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Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at:
AChennai
BCalicut
CColombo
DCochin
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Cochin
1. Missionary printing spread down the western coast.
2. Catholic priests printed the first Tamil book in 1579 at Cochin.
3. The first Malayalam book followed in 1713.
_Source: NCERT Class 10 Social Science, 'India and the Contemporary World II', Ch 5 'Print Culture and the Modern World'_
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