History of Tamil Nadu Districts
After Indian independence in August 1947, the former British province of Madras Presidency became Madras State, renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969. The three princely states of Sandur, Banganapalle, and Pudukkottai were merged into Bellary, Kurnool, and Thiruchirapalli districts, respectively. In 1953 the eleven northern districts of Madras State became the new state of Andhra state, and Bellary District was divided between Andhra Pradesh and Mysore State (present-day Karnataka). Tamil Nadu acquired its present boundaries on 1 November 1956, when Dakshina Kannada and Malabar districts were ceded to Mysore and Kerala states, respectively, and Kanyakumari District of erstwhile Travancore-Cochin state was ceded to Madras State.
In 1956, Madras State was made up of 13 districts: Chengalpattu, Coimbatore, Kanyakumari, Madras, Madurai, The Nilgiris, North Arcot, Ramanthapuram, Salem, South Arcot, Thanjavur, Tiruchirappalli, and Tirunelveli.
- 1966: Dharmapuri District split from Salem.
- 14 January 1974: Pudukkottai formed from parts of Thiruchirappalli and Thanjavur.
- 31 August 1979: Periyar District (present-day Erode) split from Coimbatore.
- 8 March 1985: Kamarajar (present-day Virudhunagar) and Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar (present-day Sivaganga) districts split from Ramanathapuram.
- 15 September 1985: Dindigul District split from Madurai.
- 1986: Tirunelveli District split into Chidambaranar (present-day Thoothukudi) and Nellai-Kattabomman (later Tirunelveli-Kattabomman, present-day Tirunelveli) districts.
- 30 September 1989: North Arcot district split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar (present-day Tiruvannamalai) and North Arcot Ambedkar (present-day Vellore) districts.
- 14 September 1993: South Arcot District split into Cuddalore and Villupuram districts.
- 1 November 1995: Karur and Perambalur districts split from Tiruchirappalli District.
- 1996: Names of districts changed:
- Kamarajar became Virudhunagar;
- Madras became Chennai;
- Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar became Sivaganga;
- Periyar became Erode;
- Tirunelveli-Kattabomman became Tirunelveli;
- Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar became Tiruvannamalai;
- Tirupur District split from Coimbatore districts from Dec 2007
- Chidambaranar became Tuticorin, later Thoothukudi;
- North Arcot Ambedkar became Vellore.
- Anna District became Dindigul;
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