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The following is a chronological overview of the history of the [[Tamils|Tamil]] people, who trace their ancestry to the [[India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]], the Indian [[Union territory]] of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], or the [[Northern Province, Sri Lanka|Northern]], [[Eastern Province, Sri Lanka|Eastern Province]] and [[Puttalam District]]<ref>Manual of the Puttalam District of the North-Western Province of Ceylon (1908), Frank Modder, p.55.</ref> of [[Sri Lanka]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Minahan|first=James|title=Ethnic Groups of South Asia and the Pacific: An Encyclopedia|date=2012|publisher=ABC-CLIO|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=abNDLZQ6quYC&q=tamils+dravidian+ethnic+group&pg=PA315|isbn=978-1-59884-659-1}}</ref>

==Pre-historic period==

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| c. '''150,000-100,000''' BCE || Evidence for presence of Hominins with Acheulean technology in north Tamil Nadu.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Pappu|first=Shanni|title=Early Pleistocene Presence of Acheulian Hominins in South India|url=http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6024/1596.abstract|journal=Science Magazine|year=2011|volume=331|issue=6024|pages=1596–9|doi=10.1126/science.1200183|pmid=21436450|s2cid=206531024|accessdate=12 April 2014|display-authors=etal}}</ref>
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| c. '''30,000''' BCE || [[Paleolithic]] industries in north Tamil Nadu<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/pappu297/|title=Excavations at the Palaeolithic Site of Attirampakkam, South India|date=September 2003|issue=297|publisher=Antiquity journal|accessdate=17 May 2013}}</ref>
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| c. '''8000'''-'''3000''' BCE || Pre-pottery [[microlith]]ic industries<ref>{{cite news|title=Evidence of pre-historic humans in Thanjavur|url=http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/10/stories/2009051054590600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090511012942/http://www.hindu.com/2009/05/10/stories/2009051054590600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 May 2009|date=10 May 2009|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=Thanjavur, India}}</ref>
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| c. '''3000'''-'''1000''' BCE || [[Neolithic]] and fine microlithic industries<ref>{{cite news|title=Bedrock on which Neolithic man sharpened stone tools found in T.N.|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/bedrock-on-which-neolithic-man-sharpened-stone-tools-found-in-tn/article4575216.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 April 2013|location=India}}</ref>
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==Pre-Sangam period==

