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unusual facts about Madras State


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He died following complications that arose during the fast, and violent riots broke out in the Telugu areas of Madras State.


K. Venkataswami Naidu

During 1952-54, he was the Minister for Religious endowments and Registration of Madras State(in C. Rajagopalachari's cabinet).

Madras State Legislative Assembly election, 1962

It won three city elections of the five largest cities, Madras, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem and Coimbatore in Madras state in alliance with the Communist Party of India in 1959 capitalising on its powerful urban base.

Pierre Janssen

While observing the solar eclipse of August 18, 1868, at Guntur, in Madras State now Andhra Pradesh, British India, he noticed bright lines in the spectrum of the chromosphere, showing that the chromosphere is gaseous.

Sarojini Varadappan

She was the daughter of former Chief Minister of Madras, M. Bhaktavatsalam.

States Reorganisation Act, 1956

#Madras State: Malabar District was transferred to the new state of Kerala, and a new union territory, Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands, was created.

#Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands: created from territory detached from Madras State.

Vadakalai

Premier of Madras (1937–1939), Governor of Bengal (1946–1948), Governor-General of India (1948–1950), Union Home Minister (1950–1952) and Chief Minister of Madras state (1952–1954).


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Government of Karnataka

Mysore state was made up of 10 districts: Bangalore, Kolar, Tumkur, Mandya, Mysore, Hassan, Chikmagalur (Kadur), Shimoga and Chitradurga; Bellary had been transferred from Madras state to Mysore in 1953, when the new Andhra State was created out of Madras' northern districts.

History of South India

In 1953, the Jawaharlal Nehru government yielded to intense pressure from the northern Telugu-speaking districts of Madras State, and allowed them to vote to create India's first linguistic state.

Kamraj

An alternative spelling of K. Kamaraj, a Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu (then Madras state).

Nalla Reddi Naidu

He was the grandson of Rao Bahadur Sir Kurma Venkata Reddy Naidu, who was the Governor General of erstwhile Madras State.

Northern Circars

The Northern Circars were governed as part of Madras Presidency until India's independence in 1947, after which the presidency became India's Madras state.

States Reorganisation Commission

Even though the SRC recommended for the merger of the entire Shenkottai taluk, the subsequently formed Joint Committee recommended the eastern portion of Shenkottai alone to be merged with Madras State.