Question: On 5 December 2016 Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa passed away, When did she become the Chief Minister of Tamilnadu for the first time?
(a) 1991
(b) 1995
(c) 1993
(d) 1997
Ans: (a)
Related facts:
- On 5 December, 2016; Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa passed away at the Apollo Hospitals, Chennai following cardiac arrest.
- She was 68.
- She was born on 24 February 1948 at Melkote in Mandya district in then Mysore State (now Karnataka).
- At birth she was named Komalavalli and was renamed Jayalalithaa.
- She had entered into film industry when she was 16 years old and worked in 300 films.
- She had acted in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Hindi and English films.
- She made her debut as the lead actress in Kannada films while still in school, age 15, in Chinnada Gombe (1964).
- She also appeared in a dance sequence of a song named “Malligeya Hoovinantha” in the movie Amarashilpi Jakannachari (1964).
- She acted in one Hindi film called Izzat, with Dharmendra as her male costar in 1968.
- Jayalalithaa was nominated and elected to that body in 1984 and retained her seat until 1989.
- After MGR’s death in 1987, Jayalalithaa proclaimed herself his political heir and, having fought off the faction headed by Janaki Ramachandran, MGR’s widow, emerged as the sole leader of the AIADMK.
- In 1991 Jayalalithaa became chief minister, Tamil Nadu’s youngest, for the first time.
- She served five terms(1st Term: 24.6.1991 – 12.5.1996; 2nd Term: 14.5.2001 – 21.9.2001 3rd Term: 2.3.2002 – 12.5.2006;4th term: 16.5.2011 – 27.9.2014;5th term: 23.5.2015 – Present) as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, for over fourteen years between 1991 and 2016.
- On 22 September 2016, Jayalalithaa was admitted to Apollo Hospitals in Chennai, as she suffered from infection and acute dehydration.
- On December 4, she was re-admitted to the critical care unit after suffering a cardiac arrest.
- On December 5, the hospital officially announced her death 23:30 IST.
- Two hours after the announcement of her death, in a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan O. Panneerselvam was sworn in as the 20th Chief Minister of the state.
Reference:
http://www.tnrajbhavan.gov.in/PressReleases/2016/PR051216.pdf
http://aiadmk.com/en/about/selvi-j-jayalalithaa-general-secretary/
http://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/news_updates/pm-condoles-the-passing-away-of-selvi-j-jayalalithaa/?comment=disable