Talk:South India#South Indian States

I check pages listed in :Category:Pages with incorrect ref formatting to try to fix reference errors. One of the things I do is look for content for orphaned references in wikilinked articles. I have found content for some of :South India's orphans, the problem is that I found more than one version. I can't determine which (if any) is correct for this article, so I am asking for a sentient editor to look it over and copy the correct ref content into this article.

Reference named "ChattopadhyayFranke2006":

• From Kerala: {{cite book |author1=Srikumar Chattopadhyay |author2=Richard W. Franke |title=Striving for Sustainability: Environmental Stress and Democratic Initiatives in Kerala |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOrvghLklKoC&pg=PA110 |access-date=19 March 2019 |year=2006 |isbn=978-8180692949}}
• From Economy of Kerala: {{Cite book|title=Striving for Sustainability: Environmental Stress and Democratic Initiatives in Kerala|last1=Chattopadhyay|first1=Srikumar|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|year=2006|isbn=978-81-8069-294-9|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gOrvghLklKoC|last2=Franke|first2=Richard W.}}

Reference named "eco":

• From 2016 Indian Premier League: {{cite web|title=IPL retains magic: Biggies in fray for new teams|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/ipl-retains-magic-biggies-in-fray-for-new-teams/articleshow/50019486.cms|publisher=Economic Times|access-date=4 December 2015}}
• From Economy of Kerala: {{Cite book|title=Economic Review 2020 - Volume I|publisher=Kerala State Planning Board|year=2021|location=Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://spb.kerala.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-01/English-Vol-1_0.pdf}}
• From Kerala: {{Cite book|title=Economic Review 2020 – Volume I|last=Government of Kerala|publisher=Kerala State Planning Board|year=2021|location=Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://spb.kerala.gov.in/sites/default/files/2021-01/English-Vol-1_0.pdf}}

Reference named "History":

• From Kerala: {{cite web |url=https://www.forest.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=2 |title=History |access-date=12 August 2015 |publisher=Kerala forests and wildlife department}}
• From Chennai: {{cite web |title=History |publisher=US Consulate Chennai |url=http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/history.html |access-date=28 December 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213213744/http://chennai.usconsulate.gov/history.html |archive-date=13 February 2013}}
• From Arabs: "[http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/arab-league-formed Arab League formed | This Day in History — 3/22/1945]." HISTORY. US: A&E Television Networks. 2010. Retrieved on 28 April 2014.
• From History of South India: Portuguese travellers Barbosa, Barradas and Italian Varthema and Caesar Fredericci in 1567, Persian Abdur Razzak in 1440, Barani, Isamy, Tabataba, Nizamuddin Bakshi, Ferishta and Shirazi and vernacular works from the 14th to 16th centuries. (Kamath 2001, pp157–158)
• From Indira Gandhi: {{cite web|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/History-of-Naxalism/Article1-6545.aspx |title=History of Naxalism |publisher=Hindustantimes.com |date=15 December 2005 |access-date=31 July 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130722091758/http://www.hindustantimes.com/News-Feed/NM2/History-of-Naxalism/Article1-6545.aspx |archive-date=22 July 2013 }}
• From Royal Enfield: {{cite web|url=http://www.oxfordshireroyalenfield.co.uk/history.htm|title=The History of the Marque|access-date=2009-04-04|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613034805/http://www.oxfordshireroyalenfield.co.uk/history.htm|archive-date=13 June 2009}}
• From Santosh Trophy: {{cite news|last1=Anand|first1=Vijay|title=The history of Santosh Trophy|url=http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/the-history-of-santosh-trophy|access-date=18 December 2016|work=SportsKeeda|date=16 March 2014|archive-date=21 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221072134/http://www.sportskeeda.com/football/the-history-of-santosh-trophy|url-status=live}}

I apologize if any of the above are effectively identical; I am just a simple computer program, so I can't determine whether minor differences are significant or not. Feel free to remove this comment after fixing the refs. AnomieBOT⚡ 01:40, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:

• Emblem of Andhra Pradesh.svg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 11:40, 2 June 2023 (UTC)

It's just an informal review my concerns are below.

Etymology

• As a reader I would like to know how this name came into existence or how and from when this region is referred with this name.

History

• This sub section "ancient and medieval era" is just a list of kingdoms. (add some history about them and there period of rule)
• Need to add the history of some powerful rulers of this region. (add Vijayanagara kingdom who made plenty of architecture, Kakatiya-global trade flourished during their reign, Bahmani-first independent Muslim sultanate of Deccan/south India..etc etc...
• "Dravida Nadu" demand that occurred during 1940-1960's; What is it doing in colonial era section?

Healthcare

Health section is not healthy this section really need a life.

• It looks like the section is created only to show the Chennai being the healthcare capital of India.
• need to mention what government programs are being implemented related to healthcare.

Education

Why do we have education section; to add 3 tables that contain list of world famous institutions? and to have the gallery of images? keeping a list of IIIT's, IIM's and other world class institutions is not the encyclopedia of literacy/education.

Add

• poverty and slum life.
• informal economy.
• how Kerala achieved those 90+ percentage of literacy rate. Literacy rate of genders, if possible add the number of public schools, colleges, universities.

Remove

• Please remove unnecessary rankings, and comparisons.
• Please remove unnecessary tables.

Replace

• Statistics are almost decade old, need to be replaced with latest one.

Its just a random review need to check other sections, reliability of citation and its style.

Best of luck, you guys can make it; let me know if I can help you in any way. Regards :) Omer123hussain (talk) 21:01, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

:shut up, arrogant southerner 117.248.185.195 (talk) 22:17, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

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Can you add the map of level of urbanization in india ? south perform better and can be part of south india

File:Level of Urbanisation in India 2021.png Kronocracy (talk) 16:09, 13 March 2025 (UTC)

:Damn, the hubris on you southerners is just uncanny. Now I don't have to guess why this page is protected from unverified editors. Y'all must have been calling it a separate county from India with a pleasant accent and fair skin and looks and tall height and slender build, and second to none in terms of development, probably even the leader of NATO, weren't, you?

117.248.185.195 (talk) 22:18, 18 March 2025 (UTC)

The number of Lok Sabha seats appears to be erroneously mentioned as 132 where it is really 131, this is confirmed with the adding up of individual states and UT mentioned in the page as well. 71.64.144.2 (talk) 01:28, 23 April 2025 (UTC)