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Jayalalithaa making a mark


Chief minister J. Jayalalithaa takes oath in the Tamil Nadu assembly after sweeping the polls in May 2011.





Chief minister Jayalalithaa with former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee.

CM J. Jayalalithaa receives President Pranab Mukheerjee at Chennai airport during his visit to the city. Also seen is Governor K. Rosaiah.

Senior BJP leader L.K .Advani calls on J. Jayalalithaa at secretariat in Chennai in 
June 2012.

Jayalalithaa calls on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi in June 2011 after assuming power in the state.

CM J. Jayalalithaa receives Microsoft Corporation founder Bill Gates when he visited her at the secretariat in 2005.

Jayalalithaa and Defence Minister A.K. Antony at the meeting of chief ministers on NCTC in New Delhi.

Tamil Nadu CM J. Jayalalithaa with her West Bengal counterpart Mamata Banerjee at the 
CMs’ meet on NCTC meet in New Delhi.

Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit calling on TN CM J. Jayalalithaa at Tamil Nadu House in New Delhi in June 2012.

Superstar Rajinikanth calls on CM Jayalalithaa at the secretariat in January 2012.

Actor Kamal Hassan handing over a cheque for Rs 15 lakh to Jayalalithaa at the secretariat for CM’s relief fund in connection with Cyclone Thane in February 2012. 

Meet and greet: Actor and M.L.A Sarath Kumar and his wife actress and producer Radhikaa Sarathkumar with CM Jayalalithaa at an event.

Jayalalithaa with her Uttar Pradesh counterpart Akhilesh Yadav during chief ministers’ conference on internal security in New Delhi in April 2012.

Actor Shivkumar gifted Gandhiji's sketch that he had illustrated to TN CM Jayalalithaa. There’s a specialty to Gandhi’s picture. No one has attempted to draw him in this angle. Even though I did it with a pencil, there’s no outline to it. It took 36 hours to complete and it cost 50 paise for the ink those days, says Shivkumar.

A bond fondly shared for over a fifty years: A maverick journalist and a mass leader had struck a friendship in theatre decades ago when she was taking her first steps in the field of performing arts. Ms J. Jayalalithaa with Cho on the day she was crowned as CM again in 2011.

Victory salute: A trademark celebration of an Assembly election victory with the leader on the party office balcony

Crowd puller: A huge crowd of people gathered to watch a political rally by Jayalalithaa. Her success lies in the unwavering loyalty the people of south Tamil Nadu shower on her.

Jayalalithaa turns 65: Memory Snaps

Jayalalithaa with her mother Sandhya.

Jayalalithaa with Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.

Jayalalithaa, who was appointed as a member of the noon-meal scheme committee by MGR in 1984, serves food to a child.

Jayalalithaa, her mother Sandhya and other artistes with President of India Dr S. Radhakrishnan.

Passing on the legacy: AIADMK founder leader MGR and J. Jayalalithaa at the Madurai party conference in 1986.

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 meets Mother Teresa during her visit to Chennai in 1996.

As an artiste, Jayalalithaa receives an award from CM C. N. Annadurai.