GENERAL FACTS ABOUT TAMIL NADU

GENERAL FACTS ABOUT TAMIL NADU

1. Southernmost state of India
2. Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats intersect at Nilgiri in
3. Leading producer or Cement and-Cofton clothes
4. The state having the most number of regional parties
5. The state which abolished lottery by law
6. Bharatanatyam is the classical dance form of
7. The film industry known as Kollywood is in
8. First port in India built with Corporate support  :Ennore port
9. India’s first solar observatory was ‘established at:Kodaikanal
10. India’s first evening newspaper : Madras mail
11. India’s first Biosphere Reserve :Nilgiri
12. India’s oldest dam  : Grand dam
13. The state which contributed most number of Presidents in India: Tamil Nadu
14. The state in which the Koodankulam Atomic Power station is situated in: Tamil Nadu
15. Vasavi Diesel Power Plant is situtated in Tamil Nadu
16. Mettur Hydro-electric power project is situated in: Tamil Nadu
17. Neyveli Lignite Corporation is situated in : Tamil Nadu
18. Indian state which is a leading producer of match boxes: Tamil Nadu
19. The state which gives A.PJ. Abdul Kalam Youth Award: Tamil Nadu
20. The leading producer of wind energy in India  : Tamil Nadu
21. Madras state became Tamil Nadu in : 1969
22. Madras city became Chennai in : 1996
23. The Indian state having the most number of major ports : Tamil Nadu
24. The Indian state having the most number of cities: Tamil Nadu
25. Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium is situated in the state of: Tamil Nadu
26. First Indian state where the Green Legislative Assembly Hall was started : Tamil Nadu
27. First state to ban mobile phones in assembly hall: Tamil Nadu
28. First Indian state to introduce Chess in school curriculum : Tamil Nadu
29. First Indian state to ban forced religious conversion by law : Tamil Nadu
30. First Museum in India situated at Vandalur Zoological Garden is in : Tamil Nadu
31. First Indian state to computerize all GramaPanchayats in India : Tamil Nadu
32. First Indian state to start LokAdalat in India: Tamil Nadu (Chennai in 1986)
33. First Indian state to implement One Kilogram of Rice for One Rupee  : Tamil Nadu
34. First Indian state to start an Agricultural bank : Tamil Nadu
35. First Indian state to start Commando Police Wing : Tamil Nadu
36. First Indian state where the Right to Information Act came into being : Tamil Nadu (1997)
37. First and only state in India which has made roof top rain water harvesting system compulsory to all the houses across the state : Tamil Nadu
