Jayaram Jayalalitha, Indian actress and politician, and Former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, was born in Mysore State in 1948.
Jayaram Jayalalithaa, born on February 24, 1948, was an Indian politician, actress, and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1991 to 2016. She was the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) from 9 February 1989, a Dravidian party whose cadre saw her as their "Amma" (Mother) and "Puratchi Thalaivi" (Revolutionary leader). Her detractors in the media and the opposition accused her of establishing a personality cult in AIADMK legislators and ministers, who frequently publicly prostrated themselves before her.
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