All my DYKs are from articles that I either created or expanded 5 folds
26. ... that the
C. R. formula was a proposal that had failed during the
Gandhi-
Jinnah talks in 1944? on 18th December 2009
25. ... that
C. Vijayaraghavachariar, former President of the
Indian National Congress, also served as President of All India
Hindu Mahasabha in 1931? on 13th November 2009
24. ... that efforts taken by
Roman Catholic missionary
Henrique Henriques to publish
religious books in local languages led him to be called The Father of
Tamil press? on 6th February 2009
23. ... that
Karl Graul, former director of
Leipzig
Lutheran
mission and a
Tamil
scholar, considered that
Christian
missionaries in
India should not interfere with the local traditions including
caste system? on 4th February 2009
22. ... that
Stephen Neill, former bishop of
Tirunelveli in
Tamil Nadu, suffered from
insomnia and thus helped to author his
magnus opus, History of Christianity in India? on 1st February 2009
21. ... that
Johann Phillip Fabricius, a
German
Christian
missionary completed the first translation of
Bible to
Tamil? on 31st January 2009
20. ... that Ratchanya Yatreegam,
magnum opus of
Henry Alfred Krishnapillai in
Tamil, was based on
John Bunyan's
Pilgrim's Progress? on 30th January 2009
19. ... that a split in
India's
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party in 1988 resulted in a split in the
Congress party in
Tamil Nadu leading to the birth of a new party called
Thamizhaga Munnetra Munnani? on 29th January 2009
18. ... that because of differences in the demands for a separate nation called
Dravida Nadu,
India's
DMK party split in 1962 and a short-lived
Tamil National Party was formed? on 28th January 2009
17. ... that
Maraimalai Adigal, a
Saivite and considered the father of the
Pure Tamil movement, disagreed with the
atheistic beliefs of
Periyar's
Self-Respect Movement? on 28th January 2009
16. ... that the funeral of
C. N. Annadurai (pictured), who served just two years as
Chief Minister of
Tamil Nadu, was the largest attended till that time making it a
Guiness record? on 29th December 2008
15. ... that the
Dravidian parties
extensively used Tamil cinema for its propaganda? on 17th December 2008
14. ... that one
bacterial strain of
Streptomyces griseus, IFO 13350, has the capacity to produce upto 34 different
secondary metabolites including
antibiotics? on 6th December 2008
13. ... that the day that
British East India Company acquired a sliver of land to build
Fort St. George is celebrated as
Madras Day in
Madras,
India?14th October 2008
12. ... that
Krishnammal Jagannathan, one of the winners of the
Right Livelihood Award for this year, started her struggle for the rights of the landless after an incident in which 44 women and children were burnt alive by
landlords? on 9th October 2008
11. ... that the
Church of Our Lady of Light in
Chennai,
India was built in 1516 by
Portuguese missionaries? on 6th October 2008
10. ... that
Dravidian parties
rose to power in
Tamil Nadu after the
1967 general election in
India, in which they won all the seats they competed for? on 4th October 2008
9. ... that
T. V. Sundaram Iyengar laid the foundation for the motor transport industry in
South India, when he started a bus service in
Madurai,
Madras Presidency in 1912? on 6th June 2008
8. ... that
Indian coracles, which probably existed since the prehistoric times, have recently been used for giving tourists rides on the
Kaveri River? on 5th June 2008.
7. ... that
Rajah Sir Muthiah Chettiar was the first
Mayor of
Chennai Corporation, after the mayoralty was reinstated in 1933? on 10th May 2008
6. ... that
Tamil politician
E. V. K. Sampath, nephew of
Periyar, co-founded the
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party? on 3rd May 2008.
5. ...that since
1967 the state of
Tamil Nadu in
India has always been ruled by the
Dravidian parties? on 27th February 2008
4. ...that the
Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (pictured) in
Spain is reputed to be the first
church dedicated to Mary through history? on 29th October 2007.
3. ...that the
Shrine of Our Lady of Madhu is considered the holiest
Catholic
shrine in
Sri Lanka? on 23rd October 2007.
2. ...that early
Indian Christians were
Nestorians until the arrival of
Portuguese in the 16th century introducing
Roman Catholicism to the country? on 19th October 2007.
1. ...that the
Basilica of Our Lady of Good Health (pictured) is one of the most frequented religious sites in
India, drawing nearly 2 million
pilgrims annually? on 10th October 2007.