Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died at 11:30 pm on Monday in a Chennai hospital.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa died on Monday at 11:30 pm in a Chennai hospital. Here is a chronology of major milestones in the four-decade political career of the AIADMK supremo and four-time Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
June 24, 1991: Sworn in Chief Minister for the first time after she leads AIADMK to a huge win in assembly elections.
May, 1996: Amidst charges of corruption during its rule, AIADMK loses in the assembly elections. DMK returns to power.
July 11, 1996: Then Janata Party leader Subramanian Swamy files private complaint in a court accusing Jayalalithaa of amassing wealth worth Rs 66.65 crore disproportionate to her known sources of income during 1991 to 1996.
December 7, 1996: Jayalalithaa arrested. Charges of corruption, including accumulation of disproportionate assets, follows.
April, 1997: DMK Government sets up three special courts to try 47 corruption cases against Jayalalithaa, her former cabinet colleagues and others.
1997: Prosecution launched against Jayalalithaa, her close friend Sasikala and two others in a Chennai Court in disproportionate assets case.
June 4, 1997: Charge-sheeted in disproportionate assets case.
1999: Discharged in coal import deal case by special court; Upheld by Madras High Court.
February 2, 2000: Special court convicts her in Pleasant Stay Hotel case related to permission granted for construction allegedly flouting rules.
October, 2000: A special court in Chennai convicts Jayalalithaa in TANSI land deal case.
May 14, 2001: Jayalalithaa leads AIADMK to landslide win in assembly elections; Sworn in Chief Minister though she was disqualified to contest elections.
September 21, 2001: Jayalalithaa unseated as CM after Supreme Court quashes her appointment as she was disqualified to contest polls due to Tamil Nadu Small Industries Corporation (TANSI) case conviction.
December 4, 2001: Madras High Court acquits Jayalalithaa in the TANSI case and Pleasant Stay Hotel case.
February 21, 2002: Jayalalithaa elected to Assembly in a by-poll from Andipatti constituency.
March 2, 2002: Jayalalithaa sworn in Chief Minister.
November 18, 2003: On a petition by DMK, Supreme Court transfers the trial in disproportionate assets case to Bengaluru.
November 24, 2003: Supreme Court upholds Jayalalithaa's acquittal in TANSI case.
January 23, 2004: Acquitted by a special court in the Rs 28.28 crore SPIC disinvestment case.
May 11, 2006: AIADMK loses in assembly elections, DMK returns to power.
May 16, 2011: Jayalalithaa leads AIADMK to victory in assembly polls; sworn in as Chief Minister.
October/November 2011: Jayalalithaa deposes in Bengaluru Special Court in disproportionate assets case and answers 1,339 questions by judge.
September 27, 2014: The Special Court holds Jayalalithaa and three others guilty of corruption, awards four years' jail term to each, slaps Rs 100 crore fine on her, Rs 10 crore each on three other accused. Jayalalithaa unseated as Chief Minister after she attracts disqualification as an MLA due to the conviction.
October 18, 2014: Jayalalithaa granted bail by Supreme Court, released from Bengaluru jail after spending 21 days.
May 11, 2015: Karnataka High Court acquits Jayalaithaa.
May 22: Jayalalithaa elected leader of AIADMK legislature party.
May 23: Sworn in as Chief Minister for fifth time.
May 19, 2016: Leads AIADMK to a record consecutive win in assembly elections.
September 22: Admitted to Apollo Hospitals with complaints of fever and dehydration.
October 2: Hospital says Chief Minister being treated for infection, improving.
October 21: Hospital says Jayalalithaa interacting.
November 4: Hospital Chairman PC Reddy says Jayalalithaa "completely recovered"; She has to decide when to go home.
November 12: Apollo says Jayalalithaa needs recuperation, no date fixed for discharge.
November 13: In her first direct communication since her hospitalisation, Jayalalithaa says she has taken 'rebirth' because of people's prayers; Urges them to vote for AIADMK in the November 19 by-polls to three assembly constituencies.
November 19: Chief Minister shifted to private room from Critical Care Unit.
November 22: Jayalalithaa thanks voters for electing her party candidates in polls.
November 25: PC Reddy says Jayalalithaa speaking using tracheostomy tube valve.
December 4: AIADMK says AIIMS expert team confirms Jayalalithaa has recovered completely.
December 4: Jayalalithaa suffers massive cardiac arrest; Put on extracorporeal membrane heart assist device.
December 5: Jayalalithaa dies at 11.30 pm.