Veteran India politician M Karunanidhi dies aged 94

    Southern India is mourning the loss of a veteran politician.

    M Karunanidhi was being treated for age-related illnesses in Chennai in southern India's Tamil Nadu state but died on Tuesday 7 August at the age of 94.

    He served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu five times between 1969 and 2011, and also played a key role in federal politics. He contested - and won - 13 elections in the state.

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