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Tinnevely District (Madras Presidency)
Tirunelveli district was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Tirunelveli, Thoothukudi, Tenkasi and few parts of Virudhunagar in Tamil Nadu. Demographics As of 1901, Tirunelveli had a population of 2,059,607 with a significant number of Muslims and Christians. Administration There were four municipalities: Tirunelveli, Srivilliputtur, Tuticorin and Palayamkottai. Headquarters was Palayamkottai.. Taluks * Ambasamudram (Area:; Headquarters: Ambasamudram) * Nanguneri (Area:; Headquarters: Nanguneri) * Ottapidaram (Area:; Headquarters: Ottapidaram) * Sankaranarayanankoil (Area:; Headquarters: Sankaranarayanankoil) * Sattur (Area:; Headquarters: Sattur) * Srivaikuntam (Area:; Headquarters: Srivaikuntam) * Srivilliputtur (Area:; Headquarters: Srivilliputtur) * Tenkasi (Area:; Headquarters: Tenkasi) * Tirunelveli Tirunelveli (, ta, திருநெல்வேலி, translit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras Presidency
The Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Andhra state and some parts of Kerala, Karnataka, Odisha and the union territory of Lakshadweep. The city of Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and Ootacamund or Ooty, the summer capital. The coastal regions and northern part of Island of Ceylon at that time was a part of Madras Presidency from 1793 to 1798 when it was created a Crown colony. Madras Presidency was neighboured by the Kingdom of Mysore on the northwest, Kingdom of Cochin on the southwest, and the Kingdom of Hyderabad on the north. Some parts of the presidency were also flanked by Bombay Presidency ( Konkan) and Central Provinces and Berar (Madhya Pradesh). In 1639, the English East India Company purchased the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
