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'''Shanmuga Nadar''' (1903-1969) was an [[India]]n entrepreneur from the southern city of [[Sivakasi]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. He along with his cousin [[Ayya Nadar]] is credited for transforming the small village of Sivakasi into a thriving industrial town. He was the founder of Kakka (or Kaliswari) firework industry. He was the chairman of Sivakasi municipality between 1952 and 1955.<ref name="The City in South Asia">{{cite book | title=The City in South Asia| url=https://archive.org/details/citysouthasiaasi00heit| url-access=limited| authors=James Heitzmann| year=2008| publisher=Routledge| isbn=978-0-415-34355-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/citysouthasiaasi00heit/page/n226 210]}}</ref><ref name="Gods in the Bazaar">{{cite book | title=Gods in the Bazaar: The Economies of Indian Calendar Art| authors=Kajri Jain| year=2007| publisher=Duke University Press| isbn=978-0-8223-3926-7|page=40}}</ref> In 1922, he along with Ayya Nadar went to [[Calcutta]] to learn matchmaking and opened industries in Sivakasi upon their return.<ref>{{cite news|title= The Chinese connection|url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/10/21/stories/2006102100410100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104033415/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2006/10/21/stories/2006102100410100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 November 2012| location=Chennai, India|work= [[The Hindu]]|date=21 October 2006}}</ref>

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