Source: By KARTY JazZ - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=42926186
I will try and compile links (and some of my thoughts) here on the economic history and economy of Tamilnadu, a state in southern India of over 60 million people. Present statistical data suggests that Tamilnadu is India's most industrialized and urbanized state in India. There are some clear answers as to why this might be the case, namely social justice movements. Deeper investigations suggest that movements and governments used innovative strategies in achieving the many gains that the state has made. On the flip side, there have been major problems and fall-outs of this process, falling disproportionately on some communities and people.