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| Tamil Nadu, a state in southern India , is bordered
on the north by the State of Andhra Pradesh , on
the northwest by the Karnataka State , on the west
by the Kerala State , and on the east and south
by the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean. Occupying
an area in the extreme south of the Indian peninsula,
Tamil Nadu has an area of 130,058 sq km (50,215
sq mi). 
The history of Tamilazham goes back about 5000 years
and more. It is the birthplace of Dravidian culture
in India . The Chera, Chola and Pandya ruled the
Dravidian country from which modern Tamil Nadu formed.
In the 4th Century A.D. the Pallavas of Kanchipuram,
became the rulers. They dominated the land for 400
years. The rise of Muslim power in India had its
impact on Tamil Nadu. The establishment of the East
India Company at Madras in 1639 was a crucial chapter
in the history of Madras .
When India attained independence in 1947, the
Madras province, comprising Tamil Nadu and parts
of Kerala in the west and Andhra Pradesh in the
north continued as the State of Madras. But the
demand for a separate Telugu speaking state compelled
the Government of India to bifurcate the state
into two, into the Telugu-speaking Andhra Pradesh
and Tamil-speaking Tamil Nadu. The old capital
Madras city was retained by the new Madras state.
Under the states reorganization Act 1956, Madras
lost the Malabar district and the Kasaragod taluk
to the newly formed Kerala State. At the same
time, Madras gained four taluks of Trivandrum
district and one taluk of Kollam district. In
1969, January, Madras State changed its name to
Tamil Nadu. The capital city was renamed as Chennai
in 1996. |
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