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30 unusual facts about Tamil Nadu


Ambrose Mathalaimuthu

Born in Nagalur, Tamil Nadu, he was ordained as a priest on December 21, 1951.

Anti-Brahminism

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.

Tamil Nadu is home to one of the oldest anti-Brahmin movements in India.

Automotive industry in Chennai

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

Carausius morosus

Culture stocks originate from an original collection from Tamil Nadu, India.

Catherine Grand

Catherine Noele Worlée was born in the Danish possession of Tranquebar, Tamil Nadu, India, to a French colonial official stationed at nearby Pondicherry.

Chennai Sangamam

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.

Coimbatore-Salem MEMU

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

Cuddalore Government Museum

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

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.

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.

Dravidosaurus

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

Dusi

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

Étienne-Louis Charbonnaux

This was something he had already begun in 1859, at conferences of Salem.

Green Legislative Assembly

Green Legislative Assembly, a 200-feet high dome, is an initiative by the Indian State of Tamil Nadu.

Indian wine

Vineyards in India range from the more temperate climate of the northwestern state of Punjab down to the southern state of 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.

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.

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.

Olcott Memorial High School

Olcott Memorial High School is a secondary school located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

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).

Ponvayal

Kalki wrote a serial in his own weekly magazine Kalki, titled Poimaan Karadu about a vast stretch of dry land in Salem District where a hillock resembled a deer at rest, and hence the name of the place.

SETC

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

Subramanian Arun Prasad

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

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.

Upeet

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

V. Anamika

1995–2001 - Tamil Nadu Ovia Nunkalai Kuzhu Annual Exhibition of Arts, Chennai


Aadhaar

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

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

Anna University School of Architecture and Planning

School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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.

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women

Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, sometimes referred to as Avinashilingam University, is a women only Deemed University located at Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India.

Excel College of Engineering and Technology

Excel College of Engineering and Technology (ECET) is an educational institutions established in 2009 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.

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.

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.

Hamilton Bobby

Bobby played for Tamil Nadu between 1993 and 2000, captaining them twice in the Santosh Trophy.

Hello FM

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

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.

Iluvar

In Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, they are variously known as Edigas, Goud, Billava, Bhandari, Srisayana, or Setti Balijas and Nadar, Illathu Pillaimar in Tamil Nadu and Jaiswal, Poojary in Maharastra and Nalavar, Durave in Sri Lanka and also spread over in different cstes name in all over India.

Indian Airlines Flight 440

Flight 440 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu to New Delhi.

INS Hansa

INS Hansa was commissioned on 5 September 1961 at Sulur near Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu.

Kadeer Ali

However, his form was disappointing, his only half-century of the tour the 56 he made against Tamil Nadu.

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.

Kothu Parotta

Kothu Parotta (literally, minced parotta) is a delicacy popular in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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

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.

Mattu Pongal

Though the name of the festival is specific to Tamil Nadu, in India, it is also celebrated in other southern states such as Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka.

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.

Paavai College of Engineering

Paavai College of Engineering (PCE ) is a college established in 2007 in Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

Perumal Rasu

R (Tamil: இரா. பெருமாள் ராசு; born on 19 November 1931) is an Indian poet and a writer from Krishnagiri, Krishnagiri District, Tamil Nadu.

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.

Rameswaram TV Tower

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.

S.V.S. Rathinam

His fore father Kumara Swamy Desikar was born in a town called Kanchipuram (Kanchipuram) Thondai mandalam in Tamil Nadu, South India into an orthodox Saiva Tamil (Desikar) family around the 17th Century.

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.

South Zone cricket team

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.

St Sepulchre's Cemetery

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.

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.

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.

Vedha Muthu Mukandar

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.

Vishuva Sankranti

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).

Woodside School, Ooty

Woodside School is a co-educational boarding school and day school situated on the outskirts of Udhagamandalam Tamil Nadu, India, a hill station which is more commonly known under its abbreviated name of Ooty.