page_title: Tamil Encyclopedia
section_title: Contributors
hierarchical_section_title: Tamil Encyclopedia / Contributors
caption_attribution_description: English: Letter from Tamil Development Board donating 20 volumes of encyclopedia in Tamil under Creative Commons license
context_page_description: Kalaikkalanjiam is a universal encyclopedia in Tamil, published by the Tamil Development Academy, Chennai. The project was funded by the Union Government of India, the State Government of then Madras Presidency and many Tamil well wishers. The Tamil Development Academy announced its intent to produce this encyclopedia on the day of Indian Independence 15 August 1947. The work started in the academy's Madras University Campus on 20 October 1947. The chief editor of this effort was Periyasaamy Thooran.
context_section_description: Following groups were involved in producing these volumes:
  Executive groups 5, Total members 74
  Content groups 21, Total members 132
  Research groups 27, Total members 66
  Glossary group 1, Total members 40
  In total, 2240 scholars have contributed to various articles in these 10 volumes.
  A second revised edition for this encyclopedia was planned with 12 volumes of 1000 pages each. But the plan didn't materialize due to various reasons.
  The entire Kalaikkalanjiam is available online at the Tamil Virtual Academy website.
  In 2014, Tamil Development Academy donated all 10 volumes under Creative Commons Share-Alike 3.0 license based on Tamil Wikipedia contributors' request. Along with this, 10 volumes of Kuzhandhaigal Kalaikkalanjiam was also released under Creative Commons license.
caption: Tamil Development Academy donating 20 volumes of encyclopedia in Tamil under Creative Commons license
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