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Kangeyam

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Kangeyam



Kangeyam
Location of Kangeyam
in Tamil Nadu and India
Coordinates 11°00′19″N 77°33′43″E / 11.0054°N 77.5620°E / 11.0054; 77.5620
Country  India
State Tamil Nadu
District(s) Tirupur
Population 28,356 (2001)
Time zone IST (UTC+5:30)
Area
Elevation

310 m (1,017 ft)
Kangeyam (Tamil: காங்கேயம்)(Sanskrit: Ganga+eyam = Gangeyam : seat of the Western Ganga Dynasty of the Gounder (caste) ) is a panchayat town in Tirupur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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[edit] Politics

Kangayam assembly constituency is part of Tirupur (Lok Sabha constituency).[1]

[edit] Member of Parliament

Mr.A. Ganeshmurthi - Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK) - Kangeyam comes under Erode Constituency. Previously it came under Palani.

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Mr.Vidiyal Sekar. S - Indian National Congress

[edit] Taluk villages

Viranguttai Valasu NILALI KEERANOOR ALAMPADI BALA SUMATHIRAM PUDUR GANAPATHY PALAYAM VEERANAMPALAYAM MARAVAPALAYAM
MARUDURAI NATHAKADAIYUR PADIYUR PALAYA KOTTAI PAPPANI PARANJEERVAZHI POTHYAPALAYAM
SIVANMALAI THAMBURETTY PALAYAM VEERANAPALAYAM VALLIARACHAL VEERACHOLAPURAM THITTUPARAI ARUTHOLUVU
UTHIYUR PODARAMPALAYAM NATTHAKKATTUVALASU OLAPALAYAM

[edit] Infrastructure

[edit] Bus stand

Kangeyam has a central bus stand which is used by TNSTC, and the private operators. And there is a town bus stand adjusant to the central bus stand. This is situated in the heart of the town.
Buses are available to all parts of Tamil Nadu from here because of its geographical location. Access to all main cities of Tamil Nadu like Coimbatore, Tirupur, Tiruchy, Erode, Palani, Dharapuram, Tanjore, Karur, Dindigul, Madurai, Chennai, Ooty, Theni, Kodaikanal, etc. are available frequently.
Kangeyam comes under Tirupur District and Dharapuram revenue division.

[edit] Road accessiblity

The town of Kangeyam is connected to chinnaparenjeervazhi by good road facility. That road also connect to nathakkadaiyur.
The town of Kangayem is well connected by NH 67,which runs between Coimbatore and Nagapattinam Via Thiruchirapalli, Thanjavore. A major State Highway connecting Erode and Palani runs through Kangeyam.
And the another majore state highway runs between Kangeyam and Tirupur. Even remote areas of kangayem are within the reach of 5 km from the Highways. From here there are buses to all over Tamil Nadu.from here the buses are to chennai,andhra,banglore etc.

[edit] Telecommunication

Kangeyam has a very good network of Telecommunication. The traditional BSNL suscribers are rapidly targeted by the upcoming private players like Reliance Infocomm, Bharti Airtel, Vodafone , MTS , Aircell and Tata Indicom. Since the developments of the town was uniformly distributed all over, the connectivity is well within the range.
Since the town is growing fast, the importance of wireless connectivity increases rapidly. And ultimately the town has become a cake in the telecommunication market.

[edit] People and culture

People of Kangeyam are known for their hospitality and culture.Even though goundersd are majority in population and economically strong they live with communal harmony with the other people.
People of Kangeyam are noted for their rich tradition and economical growth. People living below the poverty line is around 3%, which is much lower than the national average and the state average.

