Dravidian languages
Language family mostly of southern India
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| July 2020 | Composer Rajan Somasundaram released 'Sandham: Symphony Meets Classical Tamil', a music album featuring Sangam poetry, which was featured in Amazon's Top#10 'International Music albums' category and praised by The Hindu Music review as 'A Major event in the world of Music'. |
| November 2019 | The Tamil Nadu state government issued an order to add 9,000 new words to the Tamil language vocabulary, expanding its lexical resources. |
| 2017 | Between 2017 and 2018, 5,820 artifacts were found in Keezhadi archaeological site and sent for scientific dating. |
| June 2017 |
Tamil Wikipedia
A teacher education program was initiated in 3 districts of Tamil Nadu, contributing thousands of articles to the Tamil Wikipedia.
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| May 2017 |
Tamil Wikipedia
A highly productive period for Tamil Wikipedia began, with more than 27,000 articles written between May and July.
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| May 2017 |
Tamil Wikipedia
Tamil Wikipedia crossed 100,000 articles milestone.
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| September 2013 |
Tamil Wikipedia
Tamil Wikipedia celebrated its 10th anniversary, marking a significant milestone in the project's development.
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| April 2010 |
Tamil Wikipedia
The Tamil Internet Conference held a content creation contest for college students across Tamil Nadu, India to increase content on Tamil Wikipedia. Over 2,000 contestants participated, resulting in the creation of 1,200 new academically reviewed articles on various subjects, coinciding with the World Classical Tamil Conference 2010.
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