K. Krishnasamy founds Puthiya Tamilagam

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1. 1989

   1. 16 Jul 1989ChennaiPolitics

      Pattali Makkal Katchi founded

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2. 1990

   1. 7 Sep 1990TirunelveliEducation

      Manonmaniam Sundaranar University founded at Tirunelveli

      A state university for the southern districts, named after the Tamil scholar Manonmaniam Sundaranar, was established at Tirunelveli.

      

3. 1994

   1. 1 Jun 1994TirunelveliGovernance

      Tirunelveli becomes a municipal corporation

      Merged with the municipalities of Palayamkottai and Melapalayam, Tirunelveli became a corporation.

      

4. 1997

   1. 17 Aug 1997TirumangalamSocial Reform

      First Samathuvapuram equality village inaugurated

      The first Periyar Ninaivu Samathuvapuram, a housing colony where families of different castes live side by side, opened near Madurai.

   2. 30 Jun 1997MelurConflict

      Melavalavu massacre

      Dalit panchayat president K. Murugesan and six other Dalit men were murdered at Melavalavu near Madurai by members of a dominant caste.

5. 1999

   1. 23 Jul 1999TirunelveliConflict

      Manjolai labourers massacre on the Tamirabarani

      Seventeen people, mostly Dalit tea estate workers, died in the Tamirabarani river at Tirunelveli while fleeing a police lathi-charge.