the interesting episodes from Karunanidhi life journey.

This is Part 8 of the series.

Topics covered in this episode are:

Karunanidhi life sketch from 1970 to 1972

Early general elections in 1971

Karunanidhi as chief minister second time

Rift with MGR DMK break up and ADMK formation

More details to be covered in Part 9.