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This is a list of notable Tamils .
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This is a list of notable Tamils .
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | Union territory | Term of office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | Tamilisai Soundararajan (1961–) | Puducherry | 16 February 2021 | 18 March 2024 | 3 years, 31 days | Ram Nath Kovind |
| 2 | C. P. Radhakrishnan (1957–) | Puducherry | 22 March 2024 | 6 August 2024 | 137 days | Droupadi Murmu |
| No. | Name (Birth–Death) | State | Term of office | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assumed office | Left office | Time in office | ||||
| 1 | M. K. Stalin (1953–) | Tamil Nadu | 29 May 2009 | 15 May 2011 | 1 year, 351 days | Surjit Singh Barnala |
| 2 | O. Panneerselvam (1951–) | Tamil Nadu | 21 August 2017 | 6 May 2021 | 3 years, 258 days | C. Vidyasagar Rao |
| 3 | Udhayanidhi Stalin (1977–) | Tamil Nadu | 28 September 2024 | Incumbent | 91 days | R. N. Ravi |
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Thoguluva Meenatchi Iyengar Soundararajan, popularly known as TMS, was an Indian Carnatic musician and a playback singer in Tamil cinema for over six and a half decades. He sang over 10,138 songs from 3,162 films, including devotional, semi-classical, Carnatic, classical and light music songs. He gave classical concerts starting in 1943.
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Sri Lankan Tamils in India mainly refer to Tamil people of Sri Lankan origin in India and non-resident Sri Lankan Tamil. They are partly who migrated to India and their descendants and mostly refugees from Sri Lanka because of the concluded Sri Lankan Civil War. In general socio economically they are living below poverty line, except few people who settled in India during early times, rich businessmen, and professionals. In Tamil Nadu they are also known as Ceylon Tamils or Jaffna Tamils.
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The list of political families of Tamil Nadu state in India.
