
SLA military defaces the statue of late Indian chief minister – MGR
The statue in Jaffna of a well loved Indian personality, MGR, was defaced by the Sri Lankan military on 27 August.
 Late M G Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, was the chief minister of the Indian state of Tamilnadu for several years during the 1990’s. Prior to that he was a popular film actor who even toady is referred as the progressive artist. In his films he took up the cause of the downtrodden. Fans of MGR even now gather and form fan groups. MGR also gave his support to the struggle of the Tamil people and he met the Tamil National Leader on many occassions. The statue of MGR was erected only last year by the people of Jaffna.
28 August 2006
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