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| c. '''1000'''-'''300''' BCE || [[Megalith]]ic age<ref>{{cite news|title=Kanchi district, gold mine of megalithic sites|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kanchi-district-gold-mine-of-megalithic-sites/238300-60-118.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629120101/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/kanchi-district-gold-mine-of-megalithic-sites/238300-60-118.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 June 2013|newspaper=IBN Live|date=14 March 2012|location=Tamil Nadu, India}}</ref>
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| c. '''600''' BCE || The [[Wootz steel]] production process started in the 6th century BC and exported globally by [[Chera dynasty]] what was termed ''the finest steel in the world'', i.e. Seric Iron to the Romans, Egyptians, Chinese and Arabs by 500 BC and was used to make the famous [[Damascus steel|damascus blades]]<ref>{{cite journal |first=Sharada |last=Srinivasan |date=15 November 1994 |title=Wootz crucible steel: a newly discovered production site in South India |journal=Papers from the Institute of Archaeology |volume=5 |pages=49–59 |doi=10.5334/pia.60|url=https://www.pia-journal.co.uk/jms/article/download/pia.60/142 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=Herbert Henery |last=Coghlan |year=1977 |title=Notes on prehistoric and early iron in the Old World |pages=99–100 |edition=2nd |publisher=[[Pitt Rivers Museum]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |first=B. |last=Sasisekharan |year=1999 |url=http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b66_263.pdf |title=Technology of Iron and Steel in Kodumanal |journal=Indian Journal of History of Science |volume=34 |number=4 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724033115/http://www.new1.dli.ernet.in/data1/upload/insa/INSA_1/20005b66_263.pdf |archive-date=24 July 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Grove Encyclopedia of Materials and Techniques in Art|last=Ward|first=Gerald W. R.|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2008|isbn=978-0-19531-391-8|location=Oxford|page=380}}</ref>
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| c. '''400''' BCE || [[Kaveripattinam]], The ancient capital port city of the [[Chola Dynasty]] was destroyed by the sea<ref>''Marine archaeological explorations of Tranquebar-Poompuhar region on Tamil Nadu coast'', Rao, S.R.. ''Journal of Marine Archaeology'', Vol. II, July 1991. Available online at [http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/3295/2/Mar_Archaeol_2_5.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124225917/http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/3295/2/Mar_Archaeol_2_5.pdf |date=2011-01-24 }}</ref><ref>Gaur A. S. and Sundaresh, ''Underwater Exploration off Poompuhar and possible causes of its Submergence'', 1998, ''Puratattva'', 28: 84-90. Available online at [http://drs.nio.org/drs/bitstream/2264/2065/2/Puratattva_28_84.pdf]</ref><ref>"Indian town sees evidence of ancient tsunami", Associated Press report, Poompuhar,1/14/2005. Available online at [http://www.nbcnews.com/id/6826956]</ref>
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| c. '''300''' BCE || Greek ethnographer [[Megasthenes]] describes [[Pandyan Dynasty]]'s capital [[Madurai]]<ref>Allan Dahlaquist. Megasthenes and Indian Religion</ref><ref>Keay, John (2000) [2001]. India: A history. India: Grove Press. {{ISBN|0-8021-3797-0}}.</ref>
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| c. '''250''' BCE || [[Asoka]]'s inscription recording the four kingdoms ([[Chera dynasty|Chera]], [[Cholas]], [[Pandya]] and [[Satyaputra]]) of the [[ancient Tamil country]]
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| c. '''200''' BCE || [[Ellaalan|Elara]], a Tamil prince and contemporary of [[Dutte Gamini]], rules [[Lanka]]
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==Sangam age==

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| c. '''300''' BCE-'''200''' CE || [[Sangam period|Sangam]] age during which books of [[Sangam Literature]] are created <ref>{{cite book |last=Singh|first=Upinder|title=A History of Ancient and Early Medieval India 1st Edition|date=2009|publisher=Pearson|location=Upper Saddle River, New Jersey|isbn=978-8131716779}}</ref>
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| c. '''13''' || Greek historian [[Nicolaus of Damascus]] met an ambassador sent by Pandyan King to Caesar [[Augustus]], Strabo XV.1-73.<ref>[https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.01.0239&layout=&loc=15.1.73 Strabo XV.1]</ref>
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| c. '''1-100''' || The [[Periplus of the Erythraean Sea]] gives a detailed description of early Chera and Pandya kingdom and mentions a part of the Tamil country as [[Lymirike]] (misread as "Damirica" by some modern scholars).<ref>{{cite book |author=Lionel Casson |title=The Periplus Maris Erythraei: Text with Introduction, Translation, and Commentary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qQWYkSs51rEC&pg=PA213 |year=2012 |publisher=Princeton University Press |isbn=978-1-4008-4320-6 |pages=213–214 }}</ref>
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| c. '''77 and 140''' || Greco-Roman writers [[Pliny the Elder]] and [[Ptolemy]] mention Madurai ruled by Pandyan.
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| c. '''130''' || Chera king Udayanjeral rules in the Chera country
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| c. '''175'''-'''195''' || [[Gajabahu I]] of Lanka a contemporary of Chera [[Senguttuvan]] and [[Karikala Chola]] (the [[Gajabahu synchronism]])
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| c. '''190''' || Chera Kadukko Ilanjeral Irumporai rules in the Chera country <ref>{{cite book|last=Zvelebil|first=Kamil Veith|title=Companion Studies to the History of Tamil Literature|date=1991|publisher=Wiley-Blackwell|location=Hoboken, New Jersey|isbn=978-9004093652}}</ref>
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| c. '''200''' || Writing becomes widespread and ''vattezuttu'' evolved from the Tamil Brahmi becomes a mature script for writing Tamil <ref>{{cite web |last=Coningham () |first=Robin |title=Anuradhapura (Sri Lanka) Project, Phase I: ASW2 |url=http://www.dur.ac.uk/arch.projects/anuradhapura/english/phase1.html |publisher=Arts and Humanities Research Council |accessdate=12 April 2014 |display-authors=etal |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130307200225/http://www.dur.ac.uk/arch.projects/anuradhapura/english/phase1.html |archive-date=7 March 2013 }}</ref>
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| c. '''210''' || Pandya Neduncheliyan rules in [[Madurai]] and defeats his enemies at the battle of Talaiyalanganam
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==Post-Sangam period==