[edit] Demographics

As of 2005 India census[2], Kangeyam had a population of 38,862. Males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%. Kangeyam has an average literacy rate of 73%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 80%, and female literacy is 66%. In Kangeyam, 9% of the population is under 6 years of age.
Kangeyam is a vibrant town with lot of commercial activities. It is located to very close Industrial towns such as Tirupur, famous for its apparel exports, Erode, a major agricultural trading & textile promoting town, Karur, famous for its textile production and Coimbatore, a vibrant city known for its machinery exports.
The four major industries in the Kangeyam are rice production, coconut copra production, coconut oil production and ghee production. Kangeyam also owns it value for precious stones in the world arena. Though the region is semi arid and rain fed, it is very suitable for rice production with its round the year warm weather and optimum humidity. Most of the rice produced here are boiled rice marketed in the near by cities like Coimbatore, Erode, Tirupur and also exported to North America and Europe.
Kangeyam started emerging as a major trading centre in the '80s with the spread of coconut cultivation in Tamil Nadu. There are a few hundred oil mills in the area, which almost serves the need of the state and exports to the neghiboring states. The bulk of the coconut oil trade at Kangeyam goes to states like Maharashtra, Karnataka, Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh.
Kangeyam is second largest oil market in India,which is behind from cochin
There are few hundred drying yards for the purpose of rice production. These mills were located in and around the town.
Paddy is procured from Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, near by states, and from Thanjavur, Cauvery delta region in Tamil Nadu.

[edit] Colleges in and around kangeyam

  • EBET Group of Institutions, Nathakadaiyur, Erode road
  • Cheran Arts & Science College
  • Vellakovil Arts & Science College, Trichy Road, Vellakovil,Kangeyam
  • K.M.C. College, Chettiarpalayam, Muthur Road.
  • Cheran College For Women
  • P.S.G. Ponnammal College of Education
  • P.S.G. Ponnammal Teacher Training Institute
Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation -WWW.KANGAYAMBULL.COM

[edit] Higher secondary schools in and around Kangeyam

  • Jaycees Matric Higher Secondary School,Sivanmalai
  • Nallathambi sakarai mandradiyar Government Higher Secondary School,kangeyam
  • Sri Raja Rajeswari Matric Higher Seconday School
  • Mercy Matriculation higher sec School,Kadaiyur
  • Carmel Girls Higher Secondary School,Karur road
  • Global matriculation School,Dharapuram Road
  • V.M.C.D.V Higher Secondary School, Thayampalayam
  • Anoor vidyalaya matriculation higher secondary school,muthur- 638105
  • K.K.P Matriculation Higher secondary school, Muthur.
  • Sri Vidhya Nikethan Matric Higher Secondary School.varadhappam palayam
  • Bharat Matric Higher Secondary School, Olappalayam
  • St Paul's Matriculation School,Kalimadu,Kangayam

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ANBARASU Sri Vidhya Nikethan Matric Higher Secondary School.varadhappam palayam

[edit] Primary school in and around Kangeyam

  • Panchayat Union Middle school (Bharathiyar School) Thiru v ka nagar, kangayam
  • Panchayat Union Middle school, POTHIYAPALAYAM,Kangeyam.
  • Jaycees Feeder School, Kangeyam
  • Sri Raja Rajeswari Kindergarten School, Kangeyam
  • Mercy Matriculation higher sec School, Kadaiyur, Kangeyam
  • Aided Primary Vanithakalivinilayam, Kangeyam
  • Fathima Nursery & primary School
  • Carmel Nursery School, Kangeyam
  • Aksaya Nursery & primary school, Kangeyam
  • Mother Therasa Nursery, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School Agilandapuram, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School Kalimedu, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School Kamarajanagar, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School Thotiapatty, Kangeyam
  • Panchayat Union Primary School Olappalayam, Kangeyam
  • Govt. Higher Secondary School Nathakadaiyur.

[edit] Places of Importance around Kamgeyam

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[edit] Sivan Malai Lord Murugan Temple

The beautiful hill sivan malai is located on Tirupur road at 6 km from Kangeyam. The deity is lord Murugan, the temple is located atop the hill which can be reached by steps (450steps) and also by road. The place is calm and clean, not much of crowd on ordinary days. The idol is so beautiful, the very sight of lord muruga removes all our hardships and give us immense peace. Here the important days are shasthi, theroottam (car festival).

[edit] Chennimalai

It is located some 19.99 km away from Kangeyam. It is also one of the famous temple in kongu region. it both accessible by road and steps. The deity is lord Muruga, and the Therootam is a famous festival.

