Tamil Nādu
Details
- Names
Tamil Nādu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nādu, State of
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Tamilagam
Tamiland
Tamilnad
Tamishagam
Tamizgham
Thamizhagam
Madras, State of
State of Madras
Madras
Madras Presidency
- Place Type
- state
- Description
- Cultural center of Dravidians during ancient times; base of Chola Empire 10th-13th centuries and of Vijayanagara Kingdom 1335-1565; European colonization 1500s; area under control of Great Britain by early 19th century; autonomous province 1937; reorganized 1956.
- Authority
- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- Source
- Cambridge World Gazetteer (1990); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); NGA/NIMA database (2003-); Times Atlas of World History (1993); Times Atlas of the World (1994);
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