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.
11 Facts About Dayanidhi Maran
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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.
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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 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 had his schooling with Don Bosco, Egmore, Chennai.
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Dayanidhi Maran received initial education in Tamil Nadu and graduated in Economics from Loyola College in Chennai.
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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 Dec 2007 to December 2010, against 75 million in May 2004.