CONTENTS: Message from Honourable Chief Minister Thiru M K Stalin, Message from Honourable Speaker Thiru M Appavu, Introduction, SECTION 1: Democracy takes Roots: * Meaning of the inauguration, * A Historic Budget, * Assembly adopts Sales Tax Bill, * Tamil Nadu shows the Way, * Assembly passes Indemnity Bill for temple entry, * Temple entry legislation: * Decide on intrinsic merits, SECTION 2: Continuing Legacy: Post Independence: * When city revelled in day-long jubilation, * Tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, * Devadasi Bill goes through Assembly, * Assembly gets new building, * Assembly returns to Fort, * Full use of Tamil by end of 2nd Plan period, * Mid-day meal scheme, * Assembly meets in Ooty, * Arranmore palace renamed, * Renaming of State, * A University for the South, SECTION 3: Early Years of Tamil Nadu: * Madras as Tamil Nadu, * Nationalisation of bus Transport, * President to unveil Kamaraj Portrait, * Anna University Bill Introduced in Assembly, * No blind support to Centre, Board of Revenue abolished, * Resolution on abolition of Legislative Council passed, SECTION 4: * Growing in Strength: * Assembly celebrates Golden Jubilee, * Welfare measures not populist, * Hindu women get equal properly rights, * Behaviour needs to be improved, * T N Plans bandh on Reservation-resolution adopted, * Compulsory Education Bill introduced, * Assembly nod for name change, * Speaker can't after previous House records, * A Stalwart of the Ancient House, SECTION 5 In Recent Years: * Legislature through the ages, * Wipe out inequalities, legislators told, * Karunanidhi seeks gifts from Manmohan, * Another milestone in legislative history, * Historic moments, Historic personalities, * Structure for the Oeople, * Monumental achievements, * The story of the search, * People will be freed from freebies, * Pranab slams growing trend of disrupting legislature proceedings, * Time for MLAs to introspect on debates, * T N Legislature turns 100, * President hails Tamil Nadu legislature's contribution, * T N Governor walks out of House, SECTION 6: Thousand words in one frame, SECTION 7: Finance Ministers in timelight, SECTION 8: Century of growth and welfarism, SECTION 9: Leading lights of legislature, A DMK stalwart who completed 50 years as lawmaker, From teacher to Speaker of Tamil Nadu Assembly, CM Stalin says those who lost people's confidence sought the removal of the Speaker.