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Villagers prepare Pongal in 999 pots to celebrate Pennycuick's birth anniversary
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[Times of India] - THENI: Villagers in Thevaram in Theni district celebrated Col John Pennycuick's 171st birth anniversary by preparing pongal in 999 pots to signify the number of years of lease agreement signed by the erstwhile Travancore princely state and Madras
Jayalalithaa announces memorial for Pennycuick
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[The Hindu] - Amid the simmering dispute between Tamil Nadu and Kerala over the Mullaperiyar Dam, Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Sunday announced that her government would build a memorial to John Pennycuick, the British engineer who constructed the dam to overcome
Theni farmers cheer Pennycuick memorial
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[Times of India] - MADURAI: Col John Pennycuick is revered as a demi-god in villages across Theni district and the announcement by the chief minister J Jayalalithaa to build a memorial for the British engineer, who completed the daunting task of constructing the
Engineer who built Mullaperiyar Dam honoured by Tamil ...
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12 Sept — John Pennycuick is almost a household name in several parts of Southern Tamil Nadu for he oversaw the construction of the now century-old ... › National › South
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