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The life and times of J Jayalalithaa

A political veteran, Jayalalithaa achieved a milestone in 2016 when she led AIADMK to a second successive victory in the Assembly polls.

By :  naren pulloor
Update: 2016-12-06 01:02 GMT
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa breathed her last on Monday leaving scores of supporters distraught and wailing.
File photo of the then Chief Minister of Gujarat Narendra Modi talks to Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu state Jayaram Jayalalithaa during a meeting in New Delhi, India.
Jayalalithaa meets Mother Teresa during her visit to Chennai in 1996.
Woman of the masses: Jayalalithaa has plenty of supporters from Coimbatore. Coimbatore district is touted as AIADMK's bastion and has been going strong particularly since 1998 when the serial bomb blasts resulted in acute economic downslide only to be revived a long 10 years after.
Women power: As US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was one of the world's most powerful women and she was floored by J. Jayalalithaa.
Jayalalithaa with Vijayakanth and Cho.
Flashback: J.Jayalalithaa, Y.G. Parthasaratahy, Y. Gee Mahendra and ARS at the party hosted to celebrate the 100th show of UAA's Kurukshetra.
I realised I was talking to a highly intelligent woman. I knew from my research that Jayalalithaa was a brilliant student - but her articulation and clarity of thought amazed me. No fumbling or searching for words to express herself. She never evaded any question. She was very frank and honest. There was sincerity; there was humour; there was pathos and pain...says Simi Garewal on her interview with Jayalalithaa.
Passing on the legacy: AIADMK founder leader MGR and J. Jayalalithaa at the Madurai party conference in 1986.
As an artiste, Jayalalithaa receives an award from CM C. N. Annadurai.
Jayalalithaa with her mother Sandhya.
Jayalalithaa with Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.
Congress leader and CM K. Kamaraj greets Jayalalithaa at a dance recital.
Jayalalithaa, her mother Sandhya and other artistes with President of India Dr S. Radhakrishnan.
Jayalalithaa, who was appointed as a member of the noon-meal scheme committee by MGR in 1984, serves food to a child.
President of India Giani Zail Singh greets Jayalalithaa.
A political veteran, Jayalalithaa achieved a milestone in 2016 when she led AIADMK to a second successive victory in the Assembly polls.

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