Madras State

State of Madras
Former state of India
Madras State (1947–1953)
Map of Southern India (1953–1956) before the States Reorganisation Act of 1956 with Madras State in yellow
Capital	Madras
Area
• Coordinates	13°05′N 80°16′E / 13.09°N 80.27°E / 13.09; 80.27
History
• Madras Province integrated into Union of India	15 August 1947
• Establishment of Madras state	26 January 1950
• Separation of Andhra	1 October 1953
• Separation of Kerala and re-organization	1 November 1956
• Renamed as Tamil Nadu	14 January 1969
Preceded by Succeeded by Madras Presidency Tamil Nadu Andhra State Kerala Karnataka
States of India since 1947

Madras State was a state of India which was in existence during the mid-20th century. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu, Kerala and parts of neighboring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Andhra state was separated in 1953 and the state was further re-organized when states were redrawn linguistically in 1956. On 14 January 1969, the state was renamed as Tamil Nadu.