Who printed the first Tamil book?

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The Portuguese Missionary printed the first Tamil book.
Tamil publishing and printing history is as intriguing and varied as the language. On October 20, 1578, the first book was published. On that fateful day, Henrique Henriques, a Portuguese missionary, wrote 'Thambiran Vanakkam' on Chinese paper. The 10x14 cm book, according to Tamil historian Pulavar S. Raju, has 16 pages of 24 lines each and was written in the old Tamil typeface that was previously employed on palm leaves and stones. The book was a translation of Francis Xavier's 'Doctrina Christmas' from Portuguese. Mr Raju argues that Father Henriques' efforts to establish a Tamil prayer book led to the book's publication.

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