[edit] oorathupalayam dam

It is the dam constructed near Kangeyam on Noiyal River. Once it was a scenic place for picnics, now turned in to a pool of toxic effluents from Tirupur Dying units.

[edit] Senaapathy Kangayam Cattle Research Foundation=

It is a in situ conservation and breeding centre for Kangayam (zebu)cattle in Tamil Nadu. It is situated in the village of Kuttappalayam on the way to Erode. visit www.kangayambull.com

[edit] Agriculture

[edit] Agriculture in Kangeyam

Agriculture had been the main livelihood for most of the people in Kangeyam till 1990s. Though the people were doing modernised agriculture, with the change in Indian Economic Policy, agriculture got a setback , Which resulted in the change of mentality of the people. Now a days most of the people have a side business along agriculture, owing to poor returns in agriculture. Most of the agricultural lands in Kangeyam receive irrigation facility through PAP irrigation network. There are complains that the water received by Kangeyam from PAP irrigation network has drastically reduced after the extension of the canal to Velakoil due to the influence of the erstwhile AIADMK strong man Durai Ramasamy at that time.

[edit] Attrition of agricultural workforce

Though the primary occupation of most of the people in and around Kanagayam is agriculture there is a trend in the younger generation to shift work to Knitwear and garments which resulted in the steep increase of agricultural labour demand. This is primarily due to the losses sustained by the agriculture in the last 10 years which is attributed to change in Indian Economic Policies towards agricultural imports and due to the steep raise in skilled and unskilled labours for the Knitting and garment factories in nearby city of Tirupur.

[edit] Excessive ground water exploitation

There has been steady decline in ground water due to extensive agriculture in this region. This effect is mainly attributed towards the supply of free electricity by the Government of Tamil Nadu, which resulted in the exploitation of ground water from deep tube wells seen all over the area. If this trend continues there will be a complete over-exploitation of ground water in Kangeyam area in the near future.[citation needed]

[edit] Use of modern techniques in agriculture

Kangeyam agriculturalists are one of the pioneers in the use of modern agriculture in the state. Almost all the coconut plantations are provided with drip irrigation. Use of single phase preventer and electronic auto on off devices are common in all agricultural establishments.

[edit] Two wheeler show rooms

  • Yamaha - Mahalakshmi Agency, Kovai road, Kanagyam.
  • Bajaj - Aadhithya Motors,10/10A, Kovai Road, Kangeyam.
  • TVS - RKS TVS, Kovai Road, Kangeyam.
  • Hero honda - SS Motors, Kovai Road, Kangeyam.

[edit] Earth movers and heavy vechils

Shree Amman Earth movers

[edit] Audio service centres

SuperAudios,TirupurRoad,

[edit] Public Address Systems and Lightings

Om Muruga sounds and lightings, Nathakkadaiyur.

[edit] Heavy vechil service centre

SS AUTO DIESEL WORKS Karur Road

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[edit] See also

[Gem Traders]

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Tuesday, September 7, 2010

M.G.R

M. G. Ramachandran

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In this Indian name, the name "Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran" is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, "Ramachandran".
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran

MGR with Janaki Ramachandran
Born January 17, 1917(1917-01-17)
Nawalapitiya, British Ceylon
Died December 24, 1987 (aged 70)
Chennai, India
Other names M. G. R., Puratchi Thalaivar
Occupation Actor, Politician, Producer
Spouse(s) Thangamani (deceased)
Sathanandavathi (deceased)
V. N. Janaki (died in 1996)
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran (Tamil: மருதூர் கோபாலன் இராமச்சந்திரன், Malayalam: മരുതൂര്‍ ഗോപാലന്‍ രാമചന്ദ്രന്‍) (January 17, 1917 – December 24, 1987), popularly known by his initials MGR (Tamil: எம்.ஜி.ஆர்), was an Indian film actor, producer and politician. Well known as a Tamil activist, he served as the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 until his death in 1987.

