Tamil Nadu Timeline

Robert Caldwell

4 events, 1838 to 1881; 1 marked as turning points.

  1. 1838

    1. 8 Jan 1838ChennaiReligion

      Robert Caldwell arrives in Madras

      Robert Caldwell, who would go on to write the Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages, reached Madras as a missionary.

  2. 1856

    1. 1856IdaiyangudiLanguage

      Caldwell's Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian languages

      With his Comparative Grammar, Robert Caldwell showed that the Dravidian languages make up a separate language family.

  3. 1877

    1. 1877IdaiyangudiReligion

      Robert Caldwell consecrated Bishop of Tirunelveli

      Missionary and Dravidian scholar Robert Caldwell, based at Idaiyangudi, was consecrated as a bishop for the Tirunelveli mission.

  4. 1881

    1. 1881TirunelveliLiterature

      Caldwell's History of Tinnevelly published

      The Madras government published Bishop Robert Caldwell's history of Tirunelveli district, drawn from manuscripts, Sangam texts and his own digs.