E. V. K. Sampath

E. V. K. Sampath
Personal details
Born	1926 (Date Unknown) Erode, Tamil Nadu
Died	February 23, 1977
Nationality	Indian
Political party	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, Indian National Congress
Spouse(s)	Sulochana
Children	E. V. K. S. Elangovan, Iniyan Sampath

Erode Venkatta Naicker Krishnasamy Sampath (Tamil: ஈரோடு வெங்கட நாயக்கர் கிருஷ்ணசாமி சம்பத், b.1926? - d. February 23, 1977), usually referred to as E. V. K. Sampath was a prominent politician from Tamil Nadu, India. He was an advocate of the Dravidian Movement of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy and was considered by some as his political heir. He later split from Periyar's Dravidar Kazhagam to form Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) along with C. N. Annadurai. In spite of being one of the founders of DMK he later left and formed his own party, by the name, Tamil National party. Nevertheless, he later merged his party with the Indian National Congress. He is a former Member of Parliament from the constituency of Namakkal

He belonged to a politically active family. He was nephew of Periyar and his father was an active politician himself. He is also the father of other prominent politicians of Tamil Nadu, namely, E. V. K. S. Elangovan and Iniyan Sampath and his wife Sulochana Sampath too was in active politics, holding high ranks within the Tamil Nadu government.

Sampath was born in the town of Erode, Madras Presidencyas the son of E. V. Krishnasamy, the elder brother of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy in 1926. Krishnasamy had extended extensive support to Periyar in his struggle for self-respect and social justice, and was one of the publishers of the journal Kudiarasu (Republic), the party organ for Justice party.

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