A. Durai Arasan was an Indian politician and former Member of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...

. He was elected to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam is a state political party in the states of Tamil Nadu and Pondicherry, India. It is a Dravidian party founded by C. N. Annadurai as a breakaway faction from the Dravidar Kazhagam headed by Periyar...

 candidate from Arantangi constituency

Arantangi (State Assembly Constituency)

Arantangi is a constituency in the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, that includes the city, Aranthangi. It is part of the Pudukkottai .- Madras State :- Tamil Nadu :AssemblyDurationName of M.L.A.Party Affiliation...

 in 1962, and 1967 elections

Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1967

The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State was held in February 1967. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam led coalition under the leadership of C.N. Annadurai won the election defeating the Indian National Congress . Anti-Hindi agitations, the rising prices of essential commodities and a...

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Early life

DuraiArasan was born in 22.10.1922 as a last son of Palayavanam Zamin family at Palayavanam (Pudukkottai District), Tamil Nadu, to Sir Vijaya Arunachala Vanagamudi Pandarathar in Hindu religion in Kallar community. His father was a crowned Zamindar of Palayavanam who was one among the very few Zaminsdars praised by the public. He had two elder brothers and two sister. He got married to Dharmmambal and the couple had only one son named Thamarai Chelvam. He attended gurukulam and latter schooling at local village school. After independence when Zamindari Abolition Acts was enforced he moved from his village to the nearby town Aranthangi in 1950 and settled there.

Entry into politics

Duraiarsan a Zamindar by birth had lot of properties. When he came out of the Zamin culture he started observing the ordinary public and realized how much struggle the normal people undergo to meet out their day today life. He realized the meaning of life and decided to serve the poor people to come up in society as like the richer group. He was attracted by Thanthai Periyar and became his follower by joining Dravidar Kazhagam (DK known as Justice Party till 1944). During those days congress was the dominating political party which was normally headed by richer group (Zamindars and land lords). He spent most of his property and wealth in growing Dravidar Kazhagam.