38. The Indian state having no NavodayaVidyalayas: Tamil Nadu
39. The famous historical place ‘Arcot’ is  situated in: Tamil Nadu
40. The Indian state where the Kolachal Port is  situated: Tamil Nadu
41. Egmore museum is situated in: Tamil Nadu
42. Vellore Christian Medical College is Situated at : Tamil Nadu
43. Velankanni Christian Pilgrim Centre is situated at : Tamil Nadu
44. Chidambaram Nataraja Temple is situated at: Tamil Nadu
45. The town on the banks of the river Palar :Kanchipuram
46. The capital of Pallavadynasty :Kanchipuram
47. The city of silks:Kanchipuram .
48. The place in Tamil Nadu where Huen Tsang visited:Kanchipuram
49. The headquarters of Pasteur Institute which produces anti rabies vaccine :Coonoor
50. Integral Coach Factory of Indian Railway is situated at :Perambur
51. The place famous for the production of iron : Salem
52. The place in Tamil Nadu famous for cigarettes.: Dindigul
53. National Research Centre for Banana :Tirudhirapalli
54. Bharathidasan University is situated at: Tiruchirapalli
55. City of eggs: Namakkal
56. The place in Tamil Nadu famous for eggs trade: Namakkal
57. The place known as energy port of Asia: Ennore
58. The eco-friendly port in Tamil Nadu :Ennore
59. The Queen of Hills in Southern India :Ooty
60. The Queen of Nilgirihills :Ooty
61. New name of Ooty:Udagamandalam
62. India’s only ‘Honey and Honeybee Museum’ was set up at:Ooty
63. Radio Astronomy centreis  in: Ooty
64. The steepest railway line in India:Nilgiri Mountain railway
65. India’s first Biosphere Reserve: Nilgiri (1986)
66. The oldest Dravidan language: Tamil
67. First language to get the classical status: Tamil (2004)
68. Headquarters of Southern Railway : Chennai
69. The oldest municipal corporation in India : Chennai (Ripon Building)
70. India’s first Agricultural Bank was established at: Chennai
71. Headquarters of M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation: Chennai
72. M.A. Chidambaram Cricket Stadium and Anna University are located in: Chennai
73. Headquarters of Neyveli Lignite Corporation: Chennai
74. The famous Cricket Stadium in Chennai: Chepauk stadium
75. India’s first post office Savings Bank ATM is in : Chennai
76. Headquarters of Southern Hindi PracharSabha : Chennai
77. The only city in India which was attacked during the first world war : Chennai
78. Central Leather Research Institute is in : Chennai
79. World’s largest leather research institute in terms of research papers and patents: Central Leather Research Institute
80. Fourth largest Metropolitan city in India: Chennai
81. First Cyber Post office in India: Chennai
82. First South Indian City where the INC session was held: Madras (Chennai)
83. Vandalur Zoological garden is situated at : Chennai
84. The St,George Fort is situated in: Chennai
85. The seat of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly is situated in: St. George Fort
86. Marina, the longest beach in India is situated in : Chennai
87. The Pearl city of India: Tuticorin
88. Southern most major port in India:Tuticorin
89. The agency which manage the implementation of SethuSamudramProject:Tuticorin Port Trust
90. The Motor sport capital of India : Coimbatore
91. The city known as ‘Kovai’ : Coimbatore
92. Central, Sugarcane Breeding Institute is located in : Coimbatore
93. Manchester of South India : Coimbatore
94. Mettur dam is in: Kaveririver
95. Sivakasi is known as : Mini Japan
96. The place famous for printing and crackers in India: Sivakasi
97. The Granary of South India:Thanjavur
98. The paradise of farmers:Thanjavur
99. ThanjavurBrihadeshwara temple was built by: Raja RajaChola
100. Madurai is situated on the banks of the river :Vaiga
101. The Sangam work which describes about Madurai: Manimekhalai
102. The place known as ‘Athens of East’  : Madurai
103. Capital of PandyaDynasty : Madurai
104. Madurai Meenakshi temple was built by  :ThirumalaiNayaka
105. The place known as city of festivals  : Madurai
106. The place known as Mamallapuram :Mahabalipuram
107. The Indian city where the Panchapandava temple is situated :Mahabalipuram
108. Panchapandava temple at Mahabalipuram was built by: NarasimhaVarma
109. The place known as Southern Kashi  :Rameswaram
110. Rameswaram is connected with Indian sub continent:Pamban Bridge (Anna-Indira Bridge)
111. Longest sea bridge in the south India  :Pamban bridge
112. Largest corridor in India: Rameswaram Corridor
113. The place of salt satyagraha in Tamil Nadu :Vedaranya
114. The place where Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated:Sriperumbudur
115. The centre of battle tank in India :Avadi
116. The indigenous battle tanks like Vaijayanta and Arjun were developed at :Avadi
117. The village of Painters  :Cholamandalam
118. The Indian Nayagra:Hogenakkal Water Falls
119. Founder of Cholamandalam :K.C.S.Panikker
120. Malayalee Temple is situated at  Yercaud
121. The place in Tamil Nadu where the colony of Denmark was established:Tranquebar (Tharangambadi)
