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|presidency=[[Erode (Presidency)|Madras]]
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|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/searchplace/1111°21'00.35,770%22N+77°44'00.7333330%22E/@11.35,77.733333,12z/data=!4m2!2m13m1!4b11s0x0:0x0?hl=en 11°21'0011.0"N 77°44'0035°N 77.0"E733333°E]
|altitude=183 m (600 ft)
|presentname=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erode Erode]
|stateprovince=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil NaiduNadu]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[Madras Railway]] and [[South Indian Railway]]
}}
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'''Erode''' was annexed to the [[Madras Presidency]] in 1792 after the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the [[3rd Mysore War]]. It was the headquarters of the Erode taluk in [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=10&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_362.gif Coimbatore District] during the British period.
The Erode Junction Station, on the [[Madras Railway]], opened 1861-62, which, in 1908, became the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|broad gauge (BG)]] '[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]'.
The branch line to [[Trichinopoly]] was originally BG, converted in 1879 to metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) to connect to the SIR MG network - this becoming the '[[Erode Branch Line SIR]]'.
Thus Erode Junction became an important transfer point between the [[South Indian Railway]] BG network and their MG network.
== External links ==
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V12_034.gif Erode Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
