Vaigai Dam, the Glossary
The Vaigai Dam is built across the Vaigai River near Andipatti, in the Theni district (Madura district, before British India) of Tamil Nadu, South India.[1]
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- 1959 establishments in Madras State
- Dams completed in 1959
- Dams in Tamil Nadu
- Hydroelectric power stations in Tamil Nadu
- Theni district
Agricultural experiment station
An agricultural experiment station (AES) or agricultural research station (ARS) is a scientific research center that investigates difficulties and potential improvements to food production and agribusiness.
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Andipatti
Andipatti or Aundipatty is a municipal body in Theni district in Madurai Region of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.
Chief minister (India)
In India, a chief minister is the elected head of government of each state out of the 28 states and sometimes a union territory (UT).
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Cotton
Cotton is a soft, fluffy staple fiber that grows in a boll, or protective case, around the seeds of the cotton plants of the genus Gossypium in the mallow family Malvaceae.
Cowpea
The cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) is an annual herbaceous legume from the genus Vigna.
Dindigul district
Dindigul District is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.
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Gravity dam
A gravity dam is a dam constructed from concrete or stone masonry and designed to hold back water by using only the weight of the material and its resistance against the foundation.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
K. Kamaraj
Kumaraswami Kamaraj (15 July 1903 – 2 October 1975), popularly known as Kamarajar was an Indian independence activist and politician who served as the Chief Minister of Madras from 13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963.
Madura District (Madras Presidency)
Madurai District was one of the districts of the Madras Presidency of British India.
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Madurai Airport
Madurai Airport is an airport serving Madurai and its adjoining districts in Tamil Nadu, India.
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Madurai district
Madurai district is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India.
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Periyakulam
Periyakulam is a major town and a municipality in Theni district, in the Madurai Region, South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Presidencies and provinces of British India
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent.
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Ramanathapuram district
Ramanathapuram District, also known as Ramnad District, is one of the 38 districts an administrative districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India.
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Rice
Rice is a cereal grain and in its domesticated form is the staple food of over half of the world's population, particularly in Asia and Africa.
Sivaganga district
Sivaganga District is one of the 38 districts (an administrative district) in Tamil Nadu state, India.
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Sorghum
Sorghum bicolor, commonly called sorghum and also known as great millet, broomcorn, guinea corn, durra, imphee, jowar, or milo, is a species in the grass genus Sorghum cultivated for its grain.
South India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area and 20% of India's population.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (TN) is the southernmost state of India.
Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation
The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Limited (TANGEDCO) is an electrical power generation and distribution public sector undertaking owned by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Tamil Nadu Public Works Department
The Public Works Department (PWD) is one of the departments of Government of Tamil Nadu.
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Theni district
Theni District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in India.
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Vaigai River
The Vaigai is a river in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India; it passes through the towns of Theni, Madurai and Ramanathapuram.
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Vigna mungo
Vigna mungo, also known as black gram, urad bean, urid bean, matimah, matikolai, mash kalai, maas/kalo daal, uzhunnu parippu, ulundu parippu, minapa pappu, uddu, or black matpe, is a bean grown in South Asia.
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Virudhunagar district
Virudhunagar District is a district (an administrative district) of Tamil Nadu state in south India.
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See also
1959 establishments in Madras State
- Blue Cross of India
- Diocese of Kanyakumari of the Church of South India
- Government Polytechnic College, Nagercoil
- Hinduja Foundries
- IIT Madras
- LIC Building
- Rane Engine Valve Limited
- Vaigai Dam
Dams completed in 1959
- Aimata Dam
- Arimine Dam
- Barre Falls Dam
- Bondels Dam
- Boskop Dam
- Casitas Dam
- Chichonki Malian Hydropower Plant
- Chishimba Hydroelectric Power Station
- Corella Dam
- Dholidhaja Dam
- Dukan Dam
- Ebenezer Dam
- Gogeldrie Weir
- Happy Jacks Dam
- Hirfanlı Dam
- Hodges Village Dam
- Hyugami Dam
- Kamleshwar Dam
- Kariba Dam
- Kiymbi Dam
- Kremenchuk Hydroelectric Power Plant
- Le Truel (power station)
- Mammoth Pool Dam
- Mannoike Dam
- Miwa Dam
- Nakagi Dam
- Novosibirsk Hydroelectric Station
- Noxon Rapids Dam
- Oberon Dam
- Ohmorigawa Dam
- Panchet Dam
- Peechi Dam
- Poona Dam
- Priest Rapids Dam
- Rappbode Dam
- Roodeplaat Dam
- Shinsumiyogawa Dam
- Somerset Dam
- Sylvenstein Dam
- Tagokura Dam
- Tumut Pond Dam
- Upper Baker Dam
- Vaigai Dam
- Vajont Dam
- Yaté Dam
Dams in Tamil Nadu
- Aathupalayam Dam
- Adavinainar Dam
- Aliyar Reservoir
- Amaravathi Dam
- Anaikuttam Dam
- Bhavanisagar Dam
- Gomukhinadhi Reservoir
- Kalingarayan Anicut
- Kallanai Dam
- Kamaraj Sagar Dam
- Karuppanadhi Dam
- Kodaganar Dam
- Kodiveri Dam
- Krishnagiri Dam
- Kunderipallam Dam
- Kuppanatham Dam
- List of dams and reservoirs in Tamil Nadu
- Lower Anaicut
- Manimuthar Dam
- Manjalar Dam
- Mettur Dam
- Mukkadal Dam
- Nallathangal Dam
- Orathuppalayam Dam
- Papanasam Dam
- Pechiparai Reservoir
- Perumpallam Dam
- Perunchani Dam
- Poigai Dam
- Sathanur Dam
- Servalar dam
- Shanmuganathi Dam
- Solaiyar Dam
- Sothuparai Dam
- Thirumoorthy Dam
- Upper Anaicut
- Vaigai Dam
- Varattupallam Dam
Hydroelectric power stations in Tamil Nadu
- Amaravathi Dam
- Bhavani Kattalai Hydroelectric Project
- Bhavanisagar Dam
- Kateri hydroelectric system
- Kundah Power House
- Lower Mettur Hydroelectric Project
- Maravakandy hydro-electric power house
- Mettur Dam
- Moyar hydro-electric power house
- Papanasam Dam
- Perunchani Dam
- Vaigai Dam
Theni district
- Bharath Niketan College of Engineering
- Bodinayakkanur Assembly constituency
- College of Agricultural Technology
- Cumbum Assembly constituency
- Cumbum Valley
- Government College of Engineering, Bodinayakkanur
- Kadamalaigundu–Mayiladumparai Panchayat Union
- Kottagudi River
- Kumbakkarai Falls
- Meghamalai
- Periyakulam Assembly constituency
- Periyakulam division
- Shanmuganathi Dam
- Theni Assembly constituency
- Theni Lok Sabha constituency
- Theni Medical College
- Theni district
- Uthamapalayam Assembly constituency
- Uthamapalayam division
- Vaigai Dam