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Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(
DMK
) (lit. "Dravidian Progress Federation") is a state political party in the states of
Tamil Nadu
and
Puducherry
in
India
. It is a
Dravidian party
founded by
C. N. Annadurai
in 1949 as a breakaway faction from the
Dravidar Kazhagam
(known as
Justice Party
until 1944) headed by
Periyar
. Since 1969, DMK has been headed by
Karunanidhi
, who has served as
Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
several times. DMK holds the distinction of being the first party other than the
Indian National Congress
to win state-level elections with a clear majority on its own in any state in India.
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