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Also Known As	Dravidian Progressive Federation • DMK
Date	1949 - present
Related People	C.N. Annadurai • M.K. Stalin • Muthuvel Karunanidhi

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Muthuvel Karunanidhi, five-time chief minister of Tamil Nadu, India

MK Stalin, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and DMK party president, smiles while holding the party manifesto in front of him at an event in Chennai.

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