Stalin is the third son of 2nd Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK Chief M. Karunanidhi, and was born to his wife, Dayalu Ammal. Stalin was born in Madras, now Chennai, on 1 March 1953.

Mar 1, 2024 · He was born in an influential political family of Madras (now, Chennai). He was named after Joseph Stalin (a Soviet revolutionary), who died four days later of M. K. Stalin’s birth. Stalin got linked to the politics at a very young age. He was just 14 when he first campaigned for DMK in the 1967 Polls.

Mar 21, 2024 · M. Karunanidhi: His father, M. Karunanidhi, a stalwart in Tamil Nadu politics, served as Chief Minister multiple times and played a pivotal role in the DMK party. Dayalu Ammal: His mother, Dayalu Ammal, maintained a low public profile but provided steadfast support to …

M. K. Stalin was born as Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin on 1 March 1953 in Chennai (then Madras), Tamil Nadu, India from the second wife Dayalu Ammal of M. Karunanidhi. He got his name after a Soviet revolutionary & Politician, Joseph Stalin , who died just four days later of his birth.

Stalin was an MLA in 1989 and 1996 when his father Karunanidhi was the Chief Minister, but he was not inducted into the Cabinet. He became Chennai's 44th mayor and its first directly elected mayor in 1996.

During a meeting to express condolences for the death of Soviet Russian leader Joseph Stalin, his father, M Karunanidhi, who served as Tamil Nadu's chief minister five times, decided to name his four-day-old child after Stalin, hence the moniker MK Stalin.

Stalin was born as Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin on 1 March 1953 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. His father M. Karunanidhi was a prominent Dravidian leader and five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu. His mother Dayalu Ammal was his father’s second wife.

Dec 19, 2023 · His efforts in improving city infrastructure earned him the title of Managara Thanthai (father of the city). During his tenure as mayor, Stalin was well received by the people of Chennai. He modernized the garbage disposal system of the city of …

Jan 23, 2025 · His father, Muthuvel Karunanidhi, was a founding member of the DMK who served five nonconsecutive terms as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister between 1969 and 2011. M.K. Stalin is the second son of Karunanidhi’s second wife, Dayalu Ammal.

Jan 30, 2024 · MK Stalin inherited his father M Karunanidhi's political legacy, but adopted a different style of leadership and governance to face the changing scenario in Tamil Nadu and India.