According to a British survey in 1912, though Brahmins represented only 3.2 percent of the male population of Tamil Nadu, they held 83.3 percent of the sub-judgeships (immediately under British personnel), 55 percent of the deputy collectorships and 72.6 percent of the district administrative posts.
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Tamil Nadu is home to one of the oldest anti-Brahmin movements in India.
Ari Jayaprakash (born Wellington, India 11 March 1977) is an Indian artist and photographer.
The festival is organized by the Tamil Maiyam and Department of Tourism and Culture of the Government of Tamil Nadu with the intention of rejuvenating the old village festivals, art and artists.
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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.
Dīkshitars or Thillai Vazh Anthaanar are a Brahmin servitor community of Tamil Nadu who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram.
Dusi, Tamil Nadu, a village in Tiruvanamalai district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
This kind of action has been particularly strong in the state of Tamil Nadu; Assefa also supports primary education and women's self-organisation.
Green Legislative Assembly, a 200-feet high dome, is an initiative by the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.
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.
It won three city elections of the five largest cities, Madras, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem and Coimbatore in Madras state in alliance with the Communist Party of India in 1959 capitalising on its powerful urban base.
The Meltheru and Keeltheru Mosques are located in Kottai (Fort), a famous locality in Salem, India which was ruled by Hyderali and Tipu sultans in earlier centuries.
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.
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).
Raadhu ( - 2009) was a veteran theatre artiste in Tamil Nadu.
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.
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 (born 21 April 1988 in Salem) is an Indian Chess Grandmaster.
Syed Sabir Pasha is an international football player from Tamil Nadu, India.
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.
Potatoes grown here are very popular in the regions of Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnatka, Andhra Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu because of the sweet nature of the potato.
Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.
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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.
The Census Operations territory for enrollment includes Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam, etc.
Aditanar College of Arts and Science is a college situated in Tiruchendur, Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu, India.
School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Arunachalam Muruganantham is an inventor from rural Coimbatore in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, India who uncovered the need for an inexpensive solution to unsanitary and unhygienic practices around menstruation in rural India.
In the year 2008, Tamil Nadu had over 16 million 2 and 4-wheeled vehicle registrations.
The Government Museum, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, was established in the year 1989.
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.
Excel College of Engineering and Technology (ECET) is an educational institutions established in 2009 at Pallakkapalayam, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
Excel Group Institutions (EGI) is an educational institution established in 2006 by SRET trust in 2001 at Pallakkapalayam, Komarapalayam, Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
The film was shot in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, at studios Film City, Goregaon, Mumbai, Maharashtra, Kamalistan Studios, Andheri, Mumbai, Najabhai Jewellers, Mumbai, Polachi, Kerala, Vauhini Studios, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Vijaya Studios, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Many members of London's Indian community can trace their ancestry to the Indian states of West Bengal , Punjab , Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.
INS Hansa was commissioned on 5 September 1961 at Sulur near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.
However, his form was disappointing, his only half-century of the tour the 56 he made against Tamil Nadu.
During a time when the DMK was gaining political ground in Tamil Nadu, a time when there was competition between parties, and films were pitched against each other, the opposition unleashed a malicious propaganda that since Chidambaram belonged to the Indian National Congress, Kappalottiya Thamizhan was a film for the Congress.
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.
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.
The Kodaikanal–Munnar Road (old SH-18) was located in Dindigul District and Theni District of Tamil Nadu and Idukki district of Kerala in South India.
The koil in Tamil Nadu and kovil of Ceylon has a long history and has always been associated with the ruler of the time.
Kothu Parotta (literally, minced parotta) is a delicacy popular in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
The 51 tsunami affected villages in ADEPT's operational area of Cuddalore District, Tamil Nadu, are geographically removed from urbanization.
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
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).
College of Engineering and Technology is a college located on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.
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.
Mount Zion College of Engineering and Technology (MZCET) was established in the year 2001 at Pudukkottai, Tamil Nadu, India.
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 (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.
He has obtained a Bachelors in Engineering degree at 1980 from Government College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India and completed his Masters Degree in Engineering on 1982 from PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore and Ph.D from Anna University of Technology, Coimbatore Tamil Nadu in India.
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.
Paavai Engineering College (PEC) is a college established in 2001 at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.
The first schedule was shot in late 2008 in various places in Tamil Nadu including Dhanushkodi, Madurai, Tenkasi, Thiruchendur, Karaikudi and Rameswaram.
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).
There is a dedicated temple to Rahu - Naganatha Temple at Thirunageswaram, Tamil Nadu, India.
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.
The Rameswaram TV Tower is situated in the town of Rameswaram, which is a third grade municipality in the Ramanathapuram district, an administrative district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
family is an Indian family of businessmen, industrialists and bankers from the town of Kanadukathan in the Sivaganga district of Tamil Nadu, India.
State Express Transport Corporation (Tamil Nadu) a state-owned Transport Corporation that runs long distance express services the Indian state of Tamil Nadu
The Sotha Vilaibeach is one among the most important beaches in the district of Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu.
It is a composite team of players from six first-class Indian teams from southern India competing in the Ranji Trophy: Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Hyderabad, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
Sri SwarnaPureeswarar Templeis located in the village of Ponparappi, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.
George Uglow Pope popularly known as Rev. G.U. Pope or just G.U. Pope, a Christian missionary who spent many years in Tamil Nadu and translated many Tamil texts into English.
These are the earliest documents of a Dravidian language, and the script was well established in the Chera and Pandyan states, in what is now Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, and northern Sri Lanka.
Vedha Muthu Mukandar was born into the Nadar caste in Solaikudiriruppu, an oasis village in the Kudhremozhi Theri, part of the Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu state, and close to Korkai, the site of the capital of the ancient Pandyan Kingdom.
Maha Vishuva Sankranti is similar to the New Year festivals observed elsewhere in India such as Baisakhi (Punjab), Bihu (Assam), Juir Sheetal (Mithila), Naba Barsha (Bengal), Bisu Parba (Tulu Nadu region in Karnataka), Vishu (Kerala), and Puthandu (Tamil Nadu).