Kallakudi

Kallakudi is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Kallakudi
Settlement.settlement_type: Panchayat town
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu#India
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Tamil Nadu, India
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tiruchirappalli
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric
Settlement.population_total: 11625
Settlement.population_as_of: 2001
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.demographics_type1: Languages
Settlement.demographics1_title1: Official
Settlement.demographics1_info1: Tamil
Settlement.timezone1: IST
Settlement.utc_offset1: +5:30

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: village in India
Country: India
Located in: Tiruchirappalli district
Area: 11
Time zone: Indian Standard Time

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Kallakudi is a panchayat town in Tiruchirappalli district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

== History == On 15 July 1953, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) organised a demonstration in Kallakudi against naming the place as Dalmiapuram. A businessman named Ramakrishna Dalmia, from Bihar, established a cement factory in Kallakudi and the place was renamed Dalmiapuram on his request. DMK opposed the move as a suppression of South Indians by North India. It was the first notable demonstration by M Karunanidhi, the five-time Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and his party, the DMK. The DMK party blocked goods trains during the protest.

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