Dear friends,
Please ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_Tamil *Tamil became the first legally recognized <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_language>Classical language of India. * *The recognition was announced by the then <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_India>President of India,Dr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Kalam>Abdul Kalam,who himself is a native Tamil speaker, in a joint sitting of both houses of the <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_of_India>Indian Parliament on June 6, 2004.* * * *Dr. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Kalam>Abdul Kalam should have attended the recent Tamil Conference at Kovai.* Regards, ** N.V.Mani * *
