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class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; margin:0; color: black; background-color: lavender"><b><a href="/wiki/Incumbent" title="Incumbent">Incumbent</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>Assumed office</b></span> <br />23 May 2019</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Vijayakumar" title="S. R. Vijayakumar">S. R. Vijayakumar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />June 2004 – May 2014</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/S._R._Vijayakumar" title="S. R. Vijayakumar">S. R. Vijayakumar</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left">Constituency</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Communications_and_Information_Technology_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (India)">Minister of Communications and Information Technology</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />22 May 2004 – 16 May 2007</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Manmohan_Singh" title="Manmohan Singh">Manmohan Singh</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shourie" title="Arun Shourie">Arun Shourie</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/A._Raja" title="A. Raja">A. Raja</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;"><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ministry of Textiles (India)">Minister of Textiles</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />28 May 2009 – 12 July 2011</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Prime Minister</span></th><td class="infobox-data">Manmohan Singh</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Shankersinh_Vaghela" title="Shankersinh Vaghela">Shankersinh Vaghela</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Anand_Sharma" title="Anand Sharma">Anand Sharma</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1966-12-05</span>) </span>5 December 1966<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 58)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Kumbakonam" title="Kumbakonam">Kumbakonam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Madras_State" title="Madras State">Madras State</a>, India<br /> (now in <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu" title="Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Spouse</th><td class="infobox-data">Priya Maran</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Children</th><td class="infobox-data">2</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Loyola_College,_Chennai" title="Loyola College, Chennai">Loyola College, Chennai</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data">www.dmaran.in</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div>As of 22 September, 2006</div>Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://loksabha.nic.in/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4144&lastls=17">[1]</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Dayanidhi Murasoli Maran</b> (born 5 December 1966) is an Indian politician and one of the prominent members of <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam</a> party. He was elected four times as a <a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Member of Parliament</a> to <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> from <a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central constituency</a> during the 2004 general elections, 2009 general elections, 2019 general elections and 2024 elections. </p><p>He is the son of former Union Minister <a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Cousin_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Cousin chart">grandnephew</a> of former <a href="/wiki/Tamil_Nadu_Chief_Minister" class="mw-redirect" title="Tamil Nadu Chief Minister">Tamil Nadu Chief Minister</a> and former DMK president <a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a>. He is the younger brother of Indian billionaire <a href="/wiki/Kalanithi_Maran" title="Kalanithi Maran">Kalanithi Maran</a>, the founder, chairman and of <a href="/wiki/Sun_Group" title="Sun Group">Sun Group</a> and of Sun Risers Hyderabad. He is married to Priya, and has a daughter and a son. </p><p>Maran has wide exposure in the fields of media, television, cable technology, political economy and management and has been a delegate at many international seminars and conferences in various countries. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayanidhi_Maran&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Dayanidhi Maran is the second son of ex-minister <a href="/wiki/Murasoli_Maran" title="Murasoli Maran">Murasoli Maran</a>, who was the Commerce and Industrial minister of India. He is also the <a href="/wiki/Cousin_chart" class="mw-redirect" title="Cousin chart">grandnephew</a> of DMK president and ex-chief minister of Tamil Nadu <a href="/wiki/M._Karunanidhi" title="M. Karunanidhi">M. Karunanidhi</a>. He is the younger brother of <a href="/wiki/Kalanidhi_Maran" class="mw-redirect" title="Kalanidhi Maran">Kalanidhi Maran</a>, the founder and managing director of <a href="/wiki/Sun_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Sun Network">Sun Network</a>. </p><p>Maran studied at <a href="/wiki/Don_Bosco_Matriculation_Higher_Secondary_School" class="mw-redirect" title="Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School">Don Bosco School, Egmore</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He then graduated in Economics from <a href="/wiki/Loyola_College,_Chennai" title="Loyola College, Chennai">Loyola College, Chennai</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also attended the "Owner/President Management Programme" (OPM) from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Business_School" title="Harvard Business School">Harvard Business School</a> (USA).<sup id="cite_ref-PMO_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Owner/President Management Programme is meant for business owners/founders.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Maran is married to Priya of "The Hindu" family. Priya is the daughter of Ramesh Rangarajan, Director of Kasturi & Sons,<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the pair have a daughter and a son. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Positions_Held">Positions Held</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayanidhi_Maran&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Positions Held"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Period </th> <th>Position </th></tr> <tr> <td>14 Aug. 2024 onwards </td> <td>Member of the Committee on Estimates </td></tr> <tr> <td>18 Jul. 2024 onwards </td> <td>Member, Business Advisory Committee </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2024 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>June 2024 onwards </td> <td>Member, Consultative Committee, Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Corporate Affairs </td></tr> <tr> <td>13 Sept. 2019 onwards </td> <td>Member, Standing Committee on Home Affairs </td></tr> <tr> <td>24 Jul. 2019 onwards </td> <td>Member, Committee on Estimates </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 2019 </td> <td>Re-elected to <a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> (3rd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>31 May 2009 – 19 Jul. 2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ministry_of_Textiles" title="Ministry of Textiles">Union Cabinet Minister, Textiles</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2009 </td> <td>Re-elected to <a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> (2nd term) </td></tr> <tr> <td>May 2004 – 13 May 2007 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Minister_of_Communications_(India)" title="Minister of Communications (India)">Union Cabinet Minister, Communications and Information Technology</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2004 </td> <td>Elected to <a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tenure_as_an_MP_and_Union_minister">Tenure as an MP and Union minister</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayanidhi_Maran&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tenure as an MP and Union minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26,_2004.