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25 unusual facts about Tamil Nadu


Automotive industry in Chennai

In the year 2008, Tamil Nadu had over 16 million 2 and 4-wheeled vehicle registrations.

Cuddalore Government Museum

The Government Museum, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, was established in the year 1989.

Daisy Ogle

She is known to have had close links with Honor Oak Christian Fellowship Centre in London and along with her colleague Miss Sinclair, they worked closely with two of their staff in India: Alfred J. Flack and Raymond Golsworthy who were stationed at Wellington.

Dusi

Dusi, Tamil Nadu, a village in Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Giorgio Ceragioli

This kind of action has been particularly strong in the state of Tamil Nadu; Assefa also supports primary education and women's self-organisation.

Hello FM

Hello FM (106.4 MHz) is one of the private radio stations operating from different locations in Tamil Nadu.

Koil

The koil in Tamil Nadu and kovil of Ceylon has a long history and has always been associated with the ruler of the time.

Local body elections in Tamil Nadu

Elections to Local Bodies in Tamil Nadu are conducted once in five years to elect the representatives to the Urban and Rural local bodies.

M. M. Ismail

M. Ismail (February 8, 1921 – January 17, 2005) was an Indian politician who served as the acting Governor of Tamil Nadu and a Chief Justice of the Madras High Court.

Mohammed Riaz

Riaz Nabi Mohammed (born May 5, 1972 in Madras, Tamil Nadu) is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team.

Nagasamy Ramachandran

Nagasamy Ramachandran (born 1975) is a contemporary artist born in Paramakudi, Madurai, Tamil Nadu, Received his bachelor’s degree (distinction) and masters degree in painting and printmaking from the Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai, University of Madras in 1999.

Norman Bowler

Bowler and his third wife, Dianne, spent several years at Auroville International Township in Tamil Nadu, India.

Pattam Pole

The film commenced its production in June 2013 in Kumbakonam in Tamil Nadu.

Raadhu

Raadhu ( - 2009) was a veteran theatre artiste in Tamil Nadu.

Schistosoma nasale

Schistosoma nasale was identified in 1933 by Dr. M. A. N. Rao at Madras Veterinary College, Tamil Nadu, India, as a causative agent for "snoring disease" in cattle.

SETC

State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) a state-owned Transport Corporation that runs long distance express services the Indian state of Tamil Nadu

Shaapa

The story is juxtaposed on the backdrop of the Cauvery river water dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states.

Sivakasi riots of 1899

The Nayaks rulers of Tamil Nadu, as per the claims of Sargunar, imposed Deshaprashtam (ostracism) on the ancient Pandyas (Nadars), to ensure that their rise wouldn't ever happen.

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The Sivakasi riots of 1899 are a series of communal disturbances which occurred during 6 June 1899 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.

Subramanian Arun Prasad

Subramanian Arun Prasad (born 21 April 1988 in Salem) is an Indian Chess Grandmaster.

Tamil Nadu-Kerala dam row

However, the Kerala Government promulgated a new "Dam Safety Act" against increasing the storage level of the dam, which has not been objected by the Supreme Court.

Thirumal Valavan

Selvaraj Thirumala Valavan (born 27 November 1970 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu) is a former field hockey midfielder from India, who made his international debut for the Men's National Team in February 1997 against Poland.

Ugabhoga

In the modern era (around the 1950s), its popularity was revived in Carnatic music concerts by prominent performers such as M. L. Vasanthakumari of Tamil Nadu.

Upeet

Upeet is a Tamil (specifically, Madras Bashai) term used by players of tops in Chennai (formerly Madras), Tamil Nadu.

V. L. Ethiraj

Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.


2013 Anti-Sri Lanka protests

The 2013 Anti-Sri Lanka protests are a series of student protests and agitations initiated by the Students Federation for Freedom of Tamil Eelam in Tamil Nadu, India, against war crimes committed against Sri Lankan Tamil people by Sri Lankan army during the Eelam War IV.

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering or A.M.S College of Engineering is an engineering college affiliated to Anna University, India located in Muthapudupet, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Aditanar College of Arts and Science

Aditanar College of Arts and Science is a college situated in Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India.

