Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu ("Tamiḻ Nāḍu" "Tamil Country", formerly Madras State) is one of the 29 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian subcontinent and is bordered by the union territory of Puducherry and the South Indian states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh. It is bounded by the Eastern Ghats on the north, by the Nilgiri Mountains, the Anaimalai Hills, and Kerala on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait
Politics of Tamil Nadu =Tamil national parties=== Apolitical Dravidian parties Dravidian parties originating from Justice party. Dravidian parties without roots in Justice party Congress parties Communist parties Forward Bloc parties Others Hindu nationalist parties Religious minority parties [[Category:Politics of Tamil Nadu|*]] Politics of Tamil Nadu Politics of Tamil Nadu is the politics related to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Indian National Congress dominated the political scene in the initial years post independence with leaders like C. Rajagopalachari and K. Kamaraj. The political influence shifted from national politics towards regional politics with rise of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in the late 1960s. Dravidian parties have