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THOLKAPPIYAR BIRTH DAY WISHES TO TAMILNADU AND PONDICHERRY GOVERNMENTS : 2007
THOLKAPPIYAR's 2872 nd
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
The
Dravida
Maamani Award 2007 was conferred on
Kavignar
A.Vanthiyathevan M.A,
Publications Secretary MDMK by Villisai Vendhar
Kalaimaamani
Pattabhiraman.
BIRTH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Dravida Peravai organized the 2872-nd birth anniversary celebrations of Tamil grammarian Tholkappiyar on 10 th June 2007 in the Puducherry Tamil Sangam. Head Quarter's Secretary of Dravida Peravai Syed Khader was present and Dravida Peravai General Secretary N.Nandhivarmanl presided. The Former Director of Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project of Government of Tamilnadu Dr.R.Madhivanan who wrote a book Tholkappiyar Kaalam [2006] that establishes the birth of Tholkappiyar as belonging to 865 B.C delivered the keynote address. Kalaimamani Sithan [80] released the book Thokappiyar Kaalam. Dr.A.Arivunambi Dean of the Subramania Bharathy School of Tamil Studies of Puducherry University reviewed the book Tholkappiyar Kaalam.
The
Dravida
Maamani Award 2007 was conferred on
Kavignar
A.Vanthiyathevan M.A,
Publications Secretary MDMK by Villisai Vendhar
Kalaimaamani
Pattabhiraman.
In
that meeting Dravida Peravai proposed the following
resolutions.
1.Every year Government of
Tamilnadu and Puducherry must celebrate the birth anniversary of Tholkappiyar on
May 1.
2.The Government of India is
urged to bring out a postal stamp of Tamil Grammarian Tholkappiyar on May 1,
2008.
3.Dr.Caldwell who wrote the Comparative Grammar of
Dravidian languages is a scholar Tamils must remember with gratitude. His
monumental work must be updated incorporating many of the findings of Tamil
scholars like Deveneya Paavanar to Mathivanar, and an updated version
establishing Tamil, as mother of Dravidian languages must be brought out. To
bring out new Comparative Grammar of Dravidian languages in the light of many
new facts being discovered ever since Dr.Caldwell wrote, a team of scholars must
be appointed by Government of Tamilnadu to accomplish this
task.
4.The
Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project, which began in the lifetime of Deveneya
Paavanar and continued by Dr.R.Mathivanan is yet to be completed. This meeting
urges the Tamilnadu Government to undertake the task of completing this
Himalayan task.
5.
This meeting urges Tamilnadu Government to bring out the
THOLKAPPIYAM, English version written by
Dr.C.Ilakuvanar and distribute it free to all Universities throughout the world
wherever research on Tamil language is being undertaken.
6.Dr.R.Mathivanan had also
written a book Silapathigara
Kaalam. Based on that from next year
onwards Dravida Peravai resolves to organize Silapathigaram
Vizha. DP also plans to organize
Manimegalai,
Jeevakasinthamani,
Ravana Kavyam, Naladiyar etc, so that to popularize
these works and other works so far ignored by the selective amnesia of Tamil
scholars.
7.Tamil Virtual University is
functioning to carry forward Tamil in the Internet world. But to our dismay we
found for instance for English words in Linguistics equivalent words in Tamil
are in a font unreadable and which is not a Unicode acceptable format. We urge
this mistake to be rectified as well as the following tasks to be entrusted by
the Government of Tamilnadu to the Tamil Virtual University.
a]
Tamil Virtual University must upload the Tamil Official Language Dictionary
prepared decades ago by Aaatchimozhi
Kavalar
Ramalinganar.
b]
The completed editions of Tamil Etymological Dictionary Project so far prepared
by Late Deveneya Paavanar and his successor Dr.R.Mathivanan must be uploaded in
the net and made freely accessible to all. The preparation of the English
version of this Tamil Etymological Dictionary Work must be entrusted to a team
headed by Dr.Marudhanayam and it must be uploaded in the
Internet
c]
Many foreign scholars had published thought provoking books on Tamil language
and culture. These books must be translated into Tamil and distributed to all
Tamil Departments in Universities and Colleges of Tamilnadu.
