On Tuesday, #தமிழ்வாழ்க became the first Tamil hashtag to trend on Twitter. It held the first position past midnight into Wednesday.
"Trending India:00:10 AM IST"
1. #தமிழ்வாழ்க
2. #GovtVsNGO
5. #हरहरमहादेव
6. Lord Shiva
— TrendieIN - Trends (@TrendieIN) February 17, 2015
Over the weekend, #जयहिन्द became the first Hindi word to trend on Twitter during the India-Pakistan match on Sunday.
Tamil loyalists flooded Twitter with messages expressing their pride and love for the language.
#దేశభాషలందుతెలుగులెస్స Next Waiting For Malayalam Tag Come on 👍😜
— Ajith Appu (@nazrudheenappu) February 17, 2015
Twitters ask 'What is this Top trend #தமிழ்வாழ்க?' Dear friends We Tamils we just hails our mother Tongue literally means-Long Live #Tamil !
— அட ஆச்சரியக்குறி (@tamilFacts) February 17, 2015
First Hindi hashtag to trend #जयहिंद ; #தமிழ்வாழ்க the first vernacular; thought Bongs missed a chance with #হোককলরব. WhatSay @swastika24?
— Subhashish (@SubhashishNandi) February 17, 2015
Dear North Indians,
The above word's are from the worlds most classical language "TAMIL".. and its my mother tongue..😊😊
— Antony ♚ (@antony_tweetz) February 17, 2015
Finally Tamil hash tag in twitter! #தமிழ்வாழ்க
— Gowthaman (@gowthaman88) February 17, 2015
#தமிழ்வாழ்க If we are so proud of our Tamil heritage we should keep Tamil Nadu clean. Or the world will simply laugh at us.
— Cleanup Tamil Nadu (@CleanupTN) February 17, 2015
Tamil is the world’s oldest living language. #தமிழ்வாழ்க
— Prabu Krishna (@nkprabu) February 17, 2015
Tamil is the world’s oldest living language. #தமிழ்வாழ்க
— Prabu Krishna (@nkprabu) February 17, 2015
Though I speak Hindi/Urdu BT nice to know that #தமிழ்வாழ்க (Tamil zindabad) is trending on top! After all dis is ancient language #Respect
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) February 17, 2015
Though I speak Hindi/Urdu BT nice to know that #தமிழ்வாழ்க (Tamil zindabad) is trending on top! After all dis is ancient language #Respect
— Md Asif Khan (@imMAK02) February 17, 2015
Even though am pakka #malayali my most tweets are in Tamil :P #தமிழ்வாழ்க
— masss (@nithin_rockzz) February 17, 2015