Jayalalithaa passes away |
Jayalalithaa known as Amma for her popularity and people-oriented policies as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, died on the night of December 5, 2016, Apolo Hospital in Chennai, where she had been undergoing treatment since September 22. She was 68. Starting as a teenaged actor and following in the footsteps of her political mentor, the movie superstar and former chief minister M G Ramachandran, was the first mainstream woman leader at the helm of a political party in Tamil Nadu. She led the All-India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), India’s second regional party and the third largest in Parliament currently, with 37 Lok Sabha seats. She was chief minister in separate stints for almost 15 years. The Union government has declared a day`s mourning in her memory.
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