Indian Cities and Places

Chennai is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu (TN), with a metropolitan population of over 8 million people. It serves as the state's major cultural, economic, and educational hub, making it clearly the largest city in Tamil Nadu.

Simla (now Shimla) was indeed the summer capital of British India. The British administration would move from Calcutta (and later New Delhi) to Simla during the summer months to escape the heat in the plains. The other options (Nainital, Darjeeling, Ooty) were also hill stations but not the official summer capital.

Bhopal is the capital city of Madhya Pradesh, a central Indian state. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, Itanagar is the capital of Arunachal Pradesh, and Simla (Shimla) is the capital of Himachal Pradesh.

Silvassa is the capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, a union territory in western India. Port Blair is the capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Daman is a co-capital of Daman and Diu, and New Delhi is the national capital of India (not a UT capital).

The judiciary capital of Andaman and Nicobar Islands is Kolkata, where the Circuit Bench of the Calcutta High Court has jurisdiction. Port Blair is the administrative capital but not the judicial capital. Hyderabad and Itanagar are judiciary capitals for Telangana and other northeastern states respectively.

The judiciary capital of Chhattisgarh is Bilaspur, where the principal bench of the Chhattisgarh High Court is located. Raipur is the administrative capital. Hyderabad is for Telangana and Delhi has its own High Court.

The judiciary capital of Dadra and Nagar Haveli is Mumbai, falling under the Bombay High Court's jurisdiction. Silvassa is the administrative capital. Daman has its own judicial administration with Diu, and Delhi has a separate High Court.

The judiciary capital of Kerala is Kochi (Cochin), where the High Court of Kerala is located. Thiruvananthapuram is the administrative capital. Ranchi is for Jharkhand and Daman is part of the Daman & Diu union territory.

The Taj Mahal is located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, on the banks of the Yamuna River. It was built between 1632-1653 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal. Delhi, Mumbai, Calcutta (Kolkata) are major Indian cities but not home to the Taj Mahal.

Mahatma Gandhi was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, a coastal city in Gujarat. His birthplace, known as Kirti Mandir, is now a national monument. Gandhinagar was named after him but is a planned city built later. Ahmedabad and Vapi are important Gujarat cities but not his birthplace.

Rabindranath Tagore was born on May 7, 1861, in Calcutta (now Kolkata) in the Jorasanko Thakurbari mansion. He lived most of his life in Calcutta and founded Visva-Bharati University in nearby Santiniketan. Dhaka was part of undivided Bengal but not Tagore's birthplace. Midnapur and Siliguri are Bengal cities but not associated with his birth.

Hyderabad is the birthplace of Sarojini Naidu, the Nightingale of India. She was born in Hyderabad in 1879 to a Bengali Brahmo family. The other options are major cities but not associated with her origins.

Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) is the capital of West Bengal and was the capital of British India until 1911. It's located on the east bank of the Hooghly River. Guwahati is in Assam, Dehradun in Uttarakhand, and Cuttack in Odisha.

Chennai (formerly Madras) is the capital of Tamil Nadu and one of India's major port cities on the Coromandel Coast. Tanjavur, Krishnagiri (misspelled as krisnagiri), and Coimbatore are important cities in TN but not the capital.

Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum) is the capital of Kerala. Chennai is the capital of Tamil Nadu, Bhubaneswar is the capital of Odisha, and Kochi is a major city in Kerala but not the state capital.