27 Facts About Aladi Aruna

Aladi Aruna V ArunachalamNadar was an Indian politician.

Aladi Aruna was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a member of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam from Alangulam constituency in the 1967,1971 and 1996 elections.

Aladi Aruna was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's Parliament, from Tirunelveli constituency in the 1977 elections.

Aladi Aruna was a member of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of India's Parliament, as a member of the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam.

Aladi Aruna came into the limelight when he issued a dissent note in the JPC report on the Bofors Scandal against a clean chit to Rajiv Gandhi government.

Aladi Aruna's father was a farmer and owned a provisions store.

Aladi Aruna was the eldest son in the family with two brothers and two sisters.

Aladi Aruna was married to Kamala with whom he had five sons and a daughter.

Aladi Aruna founded Einstein College of Engineering in Tamil Nadu in 2004 and was instrumental in the success of Dhanalakshmi Higher Secondary School established in 1913, a 100-year school in North Chennai.

Aladi Aruna started his political career by unsuccessfully contesting in the Assembly elections from Alangulam as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate in 1962.

Aladi Aruna was later elected to the Assembly on two occasions in 1967 and 1971 as a DMK candidate.

Aladi Aruna was greatly responsible for the organisation of cooperatives for the beedi workers during this period.

Aladi Aruna won Lok Sabha election in 1977 from Tirunelveli.

Aladi Aruna later joined the Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and was elected to the Lok Sabha, from Tirunelveli and later M G Ramachandran nominated him to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu in 1984.

Aladi Aruna served as the leader of the AIADMK in the Rajya Sabha.

Aladi Aruna raised a dissent note on the report of the Joint Parliamentary Committee which examined the Bofors Scam, which was a death-knell to the Rajiv Gandhi government.

Aladi Aruna was the first person to hold office as spokesperson in the DMK.

Aladi Aruna became a Law Minister of Tamil Nadu after winning the assembly election contesting as a DMK candidate in 1996.

Aladi Aruna was instrumental in the establishment of the law university in Chennai and setting up the High Court branch in Madurai, bringing a law college to Tirunelveli.

Aladi Aruna participated in and led various agitations against Hindi during 1962 - 1967, was imprisoned for more than a year during that Anti Hindi Movement.

Aladi Aruna organized Beedi rollers of Tirunelveli to come under a forum and made them powerful.

Aladi Aruna was one of the respected politicians in New Delhi.

Aladi Aruna was suspended from DMK party for alleged anti-party activities.

Aladi Aruna accused the party of sidelining those who oppose M K Stalin emerging as a potential candidate for Chief Minister.

Aladi Aruna was one of the foremost Dravidian writers in English.

Aladi Aruna has authored several books in English and Tamil.

Aladi Aruna was murdered during a morning walk near Alangulam, in Tenkasi district on 31 December 2004.