d]
Wikipedia: This meeting resolves to generate awareness among Tamil scholars on
the people involved free encyclopedia project in the Internet known as
Wikipidea. There are many mistakes and anomalies there. A team comprising
Tanjore Tamil University, World Tamil Research Institute of Chennai, The
Dravidian University of Andhra Pradesh,Puducherry Institute of Linguistics and
Culture, Central Institute of Indian Languages in Karnataka must be formed to
debate, discuss and decide the pivotal position of Tamil as the mother of
Dravidian language family and new inputs must be incorporated updated uploaded
in the net. Even if others joining the team gets delayed institutes under Tamil
Nadu and Puducherry, the two Tamil speaking states must join and begin this
exercise this meeting urges.
9. On the stone inscriptions,
monuments protected by Archaeological Department, on the forts and dams, temples
of Tamilnadu in all the museums of Tamilnadu in capital and in districts,
photographic exhibitions; painting exhibitions must be kept permanently on
display. English and Tamil books, CDs, VCDs to tell in nutshell all about Tamil
language, history and culture are brought out. A team under the leadership of
Professor Vijayavenugopal of the French Government funded Ecole Francaise D'
Extreme Orient be constituted by Tamilnadu government and that team be entrusted
with drafting and implementing an action plan highlighting Tamil greatness to
tourists and others, this meeting urges.
10. The perfect edition of
Kurunthogai was brought out by Dr.Eva Wildon; head of
the Tamil Department under Ecole Francaise D' Extreme Orient, and on the History
of Gingee Dr.Jean Delouche of the same institute had researched for 6 years and
brought out a valuable book in French and English. Dravida Peravai urges
Tamil Maamani awards by Government of Puducherry to be
conferred on these two scholars.
11.The error free, interpolation free
corrected perfect editions of all Tamil literature and grammar must be brought
out by Tanjore Tamil University and Tamil Virtual University, uploading all
these in net world, The books could be published by TamilNadu Text Book
Organization and free of cost to all students of plus 2 and college Tamilnadu
government must give these books so than future generation develops proper
understanding of our culture.
12.Tamil nadu Government must
make arrangements to e-publish all Tamil Dictionaries, Tamil Thesauruses known
as Nigandu, and on history so that anyone anywhere in
the world can download and read everything about Tamil.
13. Tamil Nadu Government is
urged to produce short films, documentaries, and tele-serials of Tamil
history.
14.The Centenary Celebrations
of Aringnar Anna starts in 2008. Dravida Peravai urges Union Government to
constitute a national level committee to celebrate this function. The Collected
Works of Anna must be complied and given free of cost to all the students of
Tamilnadu. The English speeches of Anna in Parliament as well as his writings in
Homeland and Home Rule be compiled and a book brought out, this meeting urges the
Tamilnadu Government.
15. Dravida Peravai urges the
proposed state controlled University set up by Puducherry Government be named
after Tholkappiyar.
These are the resolutions,
which Tamils can debate, Tamil e-journals and media can publish, and anyone can
write constructive suggestions to improve the merit and content of our
resolutions.
N.NandhivarmanGeneral Secretary Dravida
Peravai0413-2221025
Monday, October 22, 2018
MOHAMMAD MOHISIN SCALED BUT GEORGE EVEREST GOT MOUNT EVEREST NAMED
MOUNT MOHSIN OR MOUNT EVEREST?
The
highest peak, Mount Everest was first measured in 1856. It was scaled as 8839 m
i.e. 29,000 feet high. But it was fixed at 29,002 feet [8840m] high. The
arbitrary addition of 2 feet was added to avoid the impression of a rounded
calculation. Another Indian survey in the year 1950 concluded the height to be
29.028 feet. In the year 1998, the American Everest Expedition installed a GPS
unit on the highest bedrock and a value of 29.035 feet [8850 m] was fixed based
on this device. Nepal did not agree to this and holds the view that the height
is 8848 m only. The Peoples Republic of China sent an expedition team in May
22nd 2005. After months of hard work, China’s State Bureau of Surveying and
Mapping announced the height of Everest as 8844.43 m. This newest height is
based on the actual rock and not on the snow and ice caps. China claims this to
be the most accurate measurement.
