One of the most defining protests announced by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), under the leadership of 'Anna' CN Annadurai, was to remove Hindi or north Indian names from towns and reinstate their original Tamil names. Undaunted: M Karunanidhi outside the Central Jail. Kasturi Iyengar, the principal, relented and admitted the young boy. The 12-year-old Kalaignar decided to protest against the injustice meted out to him and announced that he would "jump into a lake in front of everyone" if he is not allowed to study at that school. When his father took him to high school in Thiruvarur, the young boy is refused admission, presumably on the basis of his caste. In his autobiography Nenjukku Neethi, Kalaignar recollects his earliest struggles. During the last few days, when his health declined, the state witnessed the 94-year-old leader again battle, this time against all medical odds. His political journey began when he was a 14-year-old leading a protest march, screaming slogans against the Hindi imposition policy of C Rajagopalachari in 1938. There was a saying which Kalaignar M Karunanidhi would often repeat which loosely translated to: "For some, life is a struggle for me, to struggle is my life."
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