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Puthandu ( Tamil: புத்தாண்டு, romanized: Puttāṇṭu, lit. 'new year'), also known as Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar that is traditionally celebrated as a festival by Tamils. The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the solar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the month of Chittirai.
Katchatheevu(Tamil: கச்சத்தீவு, Tamil pronunciation:[kəttʃət̪t̪iːʋʉ])[a]is an uninhabited island in Sri Lanka. The island was governed by British Ceylon(now Sri Lanka) from 1921.[3] Though the Indian government never controlled it, the island remained disputed until 1974 between India and Sri Lanka when India ...
In the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, political parties, youth organizations, and social movement groups organize a number of remembrance events across the state. [38] [39] [40] Amongst the Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora, where there are no restrictions on commemorating Mullivaikkal Remembrance Day, large public gatherings are held. [41] [42] [43] [44]
23.05%. Swing. 6.18 pp. 1.50 pp. Seatwise Result Map of the 2024 general election in Tamil Nadu. The 2024 Indian general election was held in Tamil Nadu on 19 April to elect 39 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. [ 1] The election results were announced on 4 June 2024. [ 2][ 3] The Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), led by the ...
Sri Lankan Tamils ( Tamil : இலங்கை தமிழர், ilankai tamiḻar or ஈழத் தமிழர், īḻat tamiḻar ), [ 21] also known as Ceylon Tamils or Eelam Tamils, [ 22][ 23] are Tamils native to the South Asian island state of Sri Lanka. Today, they constitute a majority in the Northern Province, form the plurality ...
The Tamil language is native to Tamil Nadu ( India ), Puducherry (India) and Sri Lanka, where most of the native Tamil speaking population is highly concentrated. Tamil is also recognized as a classical language by the Government of India in 2004 and was the first language to achieve such status. [ 1] Tamil is one of the 22 official languages ...
The Tamils ( / ˈtæmɪlz, ˈtɑː -/ TAM-ilz, TAHM- ), [ 8] also known as the Tamilar, [ 9][ note 3] are a Dravidian ethnolinguistic group who natively speak the Tamil language and trace their ancestry mainly to India 's southern state of Tamil Nadu, to the union territory of Puducherry, and to Sri Lanka. The Tamil language is one of the world ...
Cyclone Burevi. Cyclonic Storm Burevi [a] ( / bɜːrˈɛvɪ /) was a weak tropical cyclone which made landfall in Sri Lanka, becoming the first to do so since a depression in 2014, and brought minimal impact to Southern India in December 2020. The ninth depression and fifth named storm of the 2020 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, Burevi ...