The Mullaiperiyar dam, the subject of so much controversy in recent times, is located in Kerala, but has been leased to Tamil Nadu after a 1886 treaty between the then Travancore State and the Madras Presidency.
For how many years is this lease?
From my Mood Indigo India 2011 quiz
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"999". Incidentally, the film "Dam 999" recently got banned in Tamil Nadu after alluding to the dam and its suspected vulnerabilities.