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The princely state of Pudukkottai remained within the jurisdiction of Trichinopoly district from 1865 to 1947. Trichinopoly was one of the oldest inhabited regions in South India. Archaeological excavations have revealed Stone Age sites. [citation needed] The town of Uraiyur, the capital of the Early Cholas, was a part of Trichinopoly district ...
Tiruchirappalli District is one of the 38 districts, located along the Kaveri River, in Tamil Nadu, India. The headquarters of the district is the city of Tiruchirappalli. During the British Raj, the district was referred to as Trichinopoly, and was a district of the Madras Presidency; it was renamed upon India's declaration of independence in ...
Tiruchirappalli [b] (Tamil pronunciation: [ˈt̪iɾɯtːʃiɾapːaɭːi] ⓘ, formerly called Trichinopoly in English, also known as Tiruchi or Trichy), is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district.
The modern districts of Tiruchirapalli, Pudukottai, Karur, Perambalur and Ariyalur formed the Trichinopoly District. The Great Southern Railway Company was established in as Trichinopoly. According to the 1871 census, Trichinoply was the second largest city in the Madras Presidency, after its capital Madras.
Districts of Madras in 1956 with 2009 boundaries in gray. During the British Raj, the Madras Presidency was made up of 26 districts, 12 of which were part of the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.
The district of Trichinopoly was created and Tiruchi city was made its capital. A cantonment of the Madras Regiment was set up in Tiruchirappalli. During the 19th century, Tiruchirappalli was famous throughout the British Empire for its unique variety of cheroot known as the Trichinopoly cigar. [10]
Tiruchirappali is located at The city is at a distance of 325 kilometres (202 mi) south-west of Chennai [1] and 402 kilometres (250 mi) north of Kanniyakumari on the National Highway NH 45 and 200 kilometres (120 mi) south-east of Coimbatore [2] and 128 kilometres (80 mi) west from the Bay of Bengal coast, [3] The city of Madurai is situated 161 kilometres (100 mi) south of Tiruchirappalli.
A municipality of Srirangam was created in 1871 per the Town Improvements Act of 1865 following a decision not to include Srirangam within Trichinopoly municipality as it lay extremely far from the heart of Tiruchirappalli town. [5] The municipality of Srirangam included most of Srirangam Island including Thiruvanaikaval. [5]