Popularly known as Amma, Jayalalitha was born on 24 February 1948 in a Tamil Brahmin family. Her paternal grandfather, Narasimhan Rengachary, was in the service of the Mysore kingdom as a surgeon, and served as the court physician to Maharaja Krishna Raja Wadiyar IV of Mysore. She was named Komalavalli at birth. Her father died when Jayalalitha […]