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| c. '''300'''-'''590''' || [[Kalabhras]] invade the Tamil country and displace the traditional rulers
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| c. 300-500 || Post-Sangam period, Tamil epics such as [[Silappatikaram]] written
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==Pallava and Pandya==

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| c. '''560'''-'''580''' || [[Pallava]] [[Simhavishnu]] overthrows the Kalabhras in Tondaimandalam
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| c. '''560'''-'''590''' || Pandya [[Kadungon]] rules from Madurai and displaces the Kalabhras from the south
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| c. '''590'''-'''630''' || Pallava [[Mahendravarman I]] rules in [[Kanchipuram]]
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| c. '''610''' || [[Saiva]] saint [[Thirunavukkarasar]] (Appar) converts Mahendravarman from [[Jainism]]
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| c. '''628''' || [[Chalukya]] [[Pulakesi II]] invades the Pallava kingdom and lays siege on Kanchipuram
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| c. '''630'''-'''668''' || Pallava [[Narasimhavarman I]] (''Mamalla'') rules in Tondaimandalam
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| c. '''642''' || Pallava Narasimhavarman I launches a counter invasion into the Chalukya country and sacks [[Badami|Vatapi]]. Pulakesi is killed in battle
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| c. '''670'''-'''700''' || CE-Pandya [[Arikesari Parankusa Maravarman]] rules in Madurai
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| c. '''700'''-'''728''' || Pallava Rajasimha builds the Kailasanatha temple in Kanchipuram and many of the shore temples in [[Mamallapuram]]
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| c. '''710'''-'''730''' || Pandya king [[Kochadaiyan Ranadhiran]] expands the Pandya kingdom into the Kongu country
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| c. '''731''' || Pandya Maravarman Rajasimha aligns with the Chalukya [[Vikramaditya II]] and attacks the Pallava king Nandivarmam
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| c. '''731'''-'''765''' || Pandya Maravarman Rajasimha aligns with the Chalukya [[Vikramaditya II]] and attacks the Pallava king Nandivarmam
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| c. '''735''' ||Chaluka Vikramaditya II invades the Pallava country and occupies the capital Kanchipuram
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| c. '''760''' ||Pallava Nandivarman II invades and defeats the [[Gangas|Ganga]] kingdom at the battle of Villande
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| c. '''768'''-'''815''' || Pandya Parantaka Nedunchadaiyan (Varaguna Pandyan) rules in Madurai<ref>{{cite news|title=Preserving the past|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/preserving-the-past/article100194.ece|newspaper=The Hindu|date=3 February 2010|location=India}}</ref>
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| c. '''767''' || Pandya forces defeat the Pallavas on the south banks of the [[Kaveri]]
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| c. '''800'''-'''830''' || Varagunan I becomes Pandya king and extends his empire up to [[Tiruchirapalli]] by defeating the Pallava king Dandivarman
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| c. '''830'''-'''862''' || Pandya Sirmara Srivallabha rules in Madurai
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| c. '''840''' || Srimara invades Lanka and captures the northern provinces of the Lanka king Sena I<ref>{{cite news|title=Sinhala king and South Indian invasions|url=http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/10/20/fea22.asp|newspaper=Daily News|date=20 October 2009|location=Sri Lanka|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130321031001/http://www.dailynews.lk/2009/10/20/fea22.asp|archive-date=21 March 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| c. '''848''' || Rise of [[Vijayalaya Chola]] in [[Tanjavur]] after defeating the Muttaraiyar<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iasexams.com/NCERT-Books/NCERTBooksforClass7/FreedownloadClass7HistoryNCERTBook/Class7_History_Unit02_NCERT_TextBook_EnglishEdition.pdf |title=Chapter 1-4.pmd |accessdate=2012-11-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120313031134/http://www.iasexams.com/NCERT-Books/NCERTBooksforClass7/FreedownloadClass7HistoryNCERTBook/Class7_History_Unit02_NCERT_TextBook_EnglishEdition.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref>[[Muthuraja]] rulers of kaveri delta
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| c. '''846'''-'''869''' || Pallava Nadivarman III leads an invasion against the Pandya kingdom and defeats the Pandyas<br> at the [[battle of Tellaru]]. Pallava kingdom extends up to the river [[Vaigai]]
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| c. '''859''' || Pandya Srivallaba defeats the Pallavas at a battle at [[Kumbakonam]]
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| c. '''862''' || Sinhala forces under Sena II invade the Pandya country and sack Madurai. Srimara is killed in battle
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==Chola period==

