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Madras State
Former state of India (1947–69) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Madras State was a state of India which was in existence during the mid-20th century. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Andhra state was separated in 1953 and the state was further re-organized when states were redrawn linguistically in 1956. On 14 January 1969, the state was renamed as Tamil Nadu.
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State of Madras | |||||||||||||||
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Former state of India | |||||||||||||||
![]() Madras State (1947–1953) | |||||||||||||||
![]() Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 with Madras State in yellow | |||||||||||||||
Capital | Madras | ||||||||||||||
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• Coordinates | 13.09°N 80.27°E / 13.09; 80.27 | ||||||||||||||
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15 August 1947 | |||||||||||||||
• Establishment of Madras state | 26 January 1950 | ||||||||||||||
• Separation of Andhra | 1 October 1953 | ||||||||||||||
• Separation of Kerala and re-organization | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||
• Renamed as Tamil Nadu | 14 January 1969 | ||||||||||||||
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States of India since 1947 |
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