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ID: 7001797
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Record Type: administrative |
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Tamil Nādu (state) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 11 00 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 11.0000 decimal degrees |
| Long: 078 00 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 78.0000 decimal degrees |
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Note: 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. |
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| Tamil Nādu (preferred,C,V)
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............ | renamed August 1968 |
| Tamil Nadu (C,V)
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| State of Tamil Nādu (C,V,English,U)
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| Tamil Nādu, State of (NA,V)
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| IN25 (NA,V,FIPS)
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| Tamilagam (NA,V)
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| Tamiland (NA,V)
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| Tamilnad (NA,V)
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| Tamishagam (NA,V)
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| Tamizgham (NA,V)
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| Thamizhagam (NA,V)
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| Madras, State of (NA,V)
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| State of Madras (NA,V)
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| Madras (H,V)
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| Madras Presidency (H,V)
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............ | 17th cen.-1946 |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| state (preferred, C) |
............ |
joined Indian Republic 1947 |
| first level subdivision (C) |
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