There are about 2,000 species of wildlife that are native to Tamil Nadu. Other major Hindu festivals including Deepavali (Death of Narakasura), Ayudha Poojai, Saraswathi Poojai (Dasara), Krishna Jayanthi and Vinayaka Chathurthi are also celebrated. Of these, the last two are mostly applied in poetry. [16] Adichanallur has been announced as an archaeological site for further excavation and studies. Rani Velu Nachiyar, was the first woman freedom fighter of India and Queen of Sivagangai. Numismatic, archaeological and literary sources corroborate that the Sangam period lasted for about eight centuries, from 500 BCE to 300 CE. The major soil groups of Tamil Nadu are: Red soils, (62 per cent) Black soils (12 per cent) Laterite soils (3 per cent) and Coastal The Pandyan capital Madurai was in the deep south away from the coast. [42] British reduced the French dominions in India to Puducherry. The governor is the constitutional head of the state while the Chief Minister is the head of the government and the head of the council of ministers. The Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative ranks Tamil Nadu to have a Multidimensional Poverty Index of 0.141, which is in the level of Ghana among the developing countries. The bands of Iron ore occur three detached basins. Tamil Nadu has a network of about 113 industrial parks and estates offering developed plots with supporting infrastructure. [131], There are more than 30 television channels of various genres in Tamil. Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve, Mukurthi National Park and Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve are the tiger reserves in the state. Loco sheds are located at Erode, Arakkonam, Royapuram in Chennai and Tondaiyarpet in Chennai, Ponmalai (GOC) in Tiruchirappalli as Diesel Loco Shed. Based on URP – Consumption for the period 2004–2005, the percentage of the state's population below the poverty line was 27.5 per cent. Chennai Super Kings represent the city of Chennai in the Indian Premier League, a popular Twenty20 league. Inspite of being a primary deposit, the Mo content in the ore is very low, being 0.06% only. The economy of Tamil Nadu is the second-largest state economy in India with ₹18.45 trillion (US$260 billion) in gross domestic product with a per capita GDP of ₹218,000 (US$3,100). The first of its kind was established in Madras, called "Edison's Grand Cinemamegaphone". The Muslim invasions of southern India triggered the establishment of the Hindu Vijayanagara Empire with Vijayanagara in modern Karnataka as its capital. In Tiruvannamalai district, Banded Magnetite Quartzite with Haematite is found in Kavuthimalai and Vediappanmalai. Chennai is known as the Detroit of India. There are 2,614 Hand Processing Units (25 per cent of total units in the country) and 985 Power Processing Units (40 per cent of total units in the country) in Tamil Nadu. Gregorian 2000 is Thiruvalluvar 2031. Common plant species include the state tree: palmyra palm, eucalyptus, rubber, cinchona, clumping bamboos (Bambusa arundinacea), common teak, Anogeissus latifolia, Indian laurel, grewia, and blooming trees like Indian labumusum, ardisia, and solanaceae. The question is: Who made them? Tamil Nadu has six Nationalised Home Banks which originated in this state; Two government-sector banks Indian Bank and Indian Overseas Bank in Chennai, and four private-sector banks City Union Bank in Kumbakonam, Karur Vysya Bank, Lakshmi Vilas Bank in Karur, and Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited in Tuticorin. Besides civilian airports, the state has four air bases of the Indian Air Force namely Thanjavur AFS, Tambram AFS, Coimbatore AFS and two naval air stations INS Rajali and INS Parundu of Indian Navy. [154] In 2003–2004, Tamil Nadu had produced 3783.6 million of eggs, which was the second-highest in India representing 9.37 per cent of the total egg production in the country. Tamil Nadu is also the home of the double Oscar winner A. R. Rahman[122][123][124] who has composed film music in Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, English and Chinese films. The term length of the government is five years. The Nilgiri Mountain Railway (part of the Mountain Railways of India) is one of the UNESCO World Heritage Site connecting Ooty on the hills and Mettupalayam in the foothills which is in turn connected to Coimbatore. [88] Corruption is a major problem in the state with Transparency International ranking it the second most corrupt among the states of India. [129] The first talkie was a multi-lingual film, Kalidas, which released on 31 October 1931, barely seven months after India's first talking picture Alam Ara. Temples such as the Meenakshi Amman Temple at Madurai and Nellaiappar Temple at Tirunelveli are the best examples of Pandyan temple architecture. Despite that officials are saying to live together with the elephant herd , because more than 60 elephants have been found recently in western forest areas of the Chittoor District. Erode ER Erode 31 August 1979 Coimbatore district 8161.91 2,251,744 394 Anthiyur Traditional Tamil grammar consists of five parts, namely eḻuttu, sol, poruḷ, yāppu, aṇi. 