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  2. Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu Date 11 August 1937 – present (87 years, 6 months) Location Present-day Tamil Nadu, India Caused by Various attempts by the Government of India (1947–present) and the Government of Madras (during 1937–65) to promote Hindi language in the State Goals To prevent the imposition of Hindi in the State Methods Non-violent - Conferences, fasts, legislations ...

  3. Shelob - Wikipedia

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    In the story, Gollum deliberately led Frodo and Sam into her lair, planning to recover the One Ring once she had consumed the hobbits. She cornered them; but Frodo used the Phial of Galadriel's light to drive her off, and used Sting to cut the webs blocking the tunnel. Gollum waylaid the pair and tried to strangle Sam, while Shelob paralysed ...

  4. Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–1940 - Wikipedia

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    The story is about the Tamil Nadu Women's Conference. The anti-Hindi agitation was backed by Periyar's Self-Respect Movement and Justice Party. The Justice party was led by older, established leaders like Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu and Pannirselvam, who did not have reputations as agitators and derived their power from patronage.

  5. Hindu Munnani - Wikipedia

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    Hindu Munnani is a right-wing Hindu nationalist organisation based in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Hindu Munnani was set up by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) [ 1 ] The organisation was founded in 1980 by Ramagopalan , a member of RSS and since its formation served as the platform for RSS and its subsidiaries known as the Sangh Parivar .

  6. Hindi imposition - Wikipedia

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    Hindi imposition is a form of linguistic imperialism in which the use of Modern Standard Hindi is preferred in Indian states that do not use or desire to use Hindi as a regional language. The term is rooted in the anti-Hindi agitations of Tamil Nadu , where it was proposed for Hindi to be taught in schools in the Madras Presidency .

  7. Portrayals of Sri Lankan Tamils in Indian cinema - Wikipedia

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    The satirical comedy film Aandavan Kattalai (2016) co-written and directed by M. Manikandan narrated the story of how two men from interior Tamil Nadu struggle to acquire travel documents to fly to London. A key character, Nesan played by Aravindhan, is a Sri Lankan Tamil refugee who has not been given Indian residency permits, and subsequently ...

  8. Manjolai labourers massacre - Wikipedia

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    Manjolai labourers massacre or Thamirabarani massacre of 23 July 1999 was the death of 17 Dalit labourers, including two women and a two-year-old child, when they got into the river to escape Tamil Nadu Police lathi-charge.

  9. History of Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    The east coast of Tamil Nadu was one of the areas affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami, during which almost 8000 people died in the disaster. [112] The sixth most populous state in the Indian Union, Tamil Nadu was the seventh-largest economy in 2005 among the states of India. [113]