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Freedom Fighters:
Arumai Perumal
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Velu Nachiyar
.
Dheeran Chinnamalai
.
Edouard Goubert
.
Maruthu Pandiyar
.
Migapulle Arachchi
.
U. Muthuramalingam Thevar
.
Cankili II
.
Pandara Vanniyan
.
Puli Thevar
.
Thileepan
·
Tiruppur Kumaran
.
Veeran Sundaralingam
.
Vanchinathan
.
Veerapandiya Kattabomman
.
Oomaithurai
.
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Monarchs:
visit
List of Tamil monarchs
Poets:
Tiruvalluvar
·
Ilango Adigal
·
Kambar
·
Avvaiyar
·
Eelathu Poothanthevanar
·
Kannadasan
·
Subramanya Bharathi
·
Tirutakkatevar
·
Chithalai Chathanar
Saints:
Alvars
·
Nayanars
Social Reformers:
Ayya Vaikundar
.
S. J. V. Chelvanayakam
.
E. V. Ramasami Naicker
·
Subramanya Bharathi
Kingdoms and Dynasties
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Chieftaincies:
Vannimai
·
Velirs
·
Polygar
Dynasties:
Aryacakravarti dynasty
·
Chola dynasty
·
Pallava dynasty
·
Chera dynasty
·
Kadava dynasty
·
Madurai Nayak Dynasty
·
Thanjavur Nayaks
.
Thanjavur Marathas
Kingdoms:
Pandyan kingdom
.
Jaffna kingdom
.
Ay kingdom
Historic Freedom Struggles
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In Sri Lanka:
Sri Lankan Civil War
Eelam War I
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Eelam War II
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Eelam War III
.
Eelam War IV
Movements
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Self-Respect Movement
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Anti-Hindi agitations
Tamilakam
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History of Tamil Nadu
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Tamilakam
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Religion in ancient Tamil country
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Agriculture in ancient Tamil country
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Economy of ancient Tamil country
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Education in ancient Tamil country
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Industry in ancient Tamil country
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Early Pandyan Society
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Early Pandyan Government
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Chola government
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Sources of ancient Tamil history
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Sangam period
Eelam
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History of Sri Lanka
·
Eelam
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History of the Jaffna Kingdom
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Tissamaharama Tamil Brahmi inscription
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Naga people (Lanka)
Culture and Society
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Language and Writing
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Dialects:
Madurai Tamil
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Madras Tamil
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Brahmin Tamil
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Mandyam Tamil
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Kannada-Tamil
·
Judeo-Malayalam
·
Jaffna Tamil
·
Negombo Tamil dialect
·
Sri Lankan Tamil dialects
.
Thanjavur Marathi
Language:
Dravidian languages
:
Dravidian languages
·
Tamil language
·
Sankethi language
Other:
List of English words of Tamil origin
.
Loan words in Sri Lankan Tamil
Scripts:
Tamil script
·
Tamil copper-plate inscriptions
·
Vatteluttu
·
Grantha script
Literature
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Epics:
The Five Great Epics of Tamil Literature
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Silappatikaram
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Manimekalai
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Civaka Cintamani
·
Kundalakesi
Valayapathi
·
Ramavataram
Grammar:
Tolkāppiyam
·
Date of the Tolkappiyam
Literature:
Tamil literature
·
Sangam literature
·
Chola literature
.
Tamil history from Sangam literature
,
Sri Lankan Tamil literature
Novels:
Ponniyin Selvan
·
Tamil historical novels
Poetry:
Pathinenmaelkanakku
(Eighteen Anthology Series) ·
Ettuthokai
(Eight Anthologies) ·
Pattupattu
(Ten Idylls)
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Dance:
Bharatanatyam
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Dance forms of Tamil Nadu
Instruments:
Veena
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Pullanguzhal
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Villuppattu
·
Yazh
·
Thavil
·
Murasu
·
Melam
·
Kombu
·
Parai
·
Urumi
Music:
Ancient Tamil music
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Music of Tamil Nadu
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Pann
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Festivals:
Thaipusam
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Thai Pongal
.
