the meeting has been held in front of Arignar Anna, Karunanithi, M.G Ramachandran and some leaders in Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has done a first state level meeting it has been organised by V.P Akilan. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam vigorously campaigned in the Virugambakkam region during the 1967 elections. Aranganathan, a 32-year-old employee with the Indian Postal Service immolated himself in protest against the imposition of Hindi. Virugambakkam was one of the important places connected with the Anti-Hindi agitations of 1965. The locality has since become a haven for movie producers and cine artists. In 1948, the first movie studios made their appearance when Avichi Meiyappa Chettiar shifted his base from Karaikudi. During the 1940s, Arcot Road was constructed connecting Nungambakkam with the Mount-Poonamallee Road. At that time, it was a part of the Kodambakkam-Saligramam-Puliyur residential district of Greater Madras. Virugambakkam was one of the many localities which cropped up during the Second World War. The growth of Virugambakkam accompanied the expansion of Madras city during the years preceding independence. Its frontier with Alwarthirunagar forms the western limits of the Corporation of Chennai. Nagar and Ramavaram, Tamil Nadu to the south-east. It is bound by Saligramam in the east, Koyambedu to the north and Alwarthirunagar to the west and south-west and K.K. Virugambakkam is situated at a distance of 14.6 kilometres from Fort St George and 12.5 kilometres from Poonamallee.
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