When DMK flexed its muscle during Indira Gandhi’s visit to Tamil Nadu in 1977
On October 29, 1977, when Indira Gandhi visited Madurai, the DMK members, who were staging blackflag protests, threw stones, sticks at the former Prime Minister; in Chennai, two persons were killed when the police opened fire at the protesters who turned violent on Mount Road
Indira Gandhi upon her arrival at Madras airport on October 29, 1977
October turned out to be a month of great significance for the former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Her assassination at her residence in New Delhi on October 31, 1984, is well known. But, what is less known is the brutal attack on her in Madurai on October 29, 1977. The attack triggered violence elsewhere in Tamil Nadu that day and the following day.
“Indira Gandhi’s October 29-30 visit became the first test of will between the two leaders [the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)’s president M. Karunanidhi and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founder M.G. Ramachandran (MGR)],” according to diplomat-turned-political writer R. Kannan in his The DMK Years.
Tamil Nadu / Tamil Nadu InFocus / Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam / state politics / national politics / Indian National Congress / M. Karunanidhi (1924-2018)
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