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[edit] Early life and background

MGR was born in Nawalapitiya near Kandy, British Ceylon (present day Sri Lanka), to immigrant Keralite Nair parents — Gopala Menon and Maruthur Satyabhama. (Nairs are traditionally matrilineal, hence he shares his matrilineal family surname "Maruthur"). His family was originally from Vadavannur, Palakkad, Kerala, but his father had migrated with his family to Ceylon.[1][2]
MGR was a Hindu and portrayed himself as a devotee of Lord Murugan, as is common practice for many Hindus in Sri Lanka.[3] This was during his early days. Later, when he joined the DMK,a pro-rationalist party,he followed the rationalist ideology, though not appearing very aggressively atheistic.However,in later days after he founded his own party following his expulsion from the DMK, he seems to have shown some leaning towards religious faith. He had asked his followers to pray for the success of his AIADMK party.[4]
His followers even prayed for him when it was determined that he had a kidney illness.[5] After his demise, his wife opened up a temple in his name.
After his father's death, he joined a drama troupe called Original Boys. Later, he entered the world of cinema, becoming an actor, and later a director, producer, and editor. MGR married Bargavi also known as Thangamani who died early due to illness. He later married Sathanandavathi who also died soon due to Tuberculosis. M. G. R. married V. N. Janaki a former Tamil film actress as his third wife after the death of his second wife. Janaki divorced her husband Ganapati Bhat, to marry MGR.

[edit] Acting career

He made his film debut in 1935, in the film Sati Leelavati[6], directed by Ellis Dungan, an American born film director[7]. Generally starring in romance or action films, MGR got his big breakthrough in the 1947 film Rajakumaari, written by M. Karunanidhi. He had the maximum number of all-time blockbusters to his credit at the time viz. Malaikkallan, Nadodi Mannan, Enga Veetu Pillai, Adimai Pen, et al. He was shot by fellow actor Mohan R. Radha, that affected his ability to speak clearly. He won the National Film Award for Best Actor for the film Rickshakaran. His film Nadodi Mannan, which was produced and directed by himself and released in 1956, ran to full houses. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 1988 (posthumous).

[edit] Political career

M. G. Ramachandran

Constituency Andipatti

Political party ADMK
MGR was a member of the Congress Party till 1953 and he used to wear Khādī. In 1953 MGR joined the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) with the help of M. Karunanidhi. He became a vocal Tamil and Dravidian nationalist and prominent member of the DMK] ("Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam" aka Dravidian Progressive Federation). He added glamour to the Dravidian movement which was sweeping Tamil Nadu. He became a member of the state Legislative Council in 1962. He was first elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in 1967. After the death of his mentor, Annadurai, MGR became the treasurer of DMK in 1969 after Karunanidhi became the chief minister.
On the 12th of January 1967, he was shot in the neck by fellow actor M.R. Radha. The bullet was permanently lodged in his neck and his voice damaged. Within hours of the shooting, some 50,000-odd fans had gathered at the hospital where MGR had been taken. People cried in the streets; shops closed. For six weeks, he lay in the hospital as fans awaited each report of his health. He was visited by a steady stream of commoners and luminaries of film industry, polity and bureaucracy.From his hospital bed, he conducted his campaign for Madras Legislative Assembly. He won twice the number of votes polled by his Congress rival and the largest vote polled by any candidate for the Assembly.[8]
In 1972, DMK leader Karunanithi started project his first son M.K.Muthu in a big way in film industry and also in politics. Understanding the tactics played by Karunanithi to corner him, MGR started to claim that corruption had grown within the party after the demise of Annadurai and in a public meeting asked for the financial details of the party to be publicized which enraged the leadership of DMK. Consequently, as expected, MGR was expelled from the party, and floated a new party named Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK), later renamed All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), the only powerful opponent of the DMK.He mobilised the period between 1972-1977 to spread and preach his party ambiition with films like Netru Indru Naalai(1974), Idhayakani(1975) etc..,. He became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu on the 30th of July 1977, remaining in office till his death in 1987. In 1979, members of his party Satyavani Muthu and Aravinda Bala Pajanor, became the first non-Congress politicians from Tamil Nadu to be ministers in the Union Cabinet. The AIADMK won every state assembly election as long as MGR was alive. Although Anna Durai as well as Karunanidhi had acted in stage plays in trivial roles, in their younger days, before becoming chief minister, MGR was the first popular film actor to be a Chief Minister in India.
Once he became Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, he placed great emphasis on social development, especially education. One of his most successful policies was the introduction of the "Mid-day Meal Scheme" introduced by the popular Congress Chief Minister and Kingmaker K Kamaraj to a nutritious Mid-day Meal Scheme in the Government-run and aided schools in Tamil Nadu, which encouraged underprivileged children to attend schools. He also introduced Women's Special buses. He set up a free school for the Cinema Technicians children in Kodambakkam called MGR Primary & Higher Secondary School which provided Free Mid-Day meals in the 1950s.
His was instrumental in setting up the Tamil University and the Mother Theresa Women's University in Tamil Nadu.[citation needed]

