M G Ramachandran: The first film actor to become Chief Minister in India
M G Ramachandran: The first film actor to become Chief Minister in India
New Delhi: M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, was first film actor to become Chief Minister of any state in India.Starting off his career as an actor in Tamil films, MGR joined politics later
MGR's father was staying in Palakkad, Kerala before he was excommunicated in 1903 after he was accused of an illicit relationship with a widowed Brahmin woman.