The International Association of Tamil Research (IATR) was founded in 1964. The IATR has been organizing conferences and seminars of Tamil studies at an interval of 4 years in countries like India,Sri Lanka, France, Maldives, Mauritius and Malaysia which has a sizable Tamil speaking population.
To commemorate the 8th international conference seminar on Tamil studies, held at Thanjuvar (Tamil Nadu) from 1st to 5th January 1995, India issued a 1 rupee commemorative coin in FSS. The other coin issued for general circulation, were in the denomination of 2 rupees and 5 rupees and were in cupro nickel.
1Specifications
Year of issue – 1995
Obv --. The obverse of this coin shows the saint poet THIRUVALLUVAR seated on a low stool in a writing position with the inscription “1995” -- the year of issue, “8TH WORLD TAMIL CONFERENCE” in English, “SAINT THIRUVALLUVAR” in both English and Hindi, “8 Wi Viswa Tamil Sammelan” in Hindi.
Edge – milled or plain
Minted at – Mumbai , Hyderabad , Noida
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