1. Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran was born on 5 December 1966 and is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party.
13 Facts About Dayanidhi Maran
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Dayanidhi Maran was elected four times as a Member of Parliament to Lok Sabha from Chennai Central constituency during the 2004 general elections, 2009 general elections, 2019 general elections and 2024 elections.
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Dayanidhi Maran is the son of former Union Minister Murasoli Maran and the grandnephew of former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and former DMK president M Karunanidhi.
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Dayanidhi Maran is the younger brother of Indian billionaire Kalanithi Maran, the founder, chairman and of Sun Group and of Sun Risers Hyderabad.
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Dayanidhi Maran is married to Priya, and has a daughter and a son.
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Dayanidhi Maran is the second son of ex-minister Murasoli Maran, who was the Commerce and Industrial minister of India.
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Dayanidhi Maran is the grandnephew of DMK president and ex-chief minister of Tamil Nadu M Karunanidhi.
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Dayanidhi Maran is the younger brother of Kalanidhi Maran, the founder and managing director of Sun Network.
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Dayanidhi Maran then graduated in Economics from Loyola College, Chennai.
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Dayanidhi Maran contested from Central Chennai Constituency in Tamil Nadu as a DMK party candidate and been elected thrice during the 2004,2009 and 2019 elections as member of parliament.
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Dayanidhi Maran was appointed Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 26 May 2004.
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Dayanidhi Maran's ministry introduced "One Rupee One India" plan across the country, which enabled calls across the country at a rate of 1 per minute.
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Dayanidhi Maran's ministry set and achieved a target of 250 million connections in December 2007 to December 2010, against 75 million in May 2004.