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In Tamil Nadu, the television industry is influenced by politics and majority of the channels are owned by politicians or people with political links. Flat Tray Setting: Amplitude 101.6 mm, Frequency 100 rpm, Slope 44.5 mm, Irrigation water 2 lpm. The Pudukkottai Thondaimans rose to power over the Pudukkottai area by the end of the 17th Century. When India became independent in 1947, Madras presidency became Madras State, comprising present-day Tamil Nadu, coastal Andhra Pradesh up to Ganjam district in Odisha, South Canara district Karnataka, and parts of Kerala. Although Tamil Nadu accounts for the highest number of road accidents in India, it also leads in having reduced the number of fatalities in accident-prone areas with deployment of personnel and a sustained awareness campaign. [113] Notable example of Tamil poetry include the Tirukkural written by Tiruvalluvar. Eastern part of the district [138], Thoothukudi is the place of origin of the Thoothukudi macaroon, Tirunelveli is known for its wheat Halva, Salem is renowned for its unique mangoes, Madurai is the place of origin of the milk dessert Jigarthanda while Palani is known for its Panchamirtham. The first month in the Tamil calendar is Chittirai and the first day of this month in mid-April is celebrated as Tamil New Year. This was due to the fact that electric carbons were used for motion picture projectors. To protect this diversity of wildlife there are Protected areas of Tamil Nadu as well as biospheres which protect larger areas of natural habitat often include one or more national parks. 300 BCE – 300 CE. Rajaraja Chola I and his son Rajendra Chola built temples such as the Brihadeshvara Temple of Thanjavur and Brihadeshvara Temple of Gangaikonda Cholapuram, the Airavatesvara Temple of Darasuram and the Sarabeswara (Shiva) Temple, also called the Kampahareswarar Temple at Thirubhuvanam, the last two temples being located near Kumbakonam. [47] They formed a coalition with Dheeran Chinnamalai and Kerala Varma Pazhassi Raja which fought the British in Second Polygar Wars. The gymnosperm diversity of the country is 64 species of which Tamil Nadu has four indigenous species and about 60 introduced species. This is nearly 2.5 times higher than the density of all-India road network. According to epigraphist Iravatham Mahadevan, this was the first datable artefact bearing the Indus script to be found in Tamil Nadu. [79][80], At the 2011 India census, Tamil Nadu had a population of 72,147,030. Bench Scale Test Work - Parametric Variation Studies for Bulk Flotation of Sulfide Minerals, 3.1.4. [81] The total children under the age of 6 is 7,423,832. Tamil Nadu covers an area of 130,058 km2 (50,216 sq mi), and is the eleventh-largest state in India. 47, 105-112, 2011. [142] The per capita income in 2007–2008 for the state was ₹72,993 ranking third among states with a population over 10 million and has steadily been above the national average.[143]. During the 13th century, Marco Polo mentioned the Pandyas as the richest empire in existence. By the early 18th century, the political scene in Tamil Nadu saw a major change-over and was under the control of many minor rulers aspiring to be independent. 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[140], For the year 2014–15 Tamil Nadu's GSDP was ₹9.767 trillion (US$140 billion), and growth was 14.86. Meanwhile, to the south, the fall of the Thanjavur Nayaks led to a short-lived Thanjavur Maratha kingdom. According to Mahadevan, the find was evidence of the use of the Harappan language, and therefore that the "Neolithic people of the Tamil country spoke a Harappan language". Flotation cum Gravity Separation Scheme, 3.3. Soil is one of the most important non-renewable basic resources on the earth’s surface. Failure of the summer monsoons and administrative shortcomings of the Ryotwari system resulted in two severe famines in the Madras Presidency, the Great Famine of 1876–78 and the Indian famine of 1896–97. [205] S. Ilavazhagi carrom world champion from 2002 to 2016. 