Capital of tamil nadu: Chennai

Chennai, [d] also known as Madras[e] (its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu , the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after ... About District Chennai – The Capital of Tamil Nadu Chennai also known as Madras is the capital city of the Indian State of Tamil Nadu . Located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal, it is a major Commerical, Cultural, Economic and Educational Centre in South India. It is also known as the Cultural Capital of South India Tamil Nadu is a state in southern India. It covers more than 50,200 square miles (130,000 square km). Tamil people constitute the majority of the state’s population, and Tamil is the state’s official language. Tamil Nadu ’s capital is Chennai, which is an industrial centre, but the state is essentially agricultural. Tamil Nadu [a] 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. The capital and largest city is Chennai.