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K. Kamaraj becomes TNCC president

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K. Kamaraj becomes TNCC president
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K. Kamaraj was elected president of the Tamil Nadu Congress Committee, beginning his rise as the leading Congress organiser in the region.

K. Kamaraj, a Congress worker from Virudhunagar and a protege of S. Satyamurti, was elected president of the Tamil Nadu Provincial Congress Committee in 1940, with Satyamurti as general secretary. He held the post for many years and built a strong grassroots organisation. He was imprisoned for about three years for his role in the Quit India Movement of 1942. He later became Chief Minister of Madras State in 1954.

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