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This eventually resulted in the further weakening of the empire; many Nayaks declared themselves independent, among whom the Nayaks of Madurai and Tanjore were the first to declare their independence, despite initially maintaining loose links with the Vijayanagara kingdom. Tamil Nadu falls mostly in a region of low seismic hazard with the exception of the western border areas that lie in a low to moderate hazard zone; as per the 2002 Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) map, Tamil Nadu falls in Zones II and III. Indian Angiosperm diversity comprises 17,672 species with Tamil Nadu leading all states in the country, with 5640 species accounting for 1/3 of the total flora of India. Rajendra Chola's navy went even further, occupying coasts from Burma (now) to Vietnam, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Sumatra, Java, Malaya, Philippines[37] in South East Asia and Pegu islands. [110] Sangam literature is primarily secular, dealing with everyday themes in a Tamilakam context. According to the publications of the Tamil Nadu government, the Gross State Domestic Product at Constant Prices (The base year 2004–2005) for the year 2011–2012 is ₹4.281 trillion (US$60 billion), an increase of 9.39 per cent over the previous year. Name of District Area (sq km) Population Name of Head Quarters 1 Ariyalur 1,949.31 754,894 Ariyalur 2 Chennai 175 4,646,732 Chennai 3 Coimbatore 4,723 [207] Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan,[208] Krishnamachari Srikkanth,[209] Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, Sadagoppan Ramesh, Laxmipathy Balaji,[210] Murali Vijay,[211] Ravichandran Ashwin,[212] Vijay Shankar, Murali Karthik, Washington Sundar, Subramaniam Badrinath, Abhinav Mukund and Dinesh Karthik are some prominent cricketers from Tamil Nadu. [148][better source needed] In terms of production, Tamil Nadu accounts for 10 per cent in fruits and 6 per cent in vegetables, in India. [92] As of 2001 census Tamil is spoken as the first language by nearly 90 per cent of the state's population followed by Telugu (5.65%), Kannada (1.67%), Urdu (1.51%), Malayalam (0.89%).[4]. Monthly summary on non-ferrous minerals and metals, Ministry of Mines, Government of India, March 2012.. The categories are: Pathinenmaelkanakku (The Major Eighteen Anthology Series) comprising Eṭṭuttokai (The Eight Anthologies) and the Pattupattu (Ten Idylls) and Pathinenkilkanakku (The Minor Eighteen Anthology Series). C.K.Gupta, Extractive Metallurgy of Molybdenum, CRC Press, 1992. [18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25], A Neolithic stone celt (a hand-held axe) with the Indus script on it was discovered at Sembian-Kandiyur near Mayiladuthurai in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu had a bicameral legislature until 1986, when it was replaced with a unicameral legislature, like most other states in India. Most of these festivals are related to the goddess Maariyamman, the mother goddess of the rain. Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. [141] It ranks third in foreign direct investment (FDI) approvals (cumulative 1991–2002) of ₹225.826 billion ($5,000 million), next only to Maharashtra and Delhi constituting 9.12 per cent of the total FDI in the country. According to the 2011 Census, Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised state in India (49 per cent), accounting for 9.6 per cent of the urban population while only comprising 6 per cent of India's total population. It has the largest number of International Airports along with Kerala. [100] Unique cultural features like Bharatanatyam[101] (dance), Tanjore painting,[102] and Tamil architecture were developed and continue to be practised in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu is one of the leading states in the textile sector and it houses the country's largest spinning industry accounting for almost 80 per cent of the total installed capacity in India. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. Oomaithurai, younger brother of Kattabomman, took asylum under the Maruthu brothers, Periya Marudhu and Chinna Marudhu and raised an army. Tamil Nadu had the second largest number of poultry amongst all the states and accounted for 17.7 per cent of the total poultry population in India. [216] The SDAT owns and operates world-class stadiums and organises sporting events. [36] The Nayaks of Madurai and Nayaks of Thanjavur were the most prominent Nayaks of the 17th century. [181] The major road junctions are Chennai, Vellore, Madurai, Trichy, Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Salem, Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Karur, Kumbakonam, Krishnagiri, Dindigul and Kanniyakumari. The southernmost tip of the Indian Peninsula is Kanyakumari which is the meeting point of the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal, and the Indian Ocean. Hydrometallurgy 88, 52-57,2007. Aadi Perukku is celebrated on the 18th day of the Tamil month Aadi, which celebrates the rising of the water level in the river Kaveri. The fall of the Madurai Nayaks brought up many small Nayakars of southern Tamil Nadu, who ruled small parcels of land called Palayams. In 1972, M. G. Ramachandran founded the new Dravidian party All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) named after his political mentor C. N. Annadurai