Details about Kingmaker of Politics Kumarasami Kamaraj Ex Chief minister of Tamil Nadu

This resource covers the dtailed summary of Kamaraj. Kamaraj is called as kingmaker of politics. You can get the details on biography of Kamaraj. I have also listed the honours of Kamaraj. It also contains the dams that were constructed during his rule. ou can also get the details of the industries that were constructed during his rule.

Introduction of Kamaraj

Kumarasami Kamaraj is well known as "Kingmaker" in Indian politics. From the year 1954-1963, he was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. Then during 1952-1954 and 1969-1975 he was a Member of Parliament. Kamaraj was known for his simplicity and integrity.

Biography of Kamaraj

Original Name of Kamaraj : Kumarasami Kamaraj
Star Name of Kamaraj : Kamaraj
Date of Birth of Kamaraj : 15 July 1903
Date of Death of Kamaraj : 2 October 1975
Birth Place of Kamaraj : Virudhunagar
Carrer of Kamaraj : Political Leader
Middle School of Kamaraj : Enadhy Nayanar Vidyalaya
High School of Kamaraj : Kshatriya Vidyalaya
Nationality of Kamaraj : Indian
Other names of Kamaraj : Kumarasami Kamaraj, K.Kamaraj, Kingmaker
Wife of Kamaraj : Nil
Father of Kamaraj : Kumarasamy Nadar
Mother of Kamaraj : Sivakami Ammal

Dams constructed during Kamaraj rule

When he was in ruling party in politics he had done so many favours for the public. Among those one of them was building the dams for the public to store water to fulfill their needs. The list of dams are:
- Manimuthar Dam
- Vaikai Dam
- Aliyar Dam
- Sathanur Dam
- Krishnagiri Dam

Industrial Development during Kamaraj rule

Apart from building dams and politics, he had also built the industries for publics. He had invested huge amounts like in crores for building the industries. They are
- Neyveli Lignite Scheme
- Raw photo film industry at Nilgri
- Surgical instruments factory at Guindy
- Sugar factories
- Bi-Carbonates factories
- Cement factories
- Railway Coach factory at Perambur
- Mettur paper industry

Al these factories or industries are started during the period in which Kamaraj had ruled the party. Now, these industries are the back-bone for the development of the nation. There are few more industries which was started during his rule. They are:
- BHEL, Trichy.
- Neyveli Lignite Corporation.
- MANALI Refinary Ltd.

Honours of Tamilnadu Ex Chief Minister Kamaraj

The Chennai airport is named as "Kamaraj Terminal" in his honour. Also Madurai Kamaraj University has been renamed in order to honour him. In the year 2004 a Tamil Movie Kamaraj was released about his life. The English version of the film was also released on DVD in the year 2007.

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