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Tamil Nadu (/ˌtæmɪl ˈnɑːduː/; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] (listen), abbr. TN) is a state in southern India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai, also known as Madras. The state is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language—one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world—is widely spoken in the state and serves as its official language.

Lying in the southern-most part of the Indian peninsula, Tamil Nadu is bordered by the Indian union territory of Puducherry and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh, as well as an international maritime border with Sri Lanka. The state is bounded by the Western Ghats in the west, the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar and Palk Strait to the south-east, and the Indian Ocean in the south. Tamil Nadu is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population.

The region containing Tamil Nadu was ruled by several regimes, including the Sangam era rulers of the Chera, Chola and Pandya clans, the Pallava dynasty, and the later Vijayanagara Empire, all of which shaped the state's cuisine, culture, and architecture. After the fall of the Kingdom of Mysore, the British colonised the region and administered it as part of the Madras Presidency, headquartered at the city of Madras, now known as Chennai. After India's Independence in 1947, the Madras State came into existence, whose borders were linguistically redrawn by the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, losing territory to Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. The state was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1969. It is home to a number of historic buildings, multi-religious pilgrimage sites, hill stations and three World Heritage Sites.[7][8][9]

The economy of Tamil Nadu is the second-largest in India, with a gross state domestic product (GSDP) of ₹17.16 lakh crore (US$230 billion) and has the country's 11th-highest GSDP per capita of ₹225,106 (US$3,000).[3] It ranks 11th among all Indian states in human development index.[5] Tamil Nadu is the most urbanised state in India, and one of the most industrialised states; the manufacturing sector accounts for more than one-third of the state's GDP.[10] Its tourism industry is the largest among the Indian states. The Tamil film industry plays an influential role in the state's popular culture.


Contents
1 History
1.1 Prehistory
1.2 Sangam period (500 BCE–300 CE)
1.3 Middle Kingdoms (600–1300 CE)
1.3.1 Chola Empire
1.4 Vijayanagar and Nayak period (1336–1646)
1.5 Power struggles of the 18th century (1688–1802)
1.6 Vellore Mutiny and Indian Rebellion (1801–1947 CE)
1.7 Post-Independence (1947–present)
2 Geography
2.1 Climate
2.2 Flora and fauna
2.3 National and state parks
3 Governance and administration
4 Administrative subdivisions
4.1 Cities and towns
5 Politics
5.1 Pre-Independence
5.2 Post-Independence
6 Demographics
6.1 Religion
6.2 Language
6.3 LGBT rights
7 Education
8 Economy
8.1 Agriculture
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1. List of Tamilnadu districts
1. Ariyalur
2. Chengalpattu
3. Chennai
4. Coimbatore
5. Cuddalore
6. Dharmapuri
7. Dindigul
8. Erode
9. J-R
10. Kallakurichi
11. Kanchipuram
12. Kanyakumari
13. Karur
14. Krishnagiri
15. Madurai
16. Nagapattinam
17. Namakkal
18. Nilgiris
19. Perambalur
20. Pudukkottai

2. List of Tamilnadu districts
21. Ramanathapuram
22. Ranipet
23. S-Z
24. Salem
25. Sivaganga
26. Tenkasi
27. Thanjavur
28. Theni
29. Thoothukudi (Tuticorin)
30. Tiruchirappalli
31. Tirunelveli
32. Tirupathur
33. Tiruppur
34. Tiruvallur
35. Tiruvannamalai
36. Tiruvarur
37. Vellore
38. Viluppuram
39. Virudhunagar

3. List of Tamilnadu districts
1. சென்னை
2. கடலூர்
3. காஞ்சிபுரம்
4. செங்கல்பட்டு
5. திருவள்ளூர்
6. திருவண்ணாமனை
7. வவலூர்
8. விழுப்புரம்
9. கள்ளக்குறிச்சி
10. திருப்பத்தூர்
11. இராணிப்வபட்னட
12. அரியலூர்
13. மயிைாடுதுனை
14. நாகப்பட்டிைம்
15. சபரம்பலூர்
16. புதுக்வகாட்னட

4. List of Tamilnadu districts
17. தஞ்ொவூர்
18. திருச்சிராப்பள்ளி
19. திருவாரூர்
20. தருமபுரி
21. திண்டுக்கல்
22. வகாயம்புத்தூர்
23. கரூர்
24. ஈவராடு
25. கிருட்டிணகிரி
26. நாமக்கல்
27. நீைகிரி
28. வெைம்
29. திருப்பூர்
30. கன்னியாகுமரி
31. மதுனர
32. இராமநாதபுரம்

5. List of Tamilnadu districts
33. சிவகங்னக
34. வதனி
35. தூத்துக்குடி
36. திருசநல்வவலி
37. சதன்காசி
38. விருதுநகர்