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg/220px-Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg/330px-Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg/440px-Shri_Dayanidhi_Maran_assumes_the_charge_of_Union_Minister_for_Communications_and_Information_Technology_in_New_Delhi_on_May_26%2C_2004.jpg 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="591" /></a><figcaption>Dayanidhi Maran assumes the charge of Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology in New Delhi on 26 May 2004</figcaption></figure> <p>He contested from Central Chennai Constituency in Tamil Nadu as a <a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> party candidate and been elected thrice during the 2004, 2009 and 2019 elections as member of parliament. </p><p>During the 2004 elections, his winning margin was over 134,000 votes and he received 62% of the total votes polled.<sup id="cite_ref-PMO_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PMO-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was appointed Union Minister for Communications and Information Technology on 26 May 2004. During his tenure as IT and Telecommunication Minister the call rates of mobiles and landlines were drastically reduced which in-turn influenced the growth of subscriptions.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the tenure, he was instrumental in garnering a large amount of Foreign Direct Investments into Communication and Information Technology Sector. Many multinational telecom companies including <a href="/wiki/Nokia" title="Nokia">Nokia</a>, <a href="/wiki/Motorola" title="Motorola">Motorola</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ericsson" title="Ericsson">Ericsson</a>, <a href="/wiki/Flextronics" class="mw-redirect" title="Flextronics">Flextronics</a> and <a href="/wiki/Dell" title="Dell">Dell</a> set up units in the country. His ministry introduced "One Rupee One India" plan across the country, which enabled calls across the country at a rate of 1 <span style="white-space: nowrap">₹</span> per minute. His ministry set and achieved a target of 250 million connections in December 2007 to December 2010, against 75 million in May 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-NIC_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NIC-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-V265_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-V265-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>During the 2009 elections he won by a margin of 33,454 votes and he received 46.82% of the total votes polled. </p><p>During the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://results.eci.gov.in/pc/en/constituencywise/ConstituencywiseS224.htm?ac=4">2019 Lok Sabha Elections</a>, he once again contested from the Chennai Central Parliamentary Constituency, winning it for the 3rd time, polling a stunning 4,48,911 votes and defeated the other contestants with a record-breaking victory margin of 3,01,520 votes.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections_contested">Elections contested</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dayanidhi_Maran&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Elections contested"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Year </th> <th rowspan="2">Constituency </th> <th rowspan="2">Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Result </th> <th rowspan="2">Vote % </th> <th colspan="3">Opposition </th></tr> <tr> <th width="150">Candidate </th> <th width="70">Party </th> <th width="70">Vote % </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td>61.68 </td> <td>N. Balaganga </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>35.52 <sup id="cite_ref-LS2004_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS2004-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td>46.82 </td> <td>S.M.K. Mohamad Ali Jinnah </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>41.34 <sup id="cite_ref-LS2009_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS2009-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="background:#FFC7C7; color:black; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="table-no">Lost </td> <td>36.4 </td> <td>S. R. Vijayakumar </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Anna_Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">AIADMK</a> </td> <td>42.21 <sup id="cite_ref-LS2014_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LS2014-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td>57.15 </td> <td>S. R. Sam paul </td> <td>PMK </td> <td>18.77 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chennai_Central_(Lok_Sabha_constituency)" class="mw-redirect" title="Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)">Chennai Central</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dravida_Munnetra_Kazhagam" title="Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam">DMK</a> </td> <td style="background: #9EFF9E; color: #000; vertical-align: middle; text-align: center;" class="yes table-yes2 notheme">Won </td> <td>56.56 </td> <td>Vinoj </td> <td>BJP </td> <td>23.12 </td></tr></tbody></table> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Karunanithi_family.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Karunanithi_family.jpg/350px-Karunanithi_family.jpg" decoding="async" width="350" height="214" class="mw-file-element" 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John Wiley & Sons. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780470822388" title="Special:BookSources/9780470822388"><bdi>9780470822388</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=India%27s+Global+Wealth+Club%3A+The+Stunning+Rise+of+Its+Billionaires+and+Their+Secrets+of+Success&rft.pub=John+Wiley+%26+Sons&rft.date=2007&rft.isbn=9780470822388&rft.aulast=Hiscock&rft.aufirst=Geoff&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DYiLBD_IpgIkC%26q%3Ddayanidhi%2Bmaran%26pg%3DPA172&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ADayanidhi+Maran" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="Vaasanthi" class="citation book cs1">Vaasanthi (2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=8ldacEfF58EC&q=dayanidhi+maran&pg=PA265"><i>Cut-outs, Caste and Cines Stars</i></a>. 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