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Chennai district, formerly known as Madras district,[a]is one of the 38 districtsin the stateof Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely populated district in the state. The district is coterminous with the city of Chennai, which is administered by the Greater Chennai Corporation. It is surrounded by Tiruvallur districtin the ...
The Tamil speaking regions of Kanyakumari which was earlier a part of Travancore-Cochin was merged to Madras state. [ 5] Madras state had 13 districts namely: Chingleput, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madras, Madurai, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Ramanathapuram, Salem, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli and Tirunelveli.
Chennai ( / ˈtʃɛnaɪ / ⓘ, Tamil: [ˈt͡ɕenːaɪ̯], ISO: Ceṉṉai ), formerly known as Madras, [ b] is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is the state's primate city and is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most populous city ...
Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language, one of the longest surviving classical languages and which serves as its official language.
This is a List of newspapers in Chennai that are based and headquartered in the city. The availability of multimedia news platforms has accelerated in the 21st century, and by the close of 2017, no Chennai newspaper had a monthly circulation [clarification needed] below two million readership, making the city one of the most widest newspaper reading city in the world along with the likes of ...
It is one of the stops on what is called as the IT expressway, on Old Mahabalipuram Road, now known as Rajiv Gandhi Salai, the first six lane road in Chennai. Okkiyam Thoraipakkam is on the eastern banks of the Pallikaranai marsh which has been designated as a reserve forest area and is one of the few remaining significant natural ecosystems ...
Earthen. 119. Therkku Karunkulam Dam. Irrigation and Drinking Water. Karunkulam Western ghot storage source for this dam. Sprawling lake for storage of rainwater and supply of drinking water to 15 village Panchayats in the region. T Karunkulam, Near Palazor.
Adyar, Chennai. / 13.0063; 80.2574. Adyar is a large neighbourhood in south Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is among the most upscale neighborhoods in Chennai. It is located on the southern banks of the Adyar River. It is surrounded by the Tharamani in the West, Thiruvanmiyur to the South, Besant Nagar in the East, Kotturpuram in the North-West ...