World Tamil Conference
The World Tamil Conference is a series of irregular conferences aimed at exchanging information on the development of the Tamil language . The conferences are attended by Tamil speakers from all over the world. The conferences take place in various cities in India, but also in other cities that have significant Tamil-speaking populations. The conference serves to emphasize the importance of the Tamil language, but it is also used for election propaganda for politicians from Tamil Nadu . The World Tamil Confederation emerged from the World Tamil Conference in 1999
| conference | city | country | year | Organized by |
| 1st World Tamil Conference | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1966 | Xavier Thaninayagam |
| 2nd World Tamil Conference | Chennai | India | 1968 | CN Annadurai |
| 3rd World Tamil Conference | Paris | France | 1970 | |
| 4th World Tamil Conference | Jaffna | Sri Lanka | 1974 | |
| 5th World Tamil Conference | Madurai | India | 1981 | MG Ramachandran |
| 6th World Tamil Conference | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 1987 | |
| 7th World Tamil Conference | Port Louis | Mauritius | 1989 | |
| 8th World Tamil Conference | Thanjavur | India | 1995 | J. Jayalalitha |
| 9th World Tamil Conference | Kuala Lumpur | Malaysia | 2015 |
Web links
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