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| c. '''903''' || Chola defeats the Pallava king Adithya Aparajita <ref name="Kulke and Rothermund">{{cite book|last=Kulke and Rothermund|title=A History of India|date=2010|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9780415485432|page=115}}</ref>
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| c. '''949''' || Battle of [[Takkolam]]. [[Rashtrakuta]] Krishna III defeats the [[Chola]] army <ref name="Kulke and Rothermund" />
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| c. '''985''' || Accession of [[Rajaraja Chola I]]<ref name="Kulke and Rothermund" />
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| c. '''1010''' || Rajaraja completes the [[Brihadisvara Temple]]
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| c. '''1012''' || Accession of [[Rajendra Chola I]]<ref name="Kulke and Rothermund" />
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| c. '''1023''' || Rajendra's [[Gangaikonda Cholapuram#Expedition to the Ganges|Expedition to the Ganges]]<ref name="Majumdar">{{cite book|last=Majumdar|first=R.C.|title=Ancient Indian Colonies In The Far East|date=1934|publisher=Asoke Humar Majumdar Ramna|location=Dacca|page=407}}</ref>
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| c. '''1025''' || Chola navies defeat the king of [[Srivijaya]]<ref name="Nilakanta">{{cite book|last=Nilakanta Sastri|first=K.A.|title=A History of South India|date=2005|publisher=New Age International Limited (P)|page=158}}</ref>
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| c. '''1041''' || Rajendra invades Lanka <ref name="Meyer">{{cite book|last=Meyer|first=Holger|title=Umsatzsteuer - Binnenmarkt|date=1999|publisher=Boorberg|location=Berlin|isbn=978-3415026131|page=73}}</ref>
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| c. '''1054''' || Rajadhiraja Chola dies in the battle of [[Koppam]] against [[Western Chalukyas]]<ref name="Nilakanta"/>
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| c. '''1070''' || Accession of [[Kulothunga Chola I]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1118''' || [[Vikrama Chola]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1133''' || [[Kulothunga Chola II]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1146''' || [[Rajaraja Chola II]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1163'''|| [[Rajadhiraja Chola II]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1178''' || [[Kulothunga Chola III]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1216''' ||[[Rajaraja Chola III]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1246''' || [[Rajendra Chola III]]<ref name="Nilakanta" />
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==Chola to Pandya transition==

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| c. '''1190'''-'''1260''' || Bana Dynasty rule [[Magadai]]mandalam with family title of 'ponparappinan' and headquarters at [[Aragalur]] <ref name="Nilakanta" />
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| c. '''1216''' - '''1238''' || [[Kadava]] Dynasty and [[Maravarman Sundara Pandyan]] ruled regions of South India<ref name=sethuraman>{{cite book|last=Sethuraman|first=N|title=Medieval Pandyas, A.D. 1000-1200|date=1980|publisher=University of Michigan}}</ref>
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==Pandiya revival and Muslim rule==