Agamudaya Mudaliar

Agamudaya Mudaliar is a social group from the Agamudayar caste in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

Arinjaya Chola

From an inscription found near Melpadi in north Tamil Nadu, we learn that Rajaraja Chola I erected a Siva temple called Arinjisvara as a tomb-shrine in memory of his grandfather Arinjaya who was also known as "Arrur tunjina devan".

Avalokiteśvara

The Japanese scholar Shu Hikosaka on the basis of his study of Buddhist scriptures, ancient Tamil literary sources, as well as field survey, proposes the hypothesis that, the ancient mount Potalaka, the residence of Avalokiteśvara described in the Gandavyuha Sutra and Xuanzang’s Records, is the real mountain Potikai or Potiyil situated at Ambasamudram in Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu.

Bhagavan Bridge

Bhagavan Bridge refers to a bridge found in the Girivalam path at Tiruvannamalai, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu where Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi used to take rest, when He used to go for Giri-pradakshina around the Arunachala Hill.

Chennai BRTS

Beginning at Adyar, the route will cover Saidapet, Jafferkanpet, Ramavaram, Puzhal, Manali, Chennai Central Railway Station, Lighthouse and will return to Adyar.

Chennai Sangamam

The idea of organizing a festival during Pongal showcasing the culture of Tamil Nadu was conceived by Kanimozhi, Member of Parliament from Tamil Nadu and daughter of M Karunanidhi and Rev.

Coimbatore-Salem MEMU

The Coimbatore-Salem MEMU is a train which from Coimbatore to Salem in Tamil Nadu state in India.

Cyclone Nisha

2008's Cyclonic Storm Nisha – Made landfall in Tamil Nadu, India, killed at least 204 people, and did at least $800 million (2008 USD) in damages.

Dravidosaurus

The badly weathered remains were discovered in marine deposits near Ariyalur in the state of Tamil Nadu in South India.

Excel College of Technology

Excel College of Technology (ECT) is an educational institution established in 2008 at Pallakkapalayam, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

Excel Group Institutions

Excel Group Institutions (EGI) is an educational institution established in 2006 by SRET trust in 2001 at Pallakkapalayam, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

Grizzled giant squirrel

The grizzled giant squirrel (Ratufa macroura) is a large tree squirrel in the genus Ratufa found in the highlands of the Central and Uva provinces of Sri Lanka, and in patches of riparian forest along the Kaveri River and in the hill forests in the Tamil Nadu and Kerala states of southern India.

Hogenakkal Integrated Drinking Water Project

Hogenakkal Integrated Drinking Water Project is a fluorosis mitigation drinking water project being undertaken at Hogenakkal, Dharmapuri district, state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Jasuben Shilpi

Her sculpture works have been installed in Indian states like Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Bihar, Uttarakhand.

K. Maya Thevar

Maya Thevar is an Indian politician and former Member of Parliament elected from Dindigul, Tamil Nadu.

Kangayam cow

The Kangeyam cow derives its name from the Kangeyam taluk which includes Erode, Karur, Namakkal and Dindigul districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.

Kari Nayanar

Kari Nayanar was born in a vedic Brahmin family in Thirukkadaiyur, a coastal town located - 15 km north of Karaikal - on the east coast of Tamil Nadu, where there are Amritaghateswarar - Abirami Temple and the ancient Thirukkadaiyur Mayanam temple.

Kidnapping of Rajkumar

Kannada film actor Rajkumar was kidnapped by forest brigand Veerappan on July 30, 2000 during the course of an armed attack on a farmhouse belonging to the actor in Gajanur, Tamil Nadu, India.

Legislative council

India: The Vidhan Parishad (or Legislative Council) in seven of the twenty-eight Indian states (Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh), the Vidhan Parishad serves as the upper house of a bicameral legislature

M. K. Stalin

He is the third son of famous politician of Tamil Nadu, Karunanidhi, and was born to his second wife, Mrs. Dayalu Ammal and was named after Joseph Stalin (who died later that week).

