Assembly Speaker M. Appavu released 'Tamil Nadu Legislature - A Journey in Legislating & Policy Making' in Chennai. The book traces landmark laws such as the Temple Entry Authorization Act (1939), the Sales Tax Act (1939), the Devadasi Abolition Act (1947) and the 1989 law giving women equal property rights. It also covers welfare schemes like the Midday Meal Scheme, the Breakfast Scheme and Kalaignar Magalir Urimai Thittam, and recalls the 1967 resolution to rename Madras State as Tamil Nadu.