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'''Maduranthakam C. Arumugam''', popularly known as '''Madhuranthagathar''', was an Indian politician and former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|Member of the Legislative Assembly]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. He was the founder member of Dravida Munetra Kazhagam. He was a member of the General Committee with [[C. N. Annadurai|C.N.Annadurai]] in the Chengai Anna District. He was elected to the [[Tamil Nadu legislative assembly]] from [[Maduranthakam (State Assembly Constituency)|Maduranthakam constituency]] as a [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] candidate in 1971, 1977, and 1984. He was also [[Chingleput District (Madras Presidency)|Chengalpattu District]] secretary for [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] from 1971 to 1993. He was a close associate of [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Dravida Munetra Kazhagam]] chief Thiru [[M. Karunanidhi|M.Karunanidhi]] and he was a member of the [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|Dravida Munetra Kazhagam]] Trust.<ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_TN_71.pdf 1971 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref><ref>[http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportTamil%20Nadu77.pdf 1977 Tamil Nadu Election Results, Election Commission of India]</ref> He fought hard and won the 1984 Assembly elections against 90 people, then protested against Hindi imposition, burnt the copy of the Constitution of India. He was jailed for 45 days and was disqualified from Tamil Nadu Legislative assembly. He died on June 2, 2005.<br />
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