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India (in Hindi, Bharat), officially Republic
of India, federal democracy in southern Asia and a member
of the Commonwealth of Nations, comprising, with Pakistan
and Bangladesh, the subcontinent of India. India is the seventh-largest
country in the world and the second most populous, after China.
Tamil Nadu, state in southern India, bordered
on the north by Andhra Pradesh state, on the northwest by
Karnataka state, on the west by Kerala state, and on the east
and south by the Bay of Bengal and the Indian Ocean.
Capital city - Madras
Area - 50,216 square miles (130,058 square
km)
Population - 55,638,318 (1991)
Time Zone - 5.5 hours ahead of Greenwich
Mean Time (+5.5 GMT). Daylight Saving Time is not observed

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