Puthandu
Martial arts:
Dravidian martial arts
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Silambam
·
Kalarippayattu
·
Varma Kalai
·
Adithada
·
Kuttu Varisai
·
Valari
·
Maduvu
·
Surul Pattai
·
Marmam
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Origins of Kalarippayattu
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Malyutham
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Kabaddi
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Nagalingam Ethirveerasingam
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Tamil architecture
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Pancha Rathas
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Pancha Ishwarams
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Meenakshi Amman Temple
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Hinduism in Tamil Nadu
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Hinduism in Sri Lanka
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Tamil Jains
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People:
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Proto-Dravidian
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Tamil people
·
Negombo Tamils
·
Malabars
·
List of Indian Tamil castes
·
List of Sri Lankan Tamil castes
·
Sri Lankan Tamil castes
Diaspora:
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Sri Lankan Tamil diaspora
·
Sri Lanka Tamils (Indian origin)
.
Indians in Singapore
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Tamil Malaysians
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Tamil Canadian
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Tamil South Africans
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Burmese Indians
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Indo-Martiniquais
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Indo-Caribbeans
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Tamils of Réunion
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Dravidian University
Cinema and Media
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Cinema
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Tamil Cinema
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Sri Lankan Tamil cinema
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Chemman Chaalai
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In the Name of Buddha
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Veerapandiya Kattabomman (film)
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Lists of Tamil-language films
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List of Sri Lankan Tamil films
Media
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Politics
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Persons
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Activists:
Meena Kandasamy
·
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy
.
Thirumurugan Gandhi
.
Nedumaran
.
Sengai Aaliyan
.
Ameer
.
Bharathidasan
.
Jayakanthan
.
Seeman
.
V. Gowthaman
.
Thozhar Thiyagu
·
S. P. Adithanar
Ministers/ Chief Ministers:
V. Gopalswamy
·
M. Karunanidhi
.
J. Jayalalithaa
.
M. K. Stalin
.
Anbumani Ramadoss
National Leader:
Velupillai Prabhakaran
Parties
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India (Tamil Nadu):
AIDMK
·
DMK
·
MDMK
·
PMK
·
NTK
·
VCK
Sri Lanka:
TNA
.
TULF
Social Movements
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India:
DPI
Malaysia:
HINDRAF
Nationalism
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Tamil Nationalism
Sri Lankan Tamil Nationalism
Irredentism
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Greater Tamil Nadu
.
Tamil Eelam
Paramilitary groups
[
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in Sri Lanka:
LTTE
.
PLOTE
.
EPRLF
.
EPDP
.
TMVP
.
Sri Lankan Tamil militants
in India:
TNLA
.
TNRT
. Tamil Nadu Liberation Front (TNLF)
Geography
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Major Cities of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka
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Chennai
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Coimbatore
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Erode
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Madurai
.
Salem
.
Tiruchirapalli
.
Thanjavur
.
Kanchipuram
.
Tirunelveli
.
Tirupur
.
Rameswaram
.
Jaffna
.
Vavuniya
.
Mannar
.
Trincomalee
.
Velanai
.
Ampara
.
Batticaloa
.
Kalmunai
.
Kilinochchi
.
Mullaitivu
.
Puttalam
.
Chavakacheri
Districts of Tamil Nadu and Tamil areas of Sri Lanka
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Chennai
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Coimbatore
.
Thanjavur
.
Kanchipuram
.
Cuddalore
.
Dharmapuri
.
Dindigul
.
Erode
.
Kanyakumari
.
Karur
.
Krishnagiri
.
Madurai
.
Nagapattinam
.
Namakkal
.
Perambalur
.
Pudukkottai
.
Ramanathapuram
.
Salem
.
Sivagangai
.
Thanjavur
.
Nilgiris
.
Theni
.
Thoothukudi
.
Tiruchirapalli
.
Tirunelveli
.
Tiruvarur
.
Thiruvannaamalai
.
Tiruvarur
.
Vellore
.
Viluppuram
.
Virudhunagar
.
Tiruvarur
.
Jaffna District
.
Mannar District
.
Batticaloa District
.
Vavuniya District
States - Union Territories - Province
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Tamil Nadu
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Puducherry
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North Eastern Province
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Northern Province
and
Eastern Province
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Landcapes
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Sangam landscape
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Kaveri River
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Gulf of Mannar
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Coromandel Coast
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Palk Strait
Regions
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South India
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Malabar
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Sri Lanka
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Jaffna peninsula
,
Vanni
,
Mannar Island
)