Better known as ‘Amma’, the three-time chief minister’s career has been marked by a series of highs and lows but her rise in Tamil Nadu, a state dominated by backward politics, has been meteoric.
Born on February 24, 1948, in Mysore as Komalavalli in a Tamil Iyengar family, she comes from a Brahmin background and Karnataka - a state engaged in a bitter war over water sharing with Tamil Nadu.
Born on February 24, 1948, in Mysore as Komalavalli in a Tamil Iyengar family, she comes from a Brahmin background and Karnataka - a state engaged in a bitter war over water sharing with Tamil Nadu.