popularly called "Anna". Tamil Nadu has asked Geological Survey of India (GIS) to carry out a study on availability of Molybdenum in Dharmapuri district and said it would consider setting up a related industry based on the report. Tamil Nadu's sugarcane yield per hectare is the highest in India. Tamil Nadu is mostly dependent on monsoon rains and thereby is prone to droughts when the monsoons fail. There are a total of 27,878,282 workers, comprising 4,738,819 cultivators, 6,062,786 agricultural labourers, 1,261,059 in house hold industries, 11,695,119 other workers, 4,120,499 marginal workers, 377,220 marginal cultivators, 2,574,844 marginal agricultural labourers, 238,702 marginal workers in household industries and 929,733 other marginal workers. Architecture from Chola period From left to right: A State flag for Tamil Nadu was unilaterally proposed by the Government of Tamil Nadu in 1970. Aditya I and his son Parantaka I expanded the kingdom to the northern parts of Tamil Nadu by defeating the last Pallava king, Aparajitavarman. … Smt. Nagaraj, S.A. Ravishankar and R. Capanema, Optimization of Reagents in Sulfide Flotation, in Cytech Solutions for Hydrometallurgy and Mineral Processing, 15, 22-29,Sept 2010. [203] The traditional sports of Tamil Nadu include Silambam,[204] a Tamil martial arts played with a long bamboo staff, cockfight, Jallikattu,[205] a bull taming sport famous on festival occasions, ox-wagon racing known as Rekkala,[206][204] kite flying also known as Pattam viduthal,[205] Goli, the game with marbles,[205] Aadu Puli, the "goat and tiger" game[205] and Kabaddi also known as Sadugudu. During the administration of Governor George Harris (1854–1859) measures were taken to improve education and increase the representation of Indians in the administration. In 1762, a tripartite treaty was signed between Thanjavur Maratha, Carnatic, and the British by which Thanjavur became a vassal of the Nawab of the Carnatic which eventually ceded to the British. The first generator was commissioned in July 1979. A big rock art site has been discovered at Kovanur, Perianaickenpalayam taluk, 30 km northwest of Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. Ignatyuk Investigation of the α-particle induced nuclear reactions on natural molybdenum, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 285,125-141, 2012. Indian Mineral Year Book 2009, Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur. This infrastructure would also benefit all the government departments, entrepreneurs and individual homes. They had extensive trade links with the southeast Asian maritime empires of Srivijaya and their successors, as well as contacts, even formal diplomatic contacts, reaching as far as the Roman Empire. [84][85] The life expectancy at birth for males is 65.2 years and for females it is 67.6 years. Find detailed information on industries in Tamil Nadu such as forestry, agriculture, exports, cement, chemical and others in … From the current 17MW installed solar power, Tamil Nadu state government's new policy aims to increase the installed capacity to 3000MW by 2016. A 23-km long belt from Harur to … The reason for the victory of the Justice Party in elections was the non-participation of the INC, demanding complete independence of India. The centenary old Pamban Bridge over sea connecting Rameswaram in Pamban island to the mainland is an engineering marvel. Tamil Nadu has the country's third-longest coastline at about 906.9 km (563.5 mi). The network connects the state with most major cities in India. Pongal, also called Tamizhar Thirunaal (festival of Tamils) or Makara Sankranti elsewhere in India, a four-day harvest festival is one of the most widely celebrated festivals throughout Tamil Nadu. When the sultanate was incorporated into the Mughal Empire in 1688, the northern part of current-day Tamil Nadu was administrated by the Nawab of the Carnatic, who had his seat in Arcot from 1715 onward. [5] Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised state in India, and one of the most industrialised states; the manufacturing sector accounts for more than one-third of the state's GDP. Protected areas provide safe habitat for large mammals including elephants, tigers, leopards, wild dogs, sloth bears, gaurs, lion-tailed macaques, Nilgiri langurs, Nilgiri tahrs, grizzled giant squirrels and sambar deer, resident and migratory birds such as cormorants, darters, herons, egrets, open-billed storks, spoonbills and white ibises, little grebes, Indian moorhen, black-winged stilts, a few migratory ducks and occasionally grey pelicans, marine species such as the dugongs, turtles, dolphins, Balanoglossus and a wide variety of fish and insects. [39] In 1639, the British, under the East India Company, established a settlement further south of Pulicat, in present-day Chennai. 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