tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51019519130723731242024-02-21T03:53:16.894+05:30First BadagaUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5101951913072373124.post-25142244520478333302009-12-16T10:02:00.013+05:302011-08-29T09:34:49.353+05:30First Badaga - முதல் படகர்<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">It will be very interesting [I hope as well as informative & motivating] to list all those <span style="color: red;">BADAGAS </span>who were / are the <span style="color: red;">'FIRST' </span>in any field.</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">Where I am not sure, I have put a question mark, so that someone may supply the correct or corrected info.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">[Hubbathalai > married Nanji Ammal from Jakkadha, 18?? - 1935]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">-First Badaga to be honoured by the British with ' Rao Sahib & Rao Bahadur' titles ( late 1920s)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- [probably] First to speak in Eleven Languages including Badaga, Toda, Kotha, Kuruma, Kannada, Tamil, Malayalam,Telugu, English, Hindi & Spanish and write in all where the script existed WITHOUT ANY FORMAL EDUCATION - NOT GOING TO ANY SCHOOL (his mother stopped him as she was scared that the teacher would beat him)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First to open a school at Hubbathalai (later named after him) basically to cater to Badaga students [a hostel was also built for them].</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">[Hubbathalai > married Gauri Ammal from Jakkadha, 4-12-1893 - 26-6-1971)</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga Graduate, Presidency College , Madras (1920?)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga to tour the world (1930)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga to lead an Indian Delagation (World Scout Jumboree in Hungary)(1930)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga MLA & MLC (1940)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First son (after his father Rao Bahadur HJ Bellie Gowder) also to be honoured with Rao Bahadur title. </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">N.Lingan</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;">[Thangadu >13 Nov 1908 - 1964]<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">Mr.Lingan was the first in the Badaga community to wear the black robe and among the earliest to occupy the chair of the President of the local Bar Association and was also the first Chairman of the Udhagamandalam Municipal Council (UMC) after Independence and trustee of institutions like the Assembly Rooms and the Lawley Institute.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">When this district was in dire need of a higher education facility, Mr.Lingan became a member of a 14-member committee <i>headed by Rao Bahadur HB Ari Gowder</i>, which was instrumental in the Government Arts College coming into being here during 1955. </span></b></span><span style="color: green; font-size: x-small;">[ Info courtesy - Devaraj Rangan, Porore]</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">KM Sevannah Gowder </span></span><br />
[Bearhatty > married Sarojini Madhan from Hulikal, 1915 - 1999, Mrs.Akkama Devi's elder brother]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Engineer [B.E (mech) - Madras University]<br />
- First Professor (?) Engineering College Guindy & GCT, Coimbatore,</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Mrs. Akkama Devi </span></span><br />
[Bearatty - married > HB Joghee Gowder [HB Ari Gowder's brother] from Hubbathalai, 1917 - ]<br />
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<span style="line-height: normal;">photo from <span style="font-style: italic;">The Hindu</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga woman graduate<br />
- First Badaga woman MP </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Dr.Bellie</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">[Yedapalli > married from ? > 19??- 19??]</span></span></span></span></h5>
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<span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga M.B.B.S doctor</span></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Dr. Krishnan </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">[Thangadu >married > Michi Ammal from Kiya Kundhe, Birth & death years ??]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">First LMP Doctor</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;"><b>Dharmalingam </b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>First Journalist </b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">M.K. Bhat - Full name - Mr. Muthiah Kariabettan</span></b>,<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>(Muttinadu, Married to Mrs.Devaki from Mel Hosatty,1912-1969)</b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #339966;">First State Officer who retired as Joint Registrar of Co-op Society </span>(info courtesy Kariabettan Sugumar</b>)<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Dr. Haliah </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">[Muttinaadu > married > Parvathi [Karuppi] from Ketchigatti, B & D yrs...? ]</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Ph.D</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First Dean [Karnataka] </span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">HA Bhojraj </span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;">[Hubbathalai > married > Rukmani from Ketchigatti, 1923-1997, HB Ari Gowder's son]</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://badaga.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hab-by-cux1.jpg"><img alt="Sketch by grandson Abhimanyu" class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1613" height="80" src="http://badaga.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hab-by-cux1.jpg?w=72" title="hab-by-cux1" width="72" /></a><br />
<a href="http://badaga.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/hab-by-cux1.jpg">Sketch by grandson Abhimanyu</a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: green;">- First South India Golf Champion (Won many tournaments in Golf)</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Justice EJ Bellie </span></span></b><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>[Eethorai > married Vimala from Bearatty, 193? - ]</b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">- First High Court (Madras) Judge </span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Colonel J Nandhi </span></span></b><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>[born Kerkandi > married Indrani from Mullimalai, 194? -]</b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">- First [engineer] Colonel in the Army</span></b><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">- First to play in Madras University Football Team </span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Mrs. Indu K Mallah </span></span></b><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>[Hubbathalai - married Kakamallah from Ketchigatti, 194? - ]<br />
</b></span><span style="color: red; font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://badaga.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/indu-main.jpg" title="indu-main.jpg"><img alt="indu-main.jpg" class="aligncenter" src="http://badaga.files.wordpress.com/2006/10/indu-main.thumbnail.jpg" /></a></span></b></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">- First to have her novel in English published</span></b><br />
