Chennai Book Fair: Facts

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footballer Bud Houghton was born in Madras to an Anglo-Indian family who migrated to England in 1947 when India gained independence from British rule?
Niels Bohr inspired Indian physicist Alladi Ramakrishnan to create the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai?
A. P. Patro inaugurated the Loyola College in Chennai, India, in 1925?
the Charnockite in St. Thomas Mount, Chennai got its name from Job Charnock, the founder of Kolkata, whose tomb was made of rocks quarried from St. Thomas Mount?
a fire in Saravana Stores, Chennai, in 2008 burnt out most of the building and killed two people?
the Chennai Book Fair is an annual event in Chennai, India, which takes place between the last week of December and the third week of January?
the Church of Our Lady of Light in Chennai, India was built in 1516 by Portuguese missionaries?
the Higginbotham's, based in Chennai, is India's oldest bookstore in existence?

10,000 people protested against construction of a dam across the Subarnarekha River in India?
16th century Indian musician-composer Miyan Tansen laid the foundations of Hindustani classical music by mixing Sufi and Bhakti musical traditions ?
18th-century professional portrait painter Tilly Kettle was the first British painter to work in India?
22-year-old Indian cricketer Vikram Singh, regarded by many as the fastest bowler in India, played only 5 matches for his state before being selected for the national squad against Sri Lanka?
70% of the population of Tamil Nadu is engaged in the Indian state's agricultural sector and related industries for their livelihood?
Rani Abbakka, who fought the Portuguese in the 16th century, is regarded as the 'first woman freedom fighter of India'?
Arya Samaj spearheaded the 19th-century cow protection movement, Hindu opposition to Muslim cow sacrifice, leading to violent riots spreading all across India?
footballer Bud Houghton was born in Madras to an Anglo-Indian family who migrated to England in 1947 when India gained independence from British rule?
Australian Test cricketers Mark Waugh and Shane Warne were fined after accepting money from an Indian bookmaker known only as "John" in return for pitch and weather reports?
Bollywood actress Shenaz Treasurywala was discovered while stuck in India when Kuwait Airways lost her luggage, including travel documents she needed to return to school in New York?