| State of Madras | |||||||||||||||
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| Former state of India | |||||||||||||||
.svg) Madras State (1947–1953) | |||||||||||||||
 Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 with Madras State in yellow | |||||||||||||||
| Capital | Madras | ||||||||||||||
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| • Coordinates | 13°05′N 80°16′E / 13.09°N 80.27°E | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
• Madras Province integrated into Union of India | 15 August 1947 | ||||||||||||||
• Establishment of Madras state | 26 January 1950 | ||||||||||||||
• Separation of Andhra | 1 October 1953 | ||||||||||||||
• Separation of Kerala and re-organization | 1 November 1956 | ||||||||||||||
• Renamed as Tamil Nadu | 14 January 1969 | ||||||||||||||
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| States of India since 1947 | |||||||||||||||
Madras State was a state of India which was in existence during the mid-20th century. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Andhra state was separated in 1953 and the state was further re-organized when states were redrawn linguistically in 1956. On 14 January 1969, the state was renamed as Tamil Nadu.