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Tamil Lexicography Day – 08 November
November 9 , 2021
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- It marks the birth anniversary of Italian missionary Constantine Joseph Beschi.
- He is also known as Veeramamunivar.
- He was responsible for bringing out the first Tamil dictionary Chaturakarati.
- Earlier, scholars used to document words that were in usage.
- Those collections were called ‘Nigandu’.
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