Tamil Nadu Timeline

Kanchipuram

5 events, 1925 to 2023; 1 marked as turning points.

  1. 1925

    1. 1925Social Reform

      Periyar leaves Congress and starts the Self-Respect Movement

      After his resolution on communal representation was not allowed at the Kanchipuram conference, E. V. Ramasamy left the Congress and began the Self-Respect Movement.

  2. 1997

    1. 1997Governance

      Chengalpattu district split into Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur

      The old Chingleput district was divided into Kanchipuram and Tiruvallur districts in 1997.

  3. 2004

    1. 11 Nov 2004 to 27 Nov 2013Law Justice

      Arrest of the Kanchi Shankaracharya

      Jayendra Saraswathi of the Kanchi math was arrested in the Sankararaman murder case; he and the other accused were acquitted in 2013.

  4. 2005

    1. 2005Culture

      Kanchipuram silk registered as a geographical indication

      Kanchipuram silk saris were one of the earliest Tamil Nadu products to gain registration as a geographical indication.

  5. 2023

    1. 15 Sep 2023Welfare

      Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thogai launched

      The state began paying Rs. 1,000 a month to more than a crore women heads of families.