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| '''1251''' || Accession of [[Jatavarman Sundara Pandyan I]]<ref name=thinakaran>{{cite book|last=Thinakaran|first=Alice Justina|title=The Second Pandyan Empire, A.D. 1190-1312|date=15 May 2007|publisher=University of Michigan|location=Ann Arbor|pages=225}}</ref>
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| '''1279''' || End of the Chola dynasty with the death of [[Rajendra Chola III]]<ref name=Nilakanta />
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| '''1268'''-'''1310''' || [[Maravarman Kulasekara Pandyan I|Kulasekara Pandiyan]] rules in Madurai<ref name=thinakaran />
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| '''1308''' || [[Malik Kafur]] a general of [[Alauddin Khalji|Allaudin Khilji]] invades Devagiri ''en route'' to Tamil Nadu<ref name=aiyangar1>{{cite book|last=Aiyangar|first=Sakkottai Krishnaswami|title=South India and her Muhammadan Invaders|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924024066742|date=1921|pages=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024066742/page/n277 222]–223|publisher=Oxford University Press|location=Oxford, UK}}</ref>
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| '''1310''' || Sundara Pandian III, son of Kulasekara Pandiyan, appointed as co-regent by his father. This provoked his another son Vira Pandyan and killed his father and defeated elder brother, who then fled to Aludin Khilji, to become king. .<ref name=aiyangar2>{{cite book|last=Aiyangar|first=Sakkottai Krishnaswami|title=South India and her Muhammadan Invaders|url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924024066742|date=1921|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024066742/page/n136 97]|location=Oxford, UK}}</ref>
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| '''1311''' || Malik Kafur, invades Pandiya country and attacks Madurai<ref name=aiyangar1 />
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| '''1327'''-'''1370''' || Madurai under the rule of Madurai Sultanate<ref name=aiyangar1 />

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==Vijayanagar and Nayak period==

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| '''1370''' || [[Bukka]], the [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara]] ruler and his son Kumara Kamapna capture the entire Tamil country
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| '''1518''' || Portuguese land on the [[Coromandel Coast]] in Pulicat<ref>{{cite news|title=Portuguese on the Coromandel|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/17/stories/2004051700280300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040801033825/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/05/17/stories/2004051700280300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=1 August 2004|date=17 May 2004|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|location=India}}</ref>
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| '''1532''' to '''1580''' || [[Sevappa Nayak]] rules as the first independent Nayak ruler in Tanjavur
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| '''1600'''to '''1645''' || Ragunatha Nayak, the greatest of the [[Tanjavur Nayaks]]
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| '''1609''' || the Dutch establish a settlement in [[History of Pulicat#Dutch trading center|Pulicat]]
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| '''1623''' to '''1659''' || [[Tirumalai Nayak]] rules in Madurai
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| '''1639'''|| [[British East India Company]] purchases Chennapatinam and establishes Fort St. George
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| '''1652''' || Tanjavur and [[Gingee]] fall to the Bijapur Sultan
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| '''1656''' || Mysore army invades Salem against the [[Madurai Nayak]] Tirumalai
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| '''1676''' || Maratha army from Bijapur marches into Tanjavur, Ekoji declares himself king<ref>{{cite web|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/thanjavur/about-history.htm|title=Historical Moments|publisher=Thanjavur Municipality, Tamil Nadu state Government|accessdate=28 May 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617133243/http://www.municipality.tn.gov.in/thanjavur/about-history.htm|archive-date=17 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| '''1692''' || [[Nawab of Arcot]] established by Nawab [[Zulfiqar Ali Khan]], a viceroy of the Moghul Emperor
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| '''1746''' || [[Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais|La Bourdonnais]] of the French East India company attacks and takes Fort St. George
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==East India Company==

