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Kallakurichi district formed

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Kallakurichi district formed
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Kallakurichi, announced on 8 January 2019 as the 33rd district, came into existence on 26 November 2019.

On 8 January 2019 the government announced that the region around Kallakurichi would become the 33rd district of Tamil Nadu by bifurcating Viluppuram district. The district came into existence on 26 November 2019. It includes the Kalvarayan hills and the taluks of Sankarapuram, Chinnasalem and Ulundurpet. A government medical college was opened there soon after.

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