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Eighth World Tamil Conference held in Thanjavur

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The eighth World Tamil Conference was hosted in Thanjavur by the Tamil Nadu government.

The eighth World Tamil Conference was held in Thanjavur in January 1995, hosted by the AIADMK government of J. Jayalalithaa. Scholars of Tamil language and literature from India and abroad took part in academic sessions. The event also included large public celebrations in the historic city. It was the second time in the period that the conference was held in Tamil Nadu, after Madurai in 1981.

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