C.N. Annadurai   Politician, 1909-1969 Letter and Spirit A powerful orator and magnetic writer, the first leader of post-Independence India who did not play a role in the freedom struggle, C.N. Annadurai gave voice to the aspirations of upwardly mobile non-Brahmin youth and safely accomodated Tamil nationalism within the state. " India is a continent and should be divided into separate nations. There is no need for a single government."