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|abbreviation = CTMA<br />
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|formation = 12 November 1989<br />
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|type = A non-profit educational, linguistic, cultural organization<br />
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The '''Confederation of Tamil Nadu Malayalee Associations''', abbreviated '''CTMA''', was formed on 12 November 1989 to bring all registered organisations of [[Malayali]]s in [[Tamil Nadu]] under a single roof so that a collective entity could be formed.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctma.in/origin.html|title=CTMA_collective_entity|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315164834/http://www.ctma.in/origin.html|archive-date=15 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The purpose of the organisation is to work out solutions to problems faced by Malayalis and to project and popularize the cultural and social identity of their native flavours in a different geographical area.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctma.in/origin.html|title=CTMA_collective entity|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100315164834/http://www.ctma.in/origin.html|archive-date=15 March 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> CTMA is a conglomerate comprising over 100 Malayali associations across Tamil Nadu. It is involved in social activism, social support mediation and interventions on behalf of Malayalis, educational support services, and advisory and counselling services to the needy and the poor irrespective of their religious affinities or their economic/social status and look after the interests of the members as also to interact socially and culturally with the local population.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctma.in/aboutus.html|title=CTMA_interests|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025124720/http://www.ctma.in/aboutus.html|archive-date=25 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==Achievements==<br />
CTMA appealed for the [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] government to declare [[Onam]] as a public holiday and was partially successful: it is now declared as a public holiday in four districts of the state.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ctma.in/achievements.html|title=Onam_as_public_Holiday|access-date=29 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091025124741/http://www.ctma.in/achievements.html|archive-date=25 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[World Malayalee Council]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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