Muthuvel Karunanidhi was an Indian writer and politician who served as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms and twenty years between 1969 and 2011. He passed away on 7th August in Kauvery Hospital due to prolonged illness.
Charminar was built at the center of the Hyderabad city in Telangana state, to commemorate the eradication of Plague by Mohammed Quli Qutb Shah in early 1500's.