He was the king maker of india - He was an Indian politician widely consider to be the only kingmaker in Indian politics, and known for his honesty, integrity and simplicity. He was involved in the Indian independence movement and was a close ally of Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minster of India. He was the instrumental in bringing the two prime minster to the power namely Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1964 and Indira Gandhi in 1966. He was affectionately called as Gandhi of south. But for some people in his he is more than Gandhi. In his home state TamilNadu he is still hailed for facilitating the spread of education to the million of rural poor by introducing the free education and free mid-day meal in school for the first time in the whole world during his chiefministership in 1957. He is awarded India's highest civilian award, Bharat Ratna, posthumously in 1976. The main airport in Madras( Chennai ) is today named as kamarajar international airport in his honor. He was hailed one of the greatest of politicians of all the free world by the then US vice-President Hubert Humphrey. If you interested and want more about his detail and his achievement try kamarajar in wikipedia.