[edit] Member of Legislative Assembly

Year Elected/Reelected Place Party
1967 Elected St. Thomas Mount DMK
1971 Reelected St. Thomas Mount DMK
1977 Elected Aruppukottai ADMK
1980 Elected Madurai West ADMK
1984 Elected Andipatti ADMK

[edit] Chief Minister

From Year To Year Election
1977 1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1977
1980 1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1980
1984 1987 Tamil Nadu state assembly election, 1984

[edit] Awards

One famous incident was that MGR was nominated for the Padmashree award from the Government of India but he refused to accept as the wording was in Hindi and not in Tamil in 1960.

[edit] Philanthropy

He personally offered relief in disasters and calamities like fire, flood, drought, and cyclones. He was the first donor during the war with China in 1962, donating Rs. 75,000 to the war fund. He was the founder and editor of Thai weekly magazine and Anna daily newspaper in Tamil. He was the owner of Sathya Studios and Emgeeyar Pictures (willed to charity) which produced many of the films he acted in. He gifted golden sword weighing half a Kilogram to Mookambika temple in Kollur, Udupi district.[1]

[edit] Death

In October 1984, MGR was diagnosed with kidney failure and rushed to the Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, United States for treatment, undergoing a kidney transplant. MGR died on December 24, 1987 after his prolonged illness. His death sparked off a frenzy of looting and rioting all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Shops, movie theatres, buses and other public and private property became the target of violence let loose all over the state. The police had to resort issuing shoot-at-sight orders. Tamilians from Bangalore rushed to Madras in trains to see the mortal remains of MGR. Govt had announced free train facility for this visit. The violence during the funeral alone left 29 people dead and 47 police personnel badly wounded. [2],[3] This state of affairs continued for almost a month all over the state of Tamil Nadu. Around one million[4] people followed his remains, around 30 followers committed suicide and people had their heads tonsured. After his death, his political party, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, split between his wife Janaki Ramachandran and J. Jayalalithaa; they later merged in 1988. In 1989 Dr. M. G. R. Home and Higher Secondary School for the Speech and Hearing Impaired was established in the erstwhile Residence MGR Gardens, Ramavaram, in accordance with his will dated January 17, 1986. His official residence at 27, Arcot Street, T.Nagar is now MGR Memorial House and is open for public viewing.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] As producer

Year Film Role Notes
1958 Nadodi Mannan
MGR's First film as Director,
1969 Adimai Pen
MGR's second film as Director,
1973 Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
MGR's Third film as Director,

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[edit] References

  1. ^ MGR
  2. ^ L. R., Jegatheesan. "ஆளும் அரிதாரம்" (in Tamil). BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/tamil/specials/178_wryw/. Retrieved 2006-11-08. 
  3. ^ P. 39 Religions in Modern World By Linda Woodhead, Fletcher, Kawanam
  4. ^ P. 131 The image trap By M. S. S. Pandian
  5. ^ P. 18 The image trap By M. S. S. Pandian
  6. ^ M. G. Ramachandran Summary
  7. ^ The Hindu : Americans in Tamil cinema
  8. ^ Velayutham, Selvaraj (2008). Tamil cinema: the cultural politics of India's other film industry. New York: Routledge. ISBN 0-415-39680-8. 

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Preceded by
M Karunanidhi
Chief Ministers of Tamil Nadu
1977–1987
Succeeded by
Janaki Ramachandran
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