The old name of Tamil Nadu is Madras Presidency.

In 1969, Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu, meaning Tamil country

Hi, Tamil nadu was called as Madras Presidency / Chennai Rajdhani during British Rule. During this time, Part of Andhra, Karnataka, Kerala were under Madras Presidency. hope this helps

Madras Presidency - 1920- Subbarajalu Reddiyar

Madras State 1950- P.S. Kumarasamy Raja

Tamilnadu -1969 -C.N.Anndurai (last of Madras State and first of Tamilnadu)

The creation of a dog squad is the idea of the first Indian IG of Police of Madras Presidency, Mr.T.G.Sanjeevi Pillai. He was instrumental in bringing the pups from London. In 1951, Madras Police Dog squad was formed. Madras police was the first to use sniffer dogs for detection and tracking. Madras became the pioneer in India after Independence to use dogs in the prevention and detection of crime.

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