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Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani was a short-lived political party formed in 1988 in Tamil Nadu, India. The party was found by veteran Tamil film actor Sivaji Ganesan. Ganesan had a long running relation with many political parties, with his first movie itself being a propaganda movie of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The party for born after a split in Tamil Nadu Congress party. The split itself was after another party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam broke into two fragments one led by Janaki Ramachandran and other by J. Jayalalitha. Ganesan and his supporters left the Congress party on differences in opinion on which fragment of AIADMK to ally with in 1989 state elections. Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani backed Janaki Ramachandran's fragment of the party and lost in all seats its competed for. Ganesan eventually regretted his decision to float his own party and merged the party with Janata Dal. == Sivaji Ganesan == Sivaji Ganesan was one of the foremost stars of Tamil film industry. Born as V. C. Ganesan, he was christened Sivaji by Periyar E. V. Ramasami, who was then leading the Dravidar Kazhagam and the Self-respect movement, in the 1940s.〔 〕 He debuted in the Tamil movie Parasakthi in 1952, a movie which heavily contained elements of Dravidian politics.〔 〕 Although Ganesan was a founder member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam he found that atheistic outlook of the party to cost him his movie fame.〔 〕 He was also frustrated with importance given to M. G. Ramachandran, another movie star, in the party.〔 But yet he stayed on in the party until his visit to Tirumala Venkateswara Temple became a center of controversy within the DMK.〔 Responding to the controversy Ganesan called the DMK "a glamour party"〔 〕 and moved to Tamil National Party.〔 The Tamil National Party was itself formed by former members of DMK such as E. V. K. Sampath and Kannadasan. Later Ganesan joined the Indian National Congress when Tamil National Party was merged with it.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 publisher = Upperstall )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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