Tamil Nadu (Tamil: தமிழ்நாடு "Country of the Tamils", pronounced [t̪ɐmɨɻ n̪aːɽɯ]( listen)) is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by Puducherry (Pondicherry), Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by ...
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Population:
- 62,405,679 (Mar 1, 2001)
Country:
Date founded:
- Jan 14, 1969
Contained by:
Also known as:
- State Of Madras,
- Madras,
- State Of Tamil Nadu,
- Tamizgham,
- Tamilnad,
- Tamil Nādu,
- Thamizhagam,
- State Of Tamil Nādu,
- Tamilagam,
- Tamiland,
- Tamishagam
