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The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]
MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election 219 18 March 2012 Sankarankoil: C. Karuppasamy: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: V. M. Rajalakshmi: All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: 180 12 June 2012 Sankarankoil: S. P. Muthukumaran: Communist Party of India: V. R. Karthik Thondaiman
In 2021 he was appointed minister for Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu. In July 2021, Subramanian gave his MLA hostel and a month's supply of groceries to a couple who worked as daily wagers to treat their daughter who ate bleach powder, mistaking it for milk powder in March 2021 and lost weight gradually.
Since Tamil Nadu has a unicameral legislature, the terms Tamil Nadu Legislature and Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly are almost synonymous and are often confused. However, they are not one and the same. The Tamil Nadu Legislature is the legislative body, while the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is a part of it.
The leader of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is an elected member of the legislative assembly who leads the ruling party in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. The leader of the house in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is the chairperson of the legislative assembly's largest political party, which is part of the ...
Pitchandi was the Minister for Housing and Urban Development in the Tamil Nadu Cabinet from 1996 to 2001. [7] He stood as a candidate in 2011 in the Kilpennathur constituency , [ 8 ] where he finished as runner-up to A. K. Aranganathan of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party.
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was emerging as a major challenger to Indian National Congress party in Tamil Nadu. However, its popularity was limited to the urban areas surrounding Madras and North and South Arcot districts. It had lacked a major support base in rural central and southern Tamil Nadu, a strong base of the Congress party.
The Tamil Nadu Government recently felicitated T.M. Kaliyannan Gounder and a few other members of the first Assembly of Tamil Nadu. [15] He has also been conferred the honorific title of "KONGU VEL" by the Kongu Association. [16] On his 99th birthday (10 Jan 2020) he was inducted as an Honorary member of Rotary Club of Tiruchengode.