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30 unusual facts about Tamil Nadu


Anti-Brahminism

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.

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.

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.

Dikshitar

Dīkshitars or Thillai Vazh Anthaanar are a Brahmin servitor community of Tamil Nadu who are based mainly in the town of Chidambaram.

Dravidosaurus

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

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.

Kothu Parotta

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

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.

Madras State Legislative Assembly election, 1962

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.

Marshall's Iora

Walter Koelz collected two adult specimens of the species at Salem and the distribution range of the species is believed to overlap significantly with that of A. tiphia.

Meltheru and Keeltheru Mosques

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.

Mohammed Riaz

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

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.

People of Tamil origin

A person of Tamil origin is usually a person of Tamil Nadu or Sri Lankan Tamil origin who have settled in many parts of the rest of India and Sri Lanka, or in other regions, particularly Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, Réunion, South Africa, Mauritius, Fiji, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, French Caribbean islands, Europe, Australia and North America.

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).

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

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.

Subramanian Arun Prasad

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

Syed Sabir Pasha

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

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. Anamika

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

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.


Aadhaar

The Census Operations territory for enrollment includes Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Assam, etc.

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.

Ambrose Mathalaimuthu

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

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.

Arulnithi

The film, which featured him alongside Sunaina, was heavily promoted in Tamil Nadu as a result of the influence of his family, and became a profitable venture at the box-office, garnering positive reviews.

Bruhathkayosaurus

Bruhathkayosaurus was found near the southern tip of India, specifically in the Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, to the northeast of Kallamedu village.

Chellammal Women's College

Chellammal Women's College (Tamil:செல்லம்மாள் மகளிர் கல்லூரி) is affiliated to University of madras, is an Arts & Science Colleges in Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Dheeran Chinnamalai

In April 2012 the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Jayalalithaa, announced that a memorial for Dheeran Chinnamalai would be built at the place where he was hanged.

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 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.

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.

Indian community of London

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.

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.

Kadeer Ali

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

Kappalottiya Thamizhan

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.

Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan

Kariamanickam Srinivasa Krishnan, Iyengar generally referred to as K. S. Krishnan or KSK, was born on December 4, 1898 in Watrap, Tamil Nadu.

Karur Vysya Bank

Karur Vysya Bank is a private-sector Indian bank, headquartered in Karur in Tamil Nadu.

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.

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.

Mel Hussain

Mel's younger brother Nasser Hussain captained England and Essex, while his father Jawad Hussain played once for Tamil Nadu in 1964-65 and another brother, Abbas Hussain, reached Second XI level with Essex.

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.

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 Engineering College

Paavai Engineering College (PEC) is a college established in 2001 at Namakkal, Tamil Nadu, India.

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).

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary

Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary is a famous 481 km² Protected area in Thiruvallur District of Tamil Nadu state near Elavur and Nellore and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh in South India.

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.

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha

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

Shaapa

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

Sri SwarnaPureeswarar Temple

Sri SwarnaPureeswarar Templeis located in the village of Ponparappi, Ariyalur district, Tamil Nadu, India.

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.

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.

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).