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  2. Tamil Nadu - Wikipedia

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    Tamil Nadu (/ ˌ t æ m ɪ l ˈ n ɑː d uː /; Tamil: [ˈtamiɻ ˈnaːɽɯ] ⓘ, abbr. TN) is the southernmost state of India.The tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population, Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, who speak the Tamil language—the state's official language and one of the longest surviving classical languages of the world.

  3. List of Indian state and union territory name etymologies

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    The most widely accepted origin of the name Sikkim is that it is a combination of two words in Limbu: su ("new") and khyim ("palace" or "house"), in reference to the palace built by the state's first ruler, Phuntsog Namgyal. The Tibetan name for Sikkim is Denjong, which means "valley of rice". Tamil Nadu (23) தமிழ்நாடு

  4. Indian states by most spoken scheduled languages - Wikipedia

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    The following table contains the Indian states and union territories along with the most spoken scheduled languages used in the region. [1] These are based on the 2011 census of India figures except Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, whose statistics are based on the 2001 census of the then unified Andhra Pradesh.

  5. List of geographical indications in India - Wikipedia

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    A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g., a town, region, or country). India , as a member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), enacted the Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 , which came into effect ...

  6. Languages with legal status in India - Wikipedia

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    Four states—Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan— [59] have been granted the right to conduct proceedings in their High Courts in their official language, which, for all of them, was Hindi. However, the only non-Hindi state to seek a similar power—Tamil Nadu, which sought the right to conduct proceedings in Tamil in the ...

  7. Indian honorifics - Wikipedia

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    A Maratha Durbar showing the Chief and the nobles (Sardars, Jagirdars, Sarpatil, Istamuradars & Mankaris) of the state. Indian honorifics are honorific titles or appendices to names used in the Indian subcontinent, covering formal and informal social, commercial, and religious relationships. These may take the form of prefixes, suffixes or ...

  8. ISO 3166-2:IN - Wikipedia

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    ISO 3166-2:IN is part of the ISO 3166 standardization codes published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) for India. It is part of the ISO 3166-2, which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.

  9. Multilingualism in India - Wikipedia

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    Combined percentages of first, second and third language speakers of Hindi and English in India from the 2011 Census. [10] Trilingualism is common in Railway Stations of India. This signboard of a ticket counter in Bhubaneswar Railway Station has text in Odia, Hindi and English. Multilingualism is also common in the international airports in India.