</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;">- First Wonam Member of Nilgiri District Consumer Court </span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;">Hiriya</span></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;">[Ketti>...] Advocate</span></span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: green;">First to play football for Madras University</span></span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">T. Gopal </span></span><br />
[Mel Bikkatti (Ketti) > married Sushila from Ketchigatti, 1947 - ]</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First Engineer who established a heavy industry (manufacturing heavy industrial boilers, GM of India Meters) & now a software company for SMEs known throughout the world. He has many firsts - I am trying to gather the details </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Wing Commander Bellie Jayaprakash </span></span><br />
[Bearatty > married > Tara from Hubbathalai, 1948 - ]</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First [engineer] Wing Commander in Air Force(?)<br />
- First to play hockey for Air Force<br />
- First to be the selector for Services[ Joint Army,Navy & Air Force] hockey team in the National level<br />
- First NIS Coach in Hockey (Diploma in Coaching]<br />
- First to pass both basic [HMI, Darjeeling] & advanced [NIM, Utterkashi] mountaineering courses with alfa-instructor grading [cleared for expeditions]<br />
- First to be associated with Asian Games (1982) as Joint Director, Asian Games Village & Dy. Director (Protocol) </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Sundaradevan </span></span><br />
[Melur Adigaratti > married .., 19?? - ]</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First IAS Officer {through UPSC} </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Ramachandran </span></span><br />
[Eethorai > married >.. 19?? - ]</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First Cabinet Minister of Tamil Nadu State </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Mrs. Sundari </span></span><br />
[Karimora - married > ? 194? - ]</b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First woman professor(?) [Avinashilingam Home Science College,CBE] in 1960s </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Flight Lieutenant KN Ravi </span></span><br />
[Ketchigatti, 195? - 198? died in a tragic air accident]</b><br />
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<b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: green;">- First Helicopter Pilot in IAF</span></span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Gokul</span><br />
<b><span style="color: black;">[Pudhuhatti near Ithalar > married to Anitha from Gaikandi > 1973 - ]</span></b></span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: black;"><a href="http://badaga.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/gokulanitha.jpg"><img alt="gokulanitha" class="aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-1619" height="60" src="http://badaga.wordpress.com/files/2008/11/gokulanitha.jpg?w=80" title="gokulanitha" width="80" /></a><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: green;">- First IFS officer (direct entry) - presently DFO Gadag & Haveri Karnataka</span></span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;">Sivagami Nanda</span></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: green;">- First IPS officer</span></span></b><b><span style="color: green;"> </span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">K Premkumar</span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><b>[Naihatty > Married Sharmila- aka- Seema from Kil Kundha, 1964 - ]</b></span></span></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b> </b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: green;">- First (engineer) columnist to write a regular technical analysis on shares - stock market, in 'Business Line' - The Hindu Group</span></span></span></span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"> </span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: green;">- First Badaga to have passed CMT (Chartered Market Technician, A USA based degree) and came first in the World ranking.</span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"> </span></span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small; line-height: normal;"><b><span style="color: green;"><b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: blue;"><span style="line-height: normal;">Wing Commander Saravanan </span></span><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">[Melur > married > ...]</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></b></span></b></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: green;">-First Fighter Pilot in IAF </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Squadron Leader Urmila Bheeman </span></span><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">[Muligoor >...]</span></span><span style="color: black;"> </span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: green;">- First Woman commissioned Officer in IAF </span></span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: blue;">Rajan</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;">(Kothagiri)</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="color: #339966;">First to act and direct a Tamil Movie in late 80s</span> (info courtesy Dr.Rajkumar Krishnan)</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="line-height: normal;"><span style="color: blue;">Rajkumar </span></span><br />
</span><span style="color: black;">[Yellanalli >.....??]</span></span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: green;">- First to act as the hero of a Badaga Movie 'KALA THAPPIDHA PAYILU' [1970s?] </span></b><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span><span style="color: blue; font-size: x-small;">Saravanan.S</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"> <b>writes [25 May 2008] :</b><br />
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<b>We, <span style="color: blue;">J.B. Santhosh Kumar</span> from Thuratty, <span style="color: blue;">Mekala.C</span> from Atthigal, and myself <span style="color: blue;">Saravanan.S</span> from Peria Hubbathalai are the first three badagas who have cleared CMT (Certified Medical Transcriptionist) exam conducted by AAMT (American Association of Medical Transcription) in year 2007. Only 2700 professionals have cleared this exam worldwide out of million professionals in this field. For reference, our names can be seen in AHDIorg. com.</b><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: blue;">Nivedita Bhojaraj<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">It has been an unforgettable day for the 47-year-old first generation learner from the Badaga community, R Rajammal, who is a teacher of Tambaram Kendriya Vidhyalaya (No.2) won the annual award for Teaching Staff 2008 of the Kendriya Vidhayalaya Sangatan (KVS, the apex body that manage KVs in the country). She is credited to be the first woman from the Badaga community to win the award since its inception more than 2 decades ago. This award is given on the Teacher’s Day of every year and it is given for not only the academic performance including students’ results and their experience, but also involves their service towards the community as well as developing innovative teaching methods [The Times of India, Chennai (Saturday, September 6, 2008)] – info sent by - Santhosh Kumar J.B.</span></div>
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