Important Days
Tamil Nadu Day – July 18
- On this day in 1967, the resolution was moved by then CM C.N. Annadurai in the State Assembly, to rename Madras State as Tamil Nadu.
Note
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- On November 1, 1956, Linguistic Reorganisation of States was done in the country following which parts of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala “went away” from the then Madras State.
- Subsequently, the previous government had announced November 1 from 2019 as Tamil Nadu Day.
