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                                | India   Meteorological Department            (IMD) was    
    established in 1875. It is the National   Meteorological            Service
    in   India      and is the principal       government agency       in
    all matters  relating   to   Meteorology, Seismology    and   allied
    subjects.     For  administrative      convenience   and technical  control,
            six  Regional   Meteorological   Centres   (RMCs) function  
with     their     headquarters       at Kolkatta, Chennai,   Guwahati, 
  Mumbai,       Nagpur  and   New Delhi. Regional   Meteorological      
Center   at  Chennai       takes   care  of the weather related   activities
of South      India   consisting     of the  states  of Andhra Pradesh, 
 Karnataka,  Kerala ,  Tamil   Nadu  and the  Union  Territories   of Lakshadweep
  Islands  and Pondicherry.      				 | 
                                                                				 
                                                                        
                                                          
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                   
                                                                
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
                                                                        
     
                   
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