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- Formed on – January 26,1950
- Capital – Chennai
- Major Languages – Tamil
- Official Animal — Nilgiri Tahr
- Official Bird – Emerald Dove
- State Flower- Gloriosa Lily
- Tree – Palm Tree
- State Sports – Kabaddi
- Fruit -Jack Fruit
- Lok Sabha Seat – 39
- Rajya Sabha Seat -18
- Official Dance – Bharatanatyam
- Districts – 32
- Literacy – 80.33%
- First Chief Minister – Subbarayalu Reddiar
- First Governor -Archibald Edward Nye
- Assembly Seat – 235(Unicameral)
- Major Rivers – Kaveri,Bhavani,Vaiga
- Major Festivals – Pongal, Deepavali
- First Indian state to computerise all grama panchayats
- The State having the most number of regional parties
- Tamil Nadu first state ban lotteries
- India’s First Agricultural Bank was established at Chennai
- India’s First evening News Paper Was Madras Mail
- The leading Producer of wind energy in India
- First State to Ban Mobile Phones in Assembly Hall
