Mayiladuthurai to become Tamil Nadu’s 38thdistrict : CM

  • Tamil Nadu Chief Minister(CM) EdappadiPalaniswamy announced at the Legislative Assembly that Nagapattinam districtwill be bifurcated and a new district (38thwill be formed with its headquarters at Mayiladuthurai.
  • Currently, in Tamil Nadu there are 37 districts out of which 5 districts were formed in 2019 namely;
  • Kallakurichi was the 1stnew district to be formed in January 2019 by splitting from Villupuram.
  • Chengalpattu and Tenkasi districts were formed in July 2019 by slicing Kanchipuram and Tirunelveli districts respectively.
  • Tirupathur and Ranipet were formed in August 2019 by trifurcating  Vellore.
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