whereas tamils who have been living in Sri Lanka for a long time and working in tea plantations are not given citizenship‚ and are denied basic rights such as voting. In 1964‚ the government sent many tamils back to India and granted citizenship to the remaining tamils. However‚ by the 1980’s‚ this was still not carried out fully. About 100‚000 tamils who are contributing to the society is still stateless. In 2003‚ a bill of origin of Indian persons was passed and allowed tamils who have
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fifth largest installed wind power capacity in the world.[1] In 2009-10 India’s growth rate was highest among the other top four countries. As of 31 Jan 2013 the installed capacity of wind power in India was 18634.9[2][3] MW‚ mainly spread across Tamil Nadu (7134 MW)‚[4] Gujarat (3‚093 MW)‚ Maharashtra (2310.70 MW)‚ Karnataka (1730.10 MW)‚ Rajasthan (1524.70 MW)‚ Madhya Pradesh (275.50 MW)‚ Andhra Pradesh (200.20 MW)‚ Kerala (32.8 MW)‚ Orissa (2MW)‚[5][6] West Bengal (1.1 MW) and other states (3
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of this Island. This led the other nations to come on trading goods and services. The nations from India‚ Indonesia‚ Arab and Chinese came for trading and they settled in Sri Lanka. As a result of these many other ethnic minorities‚ which includes Tamils‚ Muslim Moors‚ Burghers and Malays lived in Sri Lanka. This land was concurred by many countries. Especially Portugal‚ Dutch and lastly the British were the three main countries who captured Sri Lanka. But in year 1948‚ the country was independent
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styles in the Tamil and French quarters‚ which are separated by a canal and unified by a grid iron plan. The Government Square is the only major green space in Pondicherry within the boulevards‚ surrounded by public buildings. The contrasting French and Tamil styles‚ and in many cases a harmonious blend of the two‚ called the ‘Franco-Tamil’ style‚ are a special feature of the town. In the French Town the buildings are in European style adapted to a tropical climate‚ whereas in the Tamil Town area they
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Beginning on 23 July 1983‚ there was an intermittent insurgency against the government by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (the LTTE‚ also known as the Tamil Tigers)‚ a separatist militant organisation which fought to create an independent Tamil state called Tamil Eelam in the north and the east of the island. After a 26-year military campaign‚ the Sri Lankan military defeated the Tamil Tigers in May 2009‚ bringing the civil war to an end. For over 25 years‚ this civil war caused significant hardships
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Old Tamil[edit] The earliest records in Old Tamil are short inscriptions from around the 2nd century BCE in caves and on pottery. These inscriptions are written in a variant of the Brahmi script called Tamil Brahmi. The earliest long text in Old Tamil is the Tolkāppiyam‚ an early work on Tamil grammar and poetics‚ whose oldest layers could be as old as the 1st century BC. A large number of literary works in Old Tamil have also survived. These include a corpus of 2‚381 poems collectively known as
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Life of Pi is a fantasy adventure novel by Yann Martel published in 2001. The protagonist‚ Piscine Molitor "Pi" Patel‚ a Tamil boy from Pondicherry‚ explores issues of spirituality and practicality from an early age. He survives 227 days after a shipwreck while stranded on a lifeboat in the Pacific Ocean with a Bengal tigernamed Richard Parker. The novel‚ which has sold more than ten million copies worldwide‚[1] was rejected by at least five London publishing houses[2] before being accepted by Knopf
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CBSE-i Central Board of Secondary Education CLASS-X CBSE-i POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT I POWER SHARING TEACHERS’ MANUAL CBSE-i CLASS-X • POLITICAL SCIENCE UNIT-I • Power Sharing TEACHERS’ MANUAL i Acknowledgements Conceptual Framework Shri G. Balasubramanian‚ Former Director (Acad)‚ CBSE Ms. Abha Adams‚ Consultant‚ Step-by-Step School‚ Noida Dr. Sadhana Parashar‚ Director (Training)‚ CBSE Advisory Shri Vineet Joshi‚ Chairman‚ CBSE Dr. Sadhana Parashar‚ Director
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India’s favorite children’s magazine and one of the best Indian websites for children in terms of content and interactivity. It is a multilingual site‚ with content available in seven languages including English‚ Hindi‚ Kannada‚ Marathi‚ Sanskrit‚ Tamil and Telugu. The site has forums where registered users can post stories‚ jokes‚ riddles and poems that they have written as well as their own original artwork. Among the other interesting content available on the site are traditional and contemporary
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(Translation of an excellent article from Thuglak‚ a Tamil fortnightly) Preface: Is it a rule that only PM or CM should unfurl the National Flag and address the citizens? Should not a chance be given to a citizen who is enjoying independence?(?!) This is an attempt to think how a citizen will address on the eve of Independence Day. My dear Citizens of India (bayoon aur bahnoo) Namaskar. India is a free country and everybody has freedom. Isn’t it? There is no section of our society
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