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'''Karanthai Tamil Sangam''' is a [[Tamil language]] [[learned society|society]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. The society was founded in 1911 to promote the language.<br />
It is the one of the modern [[Tamil Sangams]].<br />
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== History ==<br />
Karanthai Tamil Sangam was founded on 14 May 1911 in Karunthattaikudi (also known as Karanthai), a suburb of [[Thanjavur]], Tamil Nadu. The society was founded by Radhakrishna Pillai with his brother Umamaheswara Pillai as its first president.<ref name="VenkataramaiahLinguistics1996">{{cite book|author1=K. M. Venkataramaiah|author2=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|title=A handbook of Tamil Nadu|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2pAMAQAAMAAJ|year=1996|publisher=International School of Dravidian Linguistics|isbn=978-81-85692-20-3|page=1}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india/tamil-literatteurs-honoured/story-maBA92GAPhNwxpZuKg2HPN.html |title=Tamil literatteurs honoured |date=February 16, 2006 |website=Hindustan Times}}</ref> The Sangam passed a resolution in 1920 to declare Tamil as [[classical language]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://parliamentofindia.nic.in/ls/lsdeb/ls11/ses4/15100397.htm |title=NEED TO RECOGNIZE TAMIL AS A CLASSICAL LANGUAGE |date=10 March 1997 |website=Parliament of India}}</ref> In a meeting on 27 August 1937, it condemned the [[Anti-Hindi agitation of 1937–40|imposition of Hindi]] in the educational institutions.<ref>{{cite book|title=Towards a Non-Brahmin Millennium: From Iyothee Thass to Periyar|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-bh6AAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Samya|isbn=978-81-85604-37-4|page=490}}</ref><br />
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== Activities ==<br />
The society started a literacy journal ''Tamil polil'' in 1925.<ref name="VenkataramaiahLinguistics1996"/> It conducts monthly meetings and seminars on Tamil literature.<ref name="India)1984">{{cite book|author=Institute of Historical Studies (Calcutta, India)|title=Public associations in India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d9y1AAAAIAAJ|year=1984|publisher=Institute of Historical Studies|pages=317–322}}</ref> It established educational institutions to provide Tamil education.<ref name="VenkataramaiahLinguistics1996"/><br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Madurai Tamil Sangam]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
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