Coastline of Tamil Nadu Coastline of Tamil Nadu The Coastline of Tamil Nadu is located on the southeast coast of Indian Peninsula, and forms a part of Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal and Indian Ocean. It is long and is the second-longest coastline in the country after Gujarat. Chennai, the capital of the state and an important commercial and industrial center in the country is located in the northern part of the coast with Kanniyakumari, forming the southern tip where Indian Ocean, Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea meet. It also shares maritime border with Sri Lanka across the Palk strait in Gulf
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