M. K. Stalin

Some Lesser Known Facts About M. K. Stalin

• 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.

  

• He first came into the eyes of media when he was arrested under MISA for protesting against the Emergency imposed by the Indira Gandhi Government.

  

• Stalin was an actor and film producer in the Tamil Film Industry till the early 90s.

• After his appointment as the Secretary of Youth Wing, it became one of the largest political youth organizations in Tamil Nadu.

  

• He became the first Deputy Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu in 2009 and served till 2011.

• In 2013, party leader Karunanidhi declared Stalin as the future heir of the party.

• In 2016, after Jayalalithaa‘s death, Stalin openly accused V. K. Sasikala of Jayalalithaa’s death.

• After the demise of his father on 7 August 2018, he demanded the burial of his father’s mortal remains at the Marina Beach, which was granted by the Madras High Court on 8 August 2018.