Politician of 6 decades and more: Lesser known facts about Karunanidhi

A key pole around which the Dravidian movement in Tamil Nadu flourished, Karunanidhi strode the state’s political stage like a colossus for nearly six decades

Muthuvel Karunanidhi died on Tuesday at the age of 94 after striding the political stage of Tamil Nadu like a colossus for nearly six decades, personally undefeated in any election he contested, whatever be the fortunes of the DMK.

**FILE** New Delhi: A file picture of DMK chief M Karunanidhi who passed away on Tuesday, Aug 7, 2018, after a prolonged illness, at a Chennai hospital where he was admitted for some days. He was 94. (PTI Photo) (STORY TAR34, TAR35, LND35, KYD35) (PTI8_7_2018_000235A)(PTI)

He was elected 13 times to the Tamil Nadu legislature and was chief minister five times.