Tamil Nadu

Japanese: タミル･ナードゥ[州]（英語表記）Tamil Nadu

A state in the southeast of India facing the Bay of Bengal. It has an area of 130,000 ^km2 and a population of 55.86 million (1991). Its capital is Madras. The state's official language is Tamil, and the majority of its residents are ethnic Tamils of Dravidian descent. It is a base for the Dravidian nationalist movement, which denies the superiority of the Aryan people of North India, as seen in the fierce opposition to Hindi being made the sole official language of the federation (1965) and the emergence of the Dravidian Progressive League (DMK), which defeated the Indian National Congress Party to take power in the state (1967). The state's name, which means "land of the Tamil people," was adopted under the DMK government in 1968, replacing the former name of Madras State.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

インド南東端，ベンガル湾に面する州。面積13万km²，人口5586万(1991)。州都はマドラス。州公用語はタミル語で，住民の大半がドラビダ系のタミル民族である。ヒンディー語の連邦単一公用語化への激しい反対運動(1965)，国民会議派を破って州政権を担当したドラビダ進歩連盟(DMK)の登場(1967)などにもみられるように，北インドのアーリヤ民族の優位性を否定するドラビダ民族主義運動の拠点である。州名は〈タミル民族のくに〉を意味し，1968年に旧名マドラス州にかわって，DMK政権のもとで採用された。

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