M.A.M. College of Engineering and Technology

College of Engineering and Technology is a college located on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Maravar

Maravar (also known as Maravan and Marava) are a Tamil community of the state of Tamil Nadu, southern India, and are one of the three branches of the Mukkulathor confederacy.

Michel Montecrossa

From 1969 till 1981 Michel Montecrossa mainly lived at Auroville in Tamil Nadu, where he worked as an art teacher, musician, film-maker and author.

Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology

Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology (MZCET) was established in the year 2001 at Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Mugger crocodile

In the 1980s, the largest population of wild crocodiles in Tamil Nadu, South India lived in the Amaravathi Reservoir, and in the Chinnar, Thennar and Pambar rivers that drain into it.

Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque

Muhyuddin Andavar Mosque (Arabic: مسجد محي الدين - Masjid Muhyu-d Din, Tamil: முஹ்யுத்தீன் ஆண்டவர் பள்ளிவாசல் - Muḥyuddīn Āndavar Pallivāsal) is the only congregational mosque in the town of Thiruppanandal in the Thanjavur district of Tamil Nadu, India.

N. S. Ramanuja Tatacharya

He was born in Navalpakkam village in the North Arcot district in Tamil Nadu to U.Ve.N.S. Krishnaswamy Tatacharya and Rajalakshmi.

Nilakanta Sri Ram

Nilakanta Sri Ram or Nilakantha Sri Ram (N. Sri Ram) (* 15 December 1889 in Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, India; died 8 April 1973 in Adyar, India) was a freemason, theosophist and president of the Theosophical Society Adyar.

Pierre-Jean Croset

While in India, in particular Southern India, he collected numerous data on certain pillars of temples, the intrinsic properties of which are musical and which do not receive the recognition of this country (data collected from the temples of Tamil Nadu).

Piranoor

Up to 1956, this area was a toll gate between the states of Kerala and Tamil Nadu, so this area is known as Border (பார்டர்).

Porkkalam

The first schedule was shot in late 2008 in various places in Tamil Nadu including Dhanushkodi, Madurai, Tenkasi, Thiruchendur, Karaikudi and Rameswaram.

Puducherry Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Several high-profile national politicians took part in the campaigning: Sonia Gandhi (president of the Indian National Congress), Rahul Gandhi (Indian National Congress general secretary), Pranab Mukherjee (Indian National Congress union minister), Nitin Gadkari (BJP president), Sushma Swaraj (BJP MP), Venkaiah Naidu (former BJP president), M. Karunanidhi (DMK chief minister of Tamil Nadu), J. Jayalalithaa (leader of AIADMK) and Vijayakanth (leader of DMDK).

Ram Singh Yadav

For the 2012 Summer Olympics, Ram underwent training for 45 days at a high-altitude training centre in Coonoor town of Nilgiris district, Tamil Nadu.

Sanitary napkin

In order to meet the need for achieving an inexpensive solution to tackle unsanitary and unhygienic practices in countries like India, Arunachalam Muruganantham from rural Coimbatore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India developed and patented a machine which could manufacture low-cost sanitary pads for less than a third of the cost.

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha is a musical festival held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Syed Sabir Pasha

Syed Sabir Pasha is an international football player from Tamil Nadu, India.

Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services

The Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services department is a service department of the Government of Tamil Nadu whose function is to fight fires and provide relief measures in times of calamities and disasters in Tamil Nadu.

Thanneer Thanneer

Thaneer Thaneer is a political drama and a universal human story based in a dry rural hamlet near Kovilpatti, in Tamil Nadu state of India.

Thiruthangal Nadar College

Thiruthangal Nadar College (Tamil: திருத்தங்கல் நாடார் கல்லூரி) is an Arts and Science college in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India♙

Transgender rights in Tamil Nadu

Kalki Subramaniam, a transgender person born in Pollachi, Tamil Nadu performs a lead role in a new Tamil movie "Narthagi".

University College of Engineering Arni

University College of Engineering Arni is a constituent college of Anna University, Chennai, established in 2009 at Arni.

Velankanni Town

Velankanni, officially spelled as Vailankanni (Virgin of Velai, the town), also spelled as "Velanganni" (due to Tamil to English Transliteration), is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, and a parish under Tanjore Roman Catholic Diocese.