Name Change Memes Tamil Nadu
Tamil nadu government has changed names of 1018 places.
Name change memes tamil nadu. Tamil nadu to change names of 1 018 towns. While the names of some places were reverted to their original tamil names others underwent a spelling change. The capital city of madras was changed to. In a sudden move tamil nadu government wednesday issued a notification changing the english spellings of 1018 places in the state to match their pronunciations in tamil.
The order to change names was passed as early as april 1 but it was made public only recently. Many wondered why the ek palaniswami government would want to implement the change of 1018 cities and towns to reflecttheir tmail pronunciations in the midst of covid 19 pandemic. People largely remained confused over the phonetic makeover of the places and dubbed it over complicated. While india is braving the deadly coronavirus pandemic and losing lives almost every day because of covid 19 infection tamil nadu government thought it was of utmost importance that the english spellings of 1018 places in the state must match their pronunciations in tamil.
The state itself was known as madras till 1969 when the dmk government changed the name to tamil nadu. The tamil nadu government has notified the change in names of over 1 000 places including cities and towns in the state based on a statement made in the state assembly two years ago.