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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[South Indian Railway]]
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{{Places of Interest|title=Tanjore|name=Tanjore |link=xxxxx}}
'''Tanjore''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_231.gif Tanjore District] in [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] during the British period.
The Tanjore station is on the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|broad gauge (MG)]] '[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]' and a junction with the '[[Nagore Branch Line]]' to [[Negapatam]] and [[Nagore]] on the coast, 53 miles(84km) . There is also the '[[Pulliarpati Quarry Branch Line]]', 4½ miles(7km) from Tanjore to the Pulliarpet Quarry.
== History ==
