People of the Justice Party

Short profiles of the people who founded the Justice Party, led its ministries and shaped the movement around it. Portraits appear only where a freely licensed image exists.

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  Dr T. M. Nair

  1868–1919

  Co-founder; honorary editor of Justice

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  Sir P. Theagaraya Chetty

  1852–1925

  Co-founder; party president 1917–1925

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  Dr C. Natesa Mudaliar

  1875–1937

  Founder; organiser of the Madras Dravidian Association

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  Alamelu Mangai Thayarammal

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  Co-founder

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  A. Subbarayalu Reddiar

  1855–1921

  First Minister of Madras, 1920–1921

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  P. Ramarayaningar, Raja of Panagal

  1866–1928

  First Minister of Madras, 1921–1926; party president 1925–1928

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  Sir K. V. Reddi Naidu

  1875–1942

  Minister 1920–1923; Premier of Madras 1937

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  Sir A. P. Patro

  1875–1946

  Minister of Education and Public Works, 1921–1926

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  M. C. Rajah

  1883–1943

  Leader of the Depressed Classes; early Justice member

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  Sir A. Ramasamy Mudaliar

  1887–1976

  First general secretary; editor of Justice

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  Dr P. Subbarayan

  1889–1962

  First Minister of Madras, 1926–1930 (independent)

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  B. Munuswamy Naidu

  1885–1935

  First Minister of Madras, 1930–1932; party president 1928–1932

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  Ramakrishna Ranga Rao, Raja of Bobbili

  1901–1978

  First Minister of Madras, 1932–1936 and 1936–1937

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  Sir P. T. Rajan

  1892–1974

  First Minister of Madras, 1936; last president of the Justice Party

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  Sir A. T. Pannirselvam

  1888–1940

  Home Minister 1937; party leader in the anti-Hindi agitation

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  Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

  1879–1973

  Leader of the Self-Respect Movement; Justice Party president from 1938

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  C. N. Annadurai

  1909–1969

  Architect of the Salem resolutions; founder of the DMK

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  Dr Muthulakshmi Reddi

  1886–1968

  First woman legislator in British India (not a party member)