E. V. K. Sampath

In this Indian name, the name Erode Venkatappa Krishnasamy is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Sampath.
E. V. K. Sampath
Personal details
Born5 March 1926
Erode, Tamil Nadu, British Raj
Died23 February 1977
NationalityIndian
Political partyIndian National Congress
SpouseSulochana
ChildrenE. V. K. S. Elangovan
Iniyan Sampath

Erode Venkatappa Krishnasamy Sampath (c. 5 March 1926 – 23 February 1977), usually referred to as E. V. K. Sampath was a prominent politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He was an advocate of the Dravidian Movement of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and was considered by some as his political heir.[1] He later split from Periyar's Dravidar Kazhagam to form Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) along with C. N. Annadurai.[2] In spite of being one of the founders of DMK[2] he later left and formed his own party, by the name, Tamil National Party. Nevertheless, he later merged his party with the Indian National Congress.[3] He is a former Member of Parliament from the constituency of Namakkal.[4]

He belonged to a politically active family. He was nephew of Periyar and his father was an active politician himself. He is also the father of other prominent politicians of Tamil Nadu, namely, E. V. K. S. Elangovan and Iniyan Sampath and his wife Sulochana Sampath too was in active politics, holding high ranks within the Tamil Nadu government.[3]

  1. ^ "Priest-less weddings in TN VIP families – Sify News". Sify. Archived from the original on 28 May 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
  2. ^ a b Hardgrave, Robert L. (1964). "The DMK and the Politics of Tamil Nationalism". Pacific Affairs. 37 (4): 396–411. doi:10.2307/2755132. JSTOR 2755132.
  3. ^ a b "Family background - Iniyan Sampath". Archived from the original on 20 January 2008.
  4. ^ Members of second Lok Sabha.