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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state located in southern India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Tamil Nadu has a population of over 72 million and has the second largest economy of any state in India. It is known for its natural resources, classical arts, temples of Dravidian architecture, and being the homeland of the Tamil people and their Tamil language, one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is a state located in southern India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai, formerly known as Madras. Tamil Nadu has a population of over 72 million and has the second largest economy of any state in India. It is known for its natural resources, classical arts, temples of Dravidian architecture, and being the homeland of the Tamil people and their Tamil language, one of the longest surviving classical languages in the world.

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Tamil Nadu (/tml ndu/ TAM-il-NAH-doo;

Tamil pronunciation (helpinfo)); literally The Land

of Tamils or Tamil Country is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city
is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu[7] lies in the southernmost part of the Indian
Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states
of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by
the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf
of Mannar and the Palk Strait on the southeast, and by the Indian Ocean on the south. It also shares
a maritime border with the nation of Sri Lanka.
Tamil Nadu is the eleventh largest state in India by area and the sixth most populous state in India.
The state was ranked sixth among states in India according to the Human Development Index in
2011.[3][8] Tamil Nadu is the second largest state economy in India with 4789 billion (US$72 billion) in
gross domestic product.[9] The state has the highest number (10.56 per cent) of business enterprises
and stands second in total employment (9.97 per cent) in India,[10] compared to the population share
of about 6 per cent. Tamil Nadu was ranked as the third most developed state in India based on a
"Multidimensional Development Index" in a 2013 report published by a panel headed by
current RBI governor Raghuram Rajan.[11] Its official language is Tamil, which is one of the longest
surviving classical languages in the world.[12]
Tamil Nadu is home to many natural resources, classical arts, classical music, classical
literature, Hindu temples of Dravidian architecture, hill stations, beach resorts, multi-religious
pilgrimage sites, and eight UNES

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