Tamil Nadu
The land of temples, and home of one of the oldest languages still spoken.
New animated video
Watch Tamil Nadu in 3 minutes
The whole deck as one short animated video. Watch it first, then open the slides and take the quiz.
- Every topic in the deck: 90 facts, one quick scene each
- Drawn pictures with cute faces, and sound effects you can mute
- Pick a speed from 0.5x to 2x
- Pause any time to read a fact twice
Overview
About the Tamil Nadu pack
The Tamil Nadu pack covers the whole state, a topic at a time, from festivals to famous people and current affairs, and ends with a revision round.
- 19 presentation slides, a topic at a time
- Quiz Me: 30 questions on the state page, a fresh mix every time
- A 3-minute animated video of the whole deck
Open the slides
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A real slide from the deck
Quick facts
Quick facts about Tamil Nadu
- Capital
- Chennai
- Language
- Tamil, in 2004 the first language in India to be made a classical language
- Districts
- 38
- Formed
- 1 November 1956 as Madras State. It got its present name in 1969
- Seas
- The Bay of Bengal to the east and the Indian Ocean to the south, with the Western Ghats along the western edge
- Kanyakumari
- The southern tip of mainland India, where the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean meet
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Tamil Nadu, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Tamil Nadu
- A fresh mix from the state's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.