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| '''1749''' || British regain Fort St. George through the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle arising out of the [[War of the Austrian Succession]]
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| '''1751''' ||[[Robert Clive]] attacks Arcot and captures it.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sdstate.edu/projectsouthasia/loader.cfm?csModule=security/getfile&PageID=856510|title=Excerpts from a Sergeant's Diary recounting Robert Clive's capture of Arcot, September-October 1751|work=Project South Asia|publisher=South Dakota State University, USA|accessdate=11 July 2013}}</ref>
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| '''1756''' || The British and the French sign the first Carnatic treaty. [[Mahommed Ali Walajah]] was recognized as [[Nawab of the Carnatic]]
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| '''1759''' || French under [[Thomas Arthur, Comte de Lally]], attack Madras
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| '''1760''' || Battle of Vandavasi between the British and the French. Birth of [[Veerapandya Kattabomman]]
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| '''1767''' || [[Hyder Ali]], Sultan of [[Mysore]] attacks Madras against British, but defeated by the British at the Battle of Chengam
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| '''1773''' || British Government passes the '''Regulating Act'''. The administration of Madras comes under British Government review
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| '''1777'''-'''1832''' || [[Serfoji II]] rules in Tanjavur
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| '''1799''' || Serfoji cedes the Tanjavur kingdom to the British. [[Kattabomman]] executed by British
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| '''1801'''|| [[Maruthu Pandiyar]] of Sivaganga organise the South Indian Chieftains against East India Company. After a series of battles, they were captured and hanged in Tiruppathur Fort.
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| '''1803'''|| Bentinck appointed governor of Madras
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| '''1800-1805''' || [[Poligar War]]s
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| '''1806'''|| [[Vellore Mutiny]] East India Company's Indian soldiers in [[Vellore]] mutiny against governor Bentinck in [[Vellore fort]]. 114 British officers killed and 19 mutineers executed.
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==British rule==

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| '''1892''' || British government passes the '''Indian Councils Act'''
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| '''1909''' ||'Minto-Morley Reforms'. Madras Legislative Council formed
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| '''1921''' || First regional elections held in Madras. Justice party forms government<ref>{{cite news|title=A history of agitational politics|url=http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2108/stories/20040423007201600.htm|newspaper=Frontline|date=10 April 2004|location=India}}</ref>
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| '''1927''' || Madras Congress passes a resolution for 'Full Independence'
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| '''1928''' || [[Simon Commission]] visits Madras. Mass protests result in several deaths
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| '''1937''' || Congress party under [[C. Rajagopalachari]] wins provincial elections and forms government in Madras
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| '''1938''' || [[E. V. Ramasamy]] organises a separatist agitation demanding [[Dravida Nadu]] consisting of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala
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| '''1944''' || [[E. V. Ramasamy]] and [[C. N. Annadurai]] organise [[Dravidar Kazhagam]]

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==Post independence period==

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| '''1947''' || [[Madras Presidency]], comprising [[Tamil Nadu]] and parts of [[Andhra Pradesh]] and [[Karnataka]] established
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| '''1953''' ||'Madras state comes into being along linguistic lines
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| '''1965''' || Widespread [[Anti-Hindi agitations|agitations]] in response to the Federal Government's directive of [[Hindi]] being the National Language
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| '''1969''' || Madras state is renamed as Tamil Nadu (Country of the Tamils)<ref>http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/index.htm</ref><ref>http://www.assembly.tn.gov.in/archive/reviews/Review%204_67-70.pdf</ref>
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==See also==
* [[History of Tamil Nadu]]
* [[Tamil culture]]
* [[Tamil diaspora]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Nilakanta Sastri, K.A. A History of South India, OUP, Reprinted 2000
* Nilakanta Sastri, K.A., Srinivasachari, Advanced History of India, Allied Publishers Ltd, New Delhi, Reprinted 2000
* Read, Anthony, The Proudest Day - India's Long Ride to Independence, Jonathan Cape, London, 1997

==External links==
*[http://www.christianpiaget.ch/centre/anglais/Publishing/bookspublished/TamilSentiment/Extracts_Tamil_Sentiment.pdf ''Tamil Sentiment''. Tamil shrines, Tamil culture, the history of Tamils, by Kavi Yogi Dr. Shuddhananda Bharati]
* Historical Atlas of South India-Timeline-http://www.ifpindia.org/Historical-Atlas-of-South-India-Timeline.html ([[French Institute of Pondicherry]])
* Codrington, Humphry William, A Short History of Lanka <http://lakdiva.org>
* Veluppillai, Prof. A., Religious Traditions of the Tamils http://tamilelibrary.org/

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