State

Madras State

1947–1969 · 20th century

Madras State was the successor of the Madras Presidency in independent India, a province from 1947 and a state of the Republic from 1950. It lost its Telugu districts to Andhra State in 1953 and Malabar to Kerala in 1956, while gaining the Tamil-speaking southern taluks of Travancore-Cochin. In 1969 it was renamed Tamil Nadu.

Madras State
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Mentioned in 2 state histories

Madras PresidencyTravancore-Cochin

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