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Second World Tamil Conference held in Madras

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Madras hosted the second International Tamil Research Conference, known as the World Tamil Conference, under the Annadurai government.

The second International Tamil Research Conference, popularly called the World Tamil Conference, was held in Madras in January 1968. The first had been held in Kuala Lumpur in 1966 under the initiative of Fr. Xavier S. Thani Nayagam. The Madras conference was organised with the involvement of the state government, then headed by C. N. Annadurai. It was accompanied by public celebrations of Tamil language and culture, including statues of Tamil literary figures installed on the Marina.

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