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Annadurai demands self-determination in the Rajya Sabha

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Annadurai demands self-determination in the Rajya Sabha
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In his Rajya Sabha speeches, C. N. Annadurai stated the DMK case for the right of self-determination for the Dravidian south.

C. N. Annadurai entered the Rajya Sabha in 1962 after losing his assembly seat in that year's election. In the house he said that Dravidians wanted the right of self-determination and a separate country for southern India. The speech drew national attention to the DMK's Dravida Nadu demand. After the 1962 war with China and the Sixteenth Amendment, the DMK dropped the demand in 1963.

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