Tamil Nadu Timeline

Sivakasi

3 events, 1899 to 2012.

  1. 1899

    1. 1899Conflict

      Sivakasi riots

      In and near Sivakasi, Maravar-Nadar clashes killed 22 people and burnt hundreds of houses until troops stepped in.

  2. 1942

    1. 1942Industry

      Standard Fireworks founded at Sivakasi

      N. R. K. Rajarathnam founded Standard Fireworks at Sivakasi, first making matches and later fireworks.

  3. 2012

    1. 5 Sep 2012Disaster

      Sivakasi fireworks factory explosion

      Forty people died and over 70 were hurt when an explosion hit the Om Sakthi fireworks factory near Sivakasi.