Karanthai Tamil Sangam
Karanthai Tamil Sangam is a Tamil language society in Tamil Nadu, India. The society was founded in 1911 to promote the language. It is one of the modern Tamil Sangams.
History
[edit]Karanthai Tamil Sangam was founded on 14 May 1911 in Karanthattankudi (also known as Karunthattaikudi and Karanthai), a suburb of Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu. The society was founded by Radhakrishna Pillai with his brother Umamaheswara Pillai as its first president.[1][2] The Sangam passed a resolution in 1920 to declare Tamil as classical language.[3] In a meeting on 27 August 1937, it condemned the imposition of Hindi in the educational institutions.[4]
Activities
[edit]The society started a literacy journal Tamil polil in 1925.[1] It conducts monthly meetings and seminars on Tamil literature.[5] It established educational institutions to provide Tamil education.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c K. M. Venkataramaiah; International School of Dravidian Linguistics (1996). A handbook of Tamil Nadu. International School of Dravidian Linguistics. p. 1. ISBN 978-81-85692-20-3.
- ^ "Tamil literatteurs honoured". Hindustan Times. 16 February 2006.
- ^ "NEED TO RECOGNIZE TAMIL AS A CLASSICAL LANGUAGE". Parliament of India. 10 March 1997.
- ^ Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium: From Iyothee Thass to Periyar. Samya. 1998. p. 490. ISBN 978-81-85604-37-4.
- ^ Institute of Historical Studies (Calcutta, India) (1984). Public associations in India. Institute of Historical Studies. pp. 317–322.
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