Tamil
Nadu
ma dates
Tamil
Thaai
Vazhthu
as
fi st
so g
at
official
eve ts
The
Tamil
Nadu
gove me t
has
issued
a
o de
maki g
‘Tamil
Thaai
Vazhthu’,
the
state
so g,
the
fi st
so g
to
be
e de ed
at
all
official
eve ts.The
o de
applies
to
public,
educatio al
a d
gove me t
fu ctio s
a d
ma dates
that
atte dees
sta d
while
the
so g
is
bei g
played,
with
a
exemptio
fo
pe so s
with
disabilities.The
gove me t
o de ,
issued
by
chief
sec eta y
M
Sai
Kuma
o
Wed esday,
follows
a
u a imous
esolutio
passed
by
the
Tamil
Nadu
Assembly
o
August
10.
It
applies
to
all
educatio al
i stitutio s,
u ive sities,
gove me t
offices
a d
public
secto
u de taki gs.The
o de
also
efe ed
to
the
esolutio
piloted
by
chief
mi iste
C
Joseph
Vijay,
stati g
that
the
“Assembly
p oudly
eco ds
that
Tamil
is
the
a cie t
classical
la guage
of
the
wo ld
a d
Tamil
civilisatio
is
o e
of
the
oldest
cultu al
t aditio s
i
the
wo ld.”Tamil
Thaai
Vazhthu
was
officially
acco ded
the
status
of
Tamil
Nadu’s
State
So g
o
Decembe
12,
2021,
with
its
e ditio
made
ma dato y
befo e
p og ammes
at
educatio al
i stitutio s,
u ive sities,
gove me t
offices,
public
secto
u de taki gs
a d
othe
public
i stitutio s
i
the
state.
Joi
co ve satio
All
Comme ts
→
Sha e
you
thoughts
i
the
comme ts
I sightful
Readi g
Developme t
Comme t
Be
espectful
·
TOI
commu ity
guideli es
The
so g
is
take
f om
Ma o ma iam,
a
play
w itte
by
Ma o ma iam
Su da a a
i
1891.
It
has
bee
su g
at
the
begi i g
of
gove me t
fu ctio s
si ce
Novembe
23,
1970,
a d
was
fo mally
ecog ised
as
the
state
so g
i
Decembe
2021.
The
latest
ma date
comes
amid
obse vatio s
by
the
U io
Mi ist y
of
Home
Affai s
i
a
July
9
lette
o
the
e ditio
of
the
State
So g,
i cludi g
guida ce
o
the
seque ce
of
so gs
a d
a
efe e ce
to
Va de
Mata am.P eside t
D oupadi
Mu mu
has
give
he
asse t
to
the
P eve tio
of
I sults
to
Natio al
Ho ou
(Ame dme t)
Bill,
2026,
g a ti g
Va de
Mata am,
I dia’s
atio al
so g,
the
same
statuto y
p otectio
as
the
atio al
a them,
Ja a
Ga a
Ma a.The
legislatio
ame ds
the
P eve tio
of
I sults
to
Natio al
Ho ou
Act,
1971.
Pa liame t
passed
the
Bill
last
mo th,
a d
with
the
P eside t’s
asse t,
the
ame dme ts
have
ow
come
i to
fo ce
as
law.