There
is not only lack of consensus in measurement and height, each country has its
own name for Mount Everest. Nepal calls it Sagarmatha, thereby revealing the
pre-historic fact that Himalayas was once ocean .Sagar means sea, matha means
mother. Tibet calls it Chomolangma, the meaning of the word must be found in
Tibetan language.
Mount
Everest was first discovered in 1852 and till 1865 it was only referred as Peak
XV. The British Surveyor General of India Sir Andrew Waugh gave its current
name Mount Everest. China continues to oppose this name. China’s People’s Daily
in 2002 wanted a colonial name to be removed and the peak known by its Tibetan
name. Meanwhile who first measured it stirs another controversy. A claim is
made that Radhanath Sikdar, an Indian mathematician and surveyor from Bengal
was first to identify the peak in 1852 using trigonometric calculations based
on measurements made with telescopic measurements from 24o kilometers away in
India.
To
ascertain this let us look for other evidences.
The book Great Arc by John Key describes the stupendous scientific
expedition undertaken across the Indian sub continent in 19th century under the
British Raj. The Frontline magazine from The Hindu group interviewed John Key,
when he came to Chennai to participate in the 200th anniversary celebrations of
the beginning of Great Arc, and to deliver William Lampton Commemoration
lecture on Great Trigonometrical Survey. In that interview published in
Frontline September 26, 2003 he states:
“The
Great Arc has always been presented as a British achievement. Lambton and
Everest associated with it were British. One has to remember, as someone said
this evening, most of the mathematical work, which is really the most important
aspect was done by…… [Interruption by Frontline correspondent: “By Bengalis?]
“Not
just Bengalis. Precision engineering, necessary for the instrument used in the
Great Arc, is very critical. A lot of these instruments were made in India. The
Great Arc’s senior most instrument designer and engineer were in fact from
Arcot in Tamilnadu. He was called Syed Hussain Mohsin. He was most brilliant
instrument manufacturer. People like Lambton and Everest were heavily indebted
to him, and indeed said so.”
During
this interview John Key answers a pertinent question: Is it true that George
Everest had never seen the peak that is named after him. ?
John
Key “He never saw the peak. It was after him because it was his completion of
the measurement of the Great Arc that made it possible to measure the altitudes
of Himalayan peaks. It was in the course of the measurement of all the peaks
visible at that time that the mountain was discovered. So it was named in his
honour.”
Saint
Thomas Mount was the starting point of the Great Trigonometrical survey. The
Great Arc was just a north-south measurement. The GTS measurement went on until
about 1880 within India itself. After 1880 it extended east and west to Burma,
Afghanistan and so on. It extended into Burma, Thailand and Laos in the last 20
years on 19th century.
So
it becomes evident that Syed Hussain Mohsin, the senior most instrument
designer and engineer, with all the experience he gathered from the beginning
of survey till it reached Himalayas, has a unique place, since his services are
acknowledged by both William Lambton and George Everest.
In western countries,
any discovery is named after the discoverer. All scientific names in various
fields are derived from their inventor’s name. Hence it would be most
appropriate to change the name of Mount Everest, a peak on which George Everest
never set his foot, to Mount Mohsin, duly acknowledging the brain behind the
expedition and discovery. The claims of others have no such impartial
endorsement as that of Syed Hussain Mohsin. This demand, I had made in one of
my articles in the book written by me in 2006.
[Thamizhar
Naadum Thani Pannpadum : Available at : Mitra Arts and Creations Private
Limited 32/8-10 Arcot Road, Kodampakkam Chennai 600024 Pages 144 Price Rs 50.]
N.Nandhivarman,
General Secretary, Dravida Peravai
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