122. The tourist place in Tamil Nadu which was developed by America :Kodaikanal
123. Kodailake was built by: Sir Vere Henry Levinge
124. First Neutrino experimental observatory is situated at: Bodhi West Hill Forest
125. Ancient port during Sangha period
126. Ans :Kaveripoompattinam
127. The chain of limestone shoals, between Pamban Island (Dhanushkodi) in Tamil Nadu and Mannar Island in the north-western coast of Sri Lanka: Adam’s bridge
128. The proposed project to create a shipping route in the shallow straits between India and Sri Lanka: Sethusamudram
129. First University in Southern India: Madras University
130. First Asian language in which Bible was translated  : Tamil
131. First Regional party which came into power in a state in India: DMK
132. Alexandria of the East :Kanyakumari
133. During the British rule, Kanyakumari was known as : Cape Comorin
134. Southern most point of India :Kanyakumari
135. Birth place of A.P.J. Abdul Kalam :Rameswaram
136. Missile man of India: A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
137. The birth place of Dr. M.S. Swaminathan:Kumbakonam
138. Father of Green Revolution: Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
139. C.RajaGopalachari is known as  : Vedaranyam Gandhi 
140. The person who is known as the Warrior from the South:C.RajaGopalachari
141. The person known as the Mango of Krishnagiri:C.RajaGopalachari
142. First Jnanpith award winner of Tamil Literature : P.V. Akhilan
143. First woman Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu:Janaki Raman
144. The political leader who was nicknamed as Imelda Marcos of India  :Jayalalitha
145. The Tamil political leader who was known as King Maker  :K.Kamaraj
146. The person known as Leader of the Crowd :K.Kamaraj
147. The person known as the fire brand of South India : S. Satyamurti
148. First woman who was nominated to RajyaSabha :Rugmini Devi Arundela
149. First woman dancer who appeared in the Indian postal stamp :Rugmini Devi Arundela
150. Real name of Rajanikant: ShivajiRaoGaekwad
151. Southern most railway station in India :Kanyakumari
152. The place where the Vivekananda rock and the statue of Thiruvalluvar are situated:Kanyakumari
153. Gandhi Memorial is situated in :Kanyakumari
154. The architect of Gandhi Memorial :J.C.Alexander
155. First Malayalee woman who became the Governor of Tamil Nadu:FathimaBeevi
156. Kuttalam waterfalls is in:Chittar river
157. Hogenakkal waterfalls is in :Kaveri river
158. Oldest dam in India: Grant Anicut (Kalianai)
159. The largest wild breeding population of crocodiles in South India :Amaravathi dam
160. Deepest dam in India: Upper Solaiyar or Upper   Sholayar Dam
161. First Indian to become the Grand Master of Chess: ViswanathanAnand
162. First person from Tamil Nadu who got the jnanpithaward :P.V.Akhilandan
163. The major work of P.V.Akhilandan:Chithirapavai
164. Second person from Tamil Nadu who got the jnanpithaward :DJayakanthan
165. The Tamil Chief Minister known as Kalainjar :Karunanidhi
166. The person to become Governor of Tamil Nadu for two times:Suijit Singh Bernala
167. The Tamil Chief Minister who was known as MakkalThilagam and Puratchithalaivar : MGR
168. The Indian Chief Minister who was born in Kandy in Srilanka  : MGR
169. The founder of AIADMK : MGR
170. First film actor who got Bharat Ratna  : MGR
171. The resting place of MGR  : Marina Beach
172. The person known as KappalottiyaTamiian  :V.O.ChidambaraPillai
173. New name of TuticorinPort :V.O.Chidambaranar Port
174. The world famous Mathematician who started his career as a clerk in Madras Port Trust:SreenivasaRamanujan
175. KanchiKailasanatha Temple was built by :NarasimhaVarman II
176. Vandemataram was translated into Tamil by  :SubrahmanyaBharati
177. The song’OdivilayaduPappa’was authored by SubrahmanyaBharati
178. The person known as the morning star of modern Tamil Literature: SubrahmanyaBharati
179. The Tamil poet who was killed by the attack of an elephan :SubrahmanyaBharati
180. Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History : Coimbatore
181. Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding: Coimbatore
182. Central Sugarcane Research Institute  : Coimbatore
183. Central Institute of Classical Tamil
184. Indian Maritime University : Chennai
185. Central Marine Fisheries Institute: Mandapam Camp (Tamil Nadu)
186. National Research Centre for Banana :Tiruchirapalli
187. Headquarters of the Theosophical society in India founded by Annie Besant: Adayar
188. Gandhigram Rural Institute is in :Dindigul
189. Mother Teresa Women’s University is located at :Kodaikanal
190. RIVERSIDE CITIES
191. Madurai -Vaiga
192. Kanchipuram – Palar
193. Tirunelveli – Thamirabarani
194. Mahabalipuram – Palar
195. Chennai – Adayar, Koovam
196. Chenkalpett – Palar
197. The dance form known as ‘poetry in motion’ :Bharatanatyam
198. Rukmini Devi Arundale founded a dance school in Adyarcalled  :Kalakshetra