During 1960s, India was under great famine and lots of people were unemployed and it was this time, that the people of Sivakasi joined hands with each other and decided to promote themselves without expecting any aid from the Indian Government and were able to rise on their own..

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to achieve a self-reliant, high industrial growth rate especially in the production Fireworks, matches, printing and various sub-industries related to those industries. As a result of this, the city of Sivakasi contributes to 90% of the total production of fireworks in India..