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The Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation is the civic body that governs the city of Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the second largest municipal corporation in Tamil Nadu after Chennai with an area of 257.04 sq km. [ 1 ]
Chennai Corporation, which was established on 29 September 1688, is the oldest corporation in India and is the second oldest in the world after London. [2] Madurai Municipal Corporation was established in 1971 and Coimbatore Municipal Corporation in 1981.
Coimbatore is the second largest city in Tamil Nadu after Chennai in terms of population and the 16th largest urban agglomeration in India as per the census 2011. It is the administrative capital of Coimbatore District and is administered by the Coimbatore Municipal Corporation which was established in 1981.
In 1887, a group of people from the city led by S. P. Narasimhalu Naidu decided to build a structure to commemorate the 50th year of Queen Victoria's coronation. [1] [2] [3] The municipality gave land for the building and allocated ₹ 3,000 (equivalent to ₹ 1.5 million or US$17,000 in 2023) for the construction. [3]
[14] [15] Stanes pioneered the industrialization of Coimbatore, establishing a number of textile mills. As per the 1871 census, the first in India, Coimbatore had a population of 35,310 and was the tenth largest town in the Madras Presidency. [14] Coimbatore was severely affected by the Great Famine of 1876–78 and the Famine of 1891-92.
Chennai Corporation, established in 1688, is the oldest urban body in India and is the second oldest corporation in the world after London. [5] As of 2024, there are 25 municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu.
Coimbatore City Police; Coimbatore Lok Sabha constituency; Coimbatore Municipal Corporation; 2022 Coimbatore Municipal Corporation election; Coimbatore North Assembly constituency; Coimbatore South Assembly constituency
1981: Coimbatore upgraded to a municipal corporation in 1981, the third in Tamil Nadu. [42] 1982: Bharathiar University established in Coimbatore. 1983: Inland Container Depot (ICD) begins operations at Irugur. Port Kochi functions as the outport. [43] 1987: Coimbatore airport runway enhanced to accommodate larger aircraft like the Boeing 737.