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Tamil Nadu pronunciation (help·info) (Tamil: தமிழ் நாடு, "Landof the Tamils"; IPA: [t̪əmɪl naːɖʊ]) is a stateat the southern tip of India. The bordering states/territories are Pondicherryalong the Eastern border, Keralaalong West, Karnatakaalong North West and Andhra Pradeshin the north. The island nationof Sri Lanka, which has a significant Tamil minority, lies off the southeast coast. With a population of around 6.21 crore(62.1 million), the state has the largest urban agglomeration nationwide and is the second most industrialized state in India and Tamil Nadu ranks second nationwide of all State governments in tax revenues.

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The Tamil people are an ethnic group from South Asia with a recorded history going back almost two millennia. The oldest Tamil communities are those of southern India and north-eastern Sri Lanka. Unlike many ethnic groups, the Tamils have at no time been governed by a single political entity; Tamil̲akam, the traditional name for the Tamil lands, has always been under the rule of more than one kingdom or state. Despite this, the Tamil cultural identity has always been strong. Historically, this identity has been primarily linguistic, with Tamils being those whose first language was Tamil. In recent times, however, the definition has been broadened to also include emigrants of Tamil descent who maintain Tamil traditions, even when they no longer speak the language. Tamils are ethnically, linguistically and culturally related to the other Dravidian peoples of South Asia. There are an estimated 74 million Tamils around the world.

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... that the dialogues for the Tamil film Parasakthi were penned by M. Karunanidhi who later became the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
... that the first organized postal system in India was established between the British East India Company factories at Madras and Calcutta during the tenure of Edward Harrison?
...that Tamil politician E. V. K. Sampath, nephew of Periyar, co-founded the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party?
...that A. V. Meiyappan produced India's first dubbed film, Harischandra, in 1944?
...that Nathaniel Higginson, the first Mayor of Madras city and the second American-born President of Madras, was the son of a Puritan minister, a leading investigator in the Salem witch trials?

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December 23: Vaiko delivers a literary tamil speech on Ponniyin Selvan at the Delhi tamil sangam(Hindu)
December 22: Toll rises to 49 in Tamilnadu rain(Hindu)
December 12:Dr. Ramadoss of PMK accuses the Tamilnadu Electricity board of becoming defunct. BBC tamil)

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