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4 unusual facts about Sivakasi


2012 Sivakasi factory explosion

Sivakasi, in Tamil Nadu in southern India, is considered the "fireworks capital" of India.

Children of Mini-Japan

The film focuses on the plight of young poverty-stricken children working in Sivakasi in the late 1980s, and the Government's neglect of them.

Shanmuga Nadar

Shanmuga Nadar (1903-1969) was an Indian entrepreneur from the southern city of Sivakasi in Tamil Nadu.

Yellow-billed Babbler

A study in the Sivakasi plains noted that groups had a home range of 0.4 km2 and the population density was about 55 birds per km2.


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Shanmuga Nadar

He along with his cousin Ayya Nadar is credited for transforming the small village of Sivakasi into a thriving industrial town.

Sivakasi riots of 1899

The Sivakasi riots of 1899 are a series of communal disturbances which occurred during 6 June 1899 in Sivakasi, Tamil Nadu, India.


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