Tamil Nadu Timeline

Textiles

14 events, 1813 to 2016.

  1. 1813

    1. 1813LondonLegislation

      Charter Act of 1813

      Renewing the Company's charter, Parliament abolished its India trade monopoly, admitted missionaries and funded education.

  2. 1814

    1. 1814ChennaiEconomy

      John Binny establishes Binny & Co in Madras

      Merchant John Binny, in Madras since 1797, established the firm of Binny & Co, one of the city's oldest mercantile houses.

  3. 1878

    1. Jan 1878PeramburIndustry

      Binny's Buckingham Mill begins production in Madras

      Registered in 1876, Binny and Co.'s Buckingham Mill went into operation in 1878, and the Carnatic Mills came three years later in 1881.

  4. 1908

    1. 27 Feb 1908ThoothukudiProtest

      Coral Mill strike in Tuticorin

      Led by V. O. Chidambaram Pillai and Subramania Siva, Coral Mill workers in Tuticorin struck against poor pay and harsh conditions.

  5. 1910

    1. 1910CoimbatoreIndustry

      Lakshmi Mills founded in Coimbatore

      G. Kuppuswamy Naidu founded Lakshmi Mills, one of the earliest composite textile mills of Coimbatore.

  6. 1918

    1. 13 Apr 1918ChennaiIndustry

      Madras Labour Union founded

      B. P. Wadia and Thiru. V. Kalyanasundaram founded the Madras Labour Union, among the first organised trade unions in India.

  7. 1921

    1. 20 Jun 1921 to Oct 1921ChennaiProtest

      Buckingham and Carnatic Mills strike

      Workers of the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills in Madras went on a prolonged strike against Binny and Co. over wages and conditions.

  8. 1932

    1. Oct 1932PykaraInfrastructure

      Pykara hydroelectric power station commissioned

      The Pykara hydroelectric scheme in the Nilgiris began generating power, the first major hydroelectric project in the Madras Presidency.

  9. 1938

    1. 15 Oct 1938PasumalaiProtest

      Thevar jailed during Pasumalai mill strike

      Muthuramalinga Thevar was jailed for seven months while leading a strike at the Mahalakshmi Mills in Pasumalai near Madurai.

  10. 1983

    1. 1983ChennaiWelfare

      Free dhoti and saree scheme for Pongal

      The state began distributing free saris and dhotis to poor families for Pongal, a scheme that also provides work to handloom and power loom weavers.

  11. 2005

    1. 2005KanchipuramCulture

      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.

  12. 2008

    1. 26 Oct 2008TiruppurGovernance

      Tiruppur becomes a municipal corporation

      The knitwear town of Tiruppur was upgraded to a municipal corporation on 26 October 2008.

  13. 2009

    1. 22 Feb 2009TiruppurGovernance

      Tiruppur district formed

      Tiruppur district was carved out of Coimbatore and Erode districts as the 32nd district of Tamil Nadu.

  14. 2016

    1. May 2016ChennaiWelfare

      Crop loan waiver and 100 free units of household power

      Back in power, Jayalalithaa cancelled the cooperative crop loans of 16.94 lakh farmers and made the first 100 units of household power free.