The President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind was the chief guest at the commemoration of the 100th year of the Madras Legislative Council in Chennai on August 2, 2021.
- He also unveiled a portrait of the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Dr Kalaignar M. Karunanidhi in the premises of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu on the occasion.
- This is the first time in four decades that a portrait of an eminent figure of the State was unveiled by the President. In August 1977, then President N. Sanjeeva Reddi had unveiled the portrait of former Chief Minister K. Kamaraj.
- Tamil Nadu witnessed elections in November 1920 when electors (only men), accounting for just 3 per cent of the population, were enrolled, as a result of the Montagu-Chelmsford Report and the Government of India Act of 1919.
- The first Ministry of the Justice Party, a precursor to the present DMK, saw to it that two government orders (G.O.), famously called ‘Communal government orders (G.O.), were issued in September 1921 and August 1922. For the first time, caste became the basis for appointment to public services.
- Similarly, the Madras Hindu Religious Endowment Act, introduced on 18 December 1922, brought many of the Hindu Temples under the direct control of the state government.
- The Council, in its first session in April 1921, resolved to provide voting rights to women. Subsequently, it decided to remove the restriction on women getting elected as members.
