Pudukkottai
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| State : | Tamil Nadu | ||
| District : | Pudukkottai | ||
| Sub-district : | Pudukkottai | ||
| Location : | 10 ° 23 ' N , 78 ° 49' E | ||
| Height : | 100 m | ||
| Residents : | 117,630 (2011) | ||
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Pudukkottai ( Tamil : புதுக்கோட்டை Putukkōṭṭai [ ˈpud̪ɯkːoːʈːɛi ], formerly Pudukota ) is a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 118,000 inhabitants (2011 census). It is the administrative seat of the Pudukkottai District .
Pudukkottai is located a few kilometers north of the Vellaru River in a lowland around 50 kilometers south of Tiruchirappalli and is connected to the railway line between Chennai and Rameswaram .
As can be seen from the temple inscriptions, a settlement called Pudukkottai existed as early as the 13th century at the time of the Chola kings. The actual founding of the city was not until 1686 by Iragunata Rayattondaiman, a general and governor of the ruler of Tirumayam . This made Pudukkottai the capital of his empire of the same name . Between 1732 and 1734 the city was the scene of the armed conflict over the throne of Arcot between Chanda Sahib and Pudukkottai's ally Mohamed Ali. Parts of the city were destroyed. From the early 19th century a resident of the British East India Company had his seat in the city, which was burned down in 1812 at his behest and redesigned like a chessboard. Until 1947 Pudukkottai remained the capital of the princely state of the same name under British sovereignty.
The city's economic base is formed by the textile, food and chemical industries. The state government of Tamil Nadu operates a printing plant in Pudukkottai.
79 percent of the population of Pudukkottai are Hindus , 15 percent are Muslims and 5 percent are Christians . As in all of Tamil Nadu, the main language is Tamil, which is spoken by 97 percent of the population as their mother tongue.
sons and daughters of the town
- Gemini Ganesan (1919-2005), actor
- Suriya Loganathan (* 1990), athlete
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Census of India 2011.
- ^ Census of India 2011: C-1 Population By Religious Community. Tamil Nadu.
- ↑ Census of India 2001: C-16 City: Population by Mother Tongue (Tamil Nadu), accessed under Tabulations Plan of Census Year - 2001 .