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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.
[4] [3] He has for decades been the face of the DMK in the Salem region. He held the Veerapandi Assembly seat with a vise-like grip. He held the Veerapandi Assembly seat with a vise-like grip. In his early age he was inspired by the writings and speeches of the late Chief Minister and DMK founder C. N. Annadurai and party chief M Karunanidhi ...
The Madras Record Office, currently known as Tamil Nadu Archives (TNA), is located in Chennai and is one of the oldest and largest document repositories in Southern India. . Documents stored and archived in TNA are invaluable to researchers working on post-independence Tamil Nadu or British-era Madras Presiden
Salem district was the first district to be formed in India on 4 April 1792 that spread over 7,530 km 2 comprising the present-day Namakkal, Dharmapuri, Krishnagiri. Alexander Reed was the collector of the Salem district from 1792 to 1799. [13] Until 2008, the city was part of the Salem I and Salem II assembly constituencies. Salem is also a ...
Salem is the Headquarters of the Salem district. [citation needed] Salem Corporation consists of 60 wards [1] categorized under 4 Zonal Offices namely Suramangalam Zonal, Hasthampatty Zonal, Ammapet Zonal, Kondalampatty Zonal. Each Zonal Office has its own Zonal Chairman and an Asst. Commissioner to take care of Zonal Activities. [citation needed]
Salem District is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The district is now divided into Dharmapuri , Krishnagiri , Namakkal as individual districts. Salem is the district headquarters and other major towns in the district include Mettur , Tharamangalam , Thammampatti , Attur , Omalur , Sangagiri and Edappadi .
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.
Hence, they were revised in detail and expanded and re-published as district gazetteers. The first of the gazetteers appeared in 1906. Since then, there have been plenty of gazetteers published both in British as well as independent India. Post-independence, the work has been mainly handled by B. S. Baliga of the Madras Record Office.