page_title: List of districts of Tamil Nadu
section_title: Pre-independence
hierarchical_section_title: List of districts of Tamil Nadu / History / Pre-independence
caption_attribution_description: English: Madras Presidency, Coorg and associated states
context_page_description: The Indian state of Tamil Nadu has 38 districts after several splits of the original 13 districts at the formation of the state on 1 November 1956. The states are further divided into taluks and smaller administrative units.
context_section_description: At the time of Independence, Madras Presidency in India was made up of 26 districts, of which 12 districts were found in the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely,  Chingleput,  Coimbatore,  Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras,  Madura,  Ramnad, Salem,  South Arcot,  Tanjore,  Tinnevely, and  Trichinopoly.
caption: The Madras Presidency in 1913
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