V. N. Janaki

V. N. Janaki Ramachandran
4th Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu
In office 7 January 1988 – 30 January 1988
Governor	Sundar Lal Khurana
Preceded by	M. G. Ramachandran[a]
Succeeded by	President's rule
Constituency	Did not contest
President of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
In office 2 January 1988 – 7 February 1989
Personal details
Born	Vaikom Narayani Janaki (1923-11-30)30 November 1923[1] Vaikom, Travancore Kingdom, British India (present-day Kerala, India)
Died	19 May 1996(1996-05-19) (aged 72)[1] Madras, Tamil Nadu, India[citation needed]
Cause of death	Cardiac Arrest[2]
Resting place	M.G.R. Thottam
Political party	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Spouse	Ganapathy Bhat ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1951)​ M. G. Ramachandran ​ ​ (m. 1962; died 1987)​
Children	Surendran
Parents	Rajagopal Iyer (father) Narayani Amma (mother)
Relatives	Papanasam Sivan
Residence(s)	M.G.R Thottam Raamapuram, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Profession	Film actress politician

Vaikom Narayani Janaki (30 November 1923^[1] – 19 May 1996), also known as Janaki Ramachandran,^[3] was an Indian politician, actress and activist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for 23 days after the death of her husband M. G. Ramachandran, former chief minister of Tamil Nadu. She was the first woman to become the chief minister of Tamil Nadu. She was also the first actress to become the chief minister in the history of India.

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