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Madras State
Madras State was the former name of the present day state of Tamil Nadu, India. When India became independent in 1947, Madras Presidency, a province of British India, was reconstituted as Madras State, comprising of Tamil Nadu and parts of present day Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Kerala.
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