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The Tamils portal Archaeological evidence from Tamil Nadu indicates a continuous history of human occupation for more than 3,800 years. In the Sangam period,Tamilakam was ruled by theThree Crowned Kings of theCheras,Cholas andPandyas. SmallerVelir kings and chieftains ruled certain territories and maintained relationship with the larger kingdoms. Urbanisation and mercantile activity developed along the coasts during the later Sangam period with the Tamilsinfluencing the regional trade in the Indian Ocean region. Artifacts obtained from excavations indicate the presence of earlytrade relations with the Romans. The major kingdoms to rule the region later were thePallavas (3rd–9th century CE), and theVijayanagara Empire (14th–17th century CE). The island of Sri Lanka often saw attacks from the Indian mainland with the Cholas establishing their influence across the island and across several areas in Southeast Asia in the 10th century CE. This led to the spread of Tamil influence and contributed to thecultural Indianisation of the region. Scripts brought by Tamil traders like theGrantha andPallava scripts, induced the development of many Southeast Asian scripts. TheJaffna Kingdom later controlled the Tamil territory in the north of the Sri Lanka from 13th to 17th century CE. European colonization began in the 17th century CE, and continued for two centuries until the middle of the 20th century. (Full article...) Selected article -show anotherTheanti-Hindi agitations in Tamil Nadu have been ongoing intermittently in the southern Indian state ofTamil Nadu (formerlyMadras State and part ofMadras Presidency) since the early 20th century. The agitations involve several mass protests, riots, student and political movements in Tamil Nadu concerning the official status ofHindi in the state. Thefirst agitation was launched in 1937, to protest the introduction of compulsory teaching of Hindi in the schools of Madras Presidency by the firstIndian National Congress (INC) government led byC. Rajagopalachari. This faced immediate opposition by"Periyar" E. V. Ramasamy, Soma Sundara Bharathiyar and the oppositionJustice Party. The three-year-long agitation was multifaceted and involvedfasts, conferences, marches, picketing and protests. Government crackdown resulted in the deaths of two protesters and the arrests of 1,198 persons (including women and children). After the government resigned in 1939, the mandatory Hindi education was withdrawn in 1940. AfterIndia's independence from theUnited Kingdom, the adoption of an official language for the (to be) Republic was a hotly debated issue during the framing of theIndian Constitution. Succeeding an exhaustive and divisive debate, Hindi was adopted as the official language of India with English continuing as an associate official language for a pre-set period of 15 years. After the new Constitutioncame into effect on 26 January 1950, many non-Hindi States opposed efforts by theUnion government to make Hindi the sole official language after 26 January 1965. (Full article...) General images
Selected biography -show another V. S. Srinivasa Sastri in 1921 Valangaiman Sankaranarayana Srinivasa SastriCH PC (22 September 1869 – 17 April 1946) was an Indian politician, administrator,educator,orator andIndian independence activist. He was acclaimed for his oratory and command over the English language. Srinivasa Sastri was born to a poor temple priest in the village ofValangaiman nearKumbakonam, India. He completed his education at Kumbakonam and worked as a school teacher and later, headmaster inTriplicane,Madras. He entered politics in 1905 when he joined theServants of India Society. Sastri served as a member of theIndian National Congress from 1908 to 1922, but later resigned in protest against thenon-cooperation movement. Sastri was one of the founding members of theIndian Liberal Party. In his later days, he was strongly opposed to thepartition of India. Srinivasa Sastri served as a member of theMadras Legislative Council from 1913 to 1916,Imperial Legislative Council of India from 1916 to 1919 and theCouncil of State from 1920 to 1925. Sastri also functioned as India's delegate to theLeague of Nations, as member of thePrivy Council of the United Kingdom and agent to theUnion of South Africa. (Full article...) Categories Select [►] to view subcategories Select [►] to view subcategories TopicsTamil People Countrywide:India •Sri Lanka •Canada •Malaysia •Singapore •South Africa •England Related Ethnic Groups:Brahui •Gond •Kannadiga •Khonds •Kodava •Oraon •Malayali •Telugus •Tuluvas Related indigenous Groups:Badagas •Toda •Kuruba See also:List of Tamil people,Tamil script,Tamil Script Code for Information Interchange Related portalsWikiProjectsThings to do
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