Karanthai Tamil Sangam is a

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. The society was founded in 1911 to promote the language. It is one of the modern Tamil Sangams.

History

Karanthai Tamil Sangam was founded on 14 May 1911 in

Karanthattankudi Karunthattankudi, also known as Karunthittaikkudi and Karanthai, is a small town near Thanjavur in Tamil Nadu, India. Karanthattankudi Sapthas Stana Temples Karanthattankudi Saptha Stana Temples comprises the temples found in Karanthattankud ...

(also known as Karunthattaikudi and Karanthai), a suburb of

Thanjavur Thanjavur (), also Tanjore, Pletcher 2010, p. 195 is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is the 11th biggest city in Tamil Nadu. Thanjavur is an important center of South Indian religion, art, and architecture. Most of the Gr ...

, Tamil Nadu. The society was founded by Radhakrishna Pillai with his brother Umamaheswara Pillai as its first president. The Sangam passed a resolution in 1920 to declare Tamil as

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. In a meeting on 27 August 1937, it condemned the

imposition of Hindi Hindi imposition is a form of linguistic imperialism in which the use of Modern Standard Hindi is preferred over Indian states that do not use or desire to use Hindi as a regional language. The term is rooted in the anti-Hindi agitations of Ta ...

in the educational institutions.

Activities

The society started a literacy journal ''Tamil polil'' in 1925. It conducts monthly meetings and seminars on Tamil literature. It established educational institutions to provide Tamil education.

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