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In 2004, a number of skeletons dating from around 3,800 years ago.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370570236#Events", "title": "18th century BC", "revid": 1370570236, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 1003, "year_label": "1003 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Construction of the Brihadisvara Temple in Tamil Nadu (modern India), during the Chola Dynasty (Early Medieval period).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369535158#Art", "title": "1003", "revid": 1369535158, "section": "Events › By topic › Art"}}, {"year": 1010, "year_label": "1010 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": null, "text": "The construction of 217 ft (66 m) tall Brihadisvara Temple in Thanjavur (a city now in Tamil Nadu, India) is completed during the Chola dynasty, and at about this time the wall painting Rajaraja I and His Teacher", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373015431#Architecture", "title": "1010", "revid": 1373015431, "section": "Events › By topic › Architecture"}}, {"year": 1404, "year_label": "1404 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "July 27", "text": "July 27 – In Southern India, Bukka Raya II becomes the new ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire in what are the modern-day Indian states of Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361962096#July–September", "title": "1404", "revid": 1361962096, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1639, "year_label": "1639 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "August 22", "text": "August 22 – The British East India Company buys a strip of land from King Peda Venkata Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire for the construction of Fort St. George, the first settlement of British India, so founding modern-day Chennai, capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu (celebrated as Madras Day).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360051116#July–September", "title": "1639", "revid": 1360051116, "section": "Events › July–September"}}, {"year": 1706, "year_label": "1706 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "June 9", "text": "June 9 – Frederick IV of Denmark-Norway sends the first two Protestant missionaries to India, dispatching Lutherans Heinrich Plütcshau and Bartholomeus Ziegenbalg to Denmark-Norway's colony in India, the Dansk Ostindien, based at Tharangambadi (\"Tranquebar\") in what is now the Tamil Nadu state.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351890964#April–June", "title": "1706", "revid": 1351890964, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1713, "year_label": "1713 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "December 10", "text": "December 10 – The rebellion of Richard Raworth, Deputy Governor of Fort St. David (now abandoned and in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu near Cuddalore), against the British East India Company comes to an end after two months when forces sent by Bridish Madras Governor Edward Harrison to negotiate a settlement allowing Raworth to surrender in return for amnesty.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360271134#October–December", "title": "1713", "revid": 1360271134, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1725, "year_label": "1725 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "January 15", "text": "January 15 – James Macrae, a former captain of a freighter for the British East India Company, is hired by the Company to administer the Madras Presidency (at this time, the \"Presidency of Fort St. George\"), and begins major reforms. The area administered is most of Southern India, including what is now the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh, parts the states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, Odisha and the union territory of Lakshadweep.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1361335962#January–March", "title": "1725", "revid": 1361335962, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – King Christian VI of Denmark-Norway signs the charter for the new Danish Asia Company (Dansk Asiatisk Kompagni), granting it a 40-year monopoly on Denmark-Norway's trade in Asia, leading to the creation of Danish India and cities of Trankebar (now Tharangambadi in Tamil Nadu), Frederiknagore (now Serampore in West Bengal) and the Frederiksøerne Islands (now the Nicobar Islands).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#April–June", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1732, "year_label": "1732 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 19", "text": "March 19 – Chamaraja Wodeyar VII becomes the new Maharaja of the Kingdom of Mysore in Southern India, now the state of Karnataka and parts of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369314491#January–March", "title": "1732", "revid": 1369314491, "section": "Events › January–March"}}, {"year": 1750, "year_label": "1750 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 7", "text": "April 7 – Maveeran Alagumuthu Kone, a polygar in Tamil Nadu, raises slogans and launches a rebellion against Company rule in India due to his opposition to the East India Company's tax collection policies.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1349828876#April–June", "title": "1750", "revid": 1349828876, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 2025, "year_label": "2025 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – 2025 Karur crowd crush: At least 40 people are killed and 51 injured in a crowd crush at a rally held by actor-turned-politician Vijay's party Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) in Karur, Tamil Nadu, India.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372865033#September", "title": "2025", "revid": 1372865033, "section": "Events › September"}}]}