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'''Cuddalore''' is a city on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast Coromandel Coast], around 100 miles south of [[Madras (City)|Madras]]. Cuddalore was a large port town in the British era and the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V05_428.gif South Arcot District] in [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]. The town was the site of [[Fort St David]].<br>
[[Pondicherry]] is around 15 miles up the coast.
The station at this town was on the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|broad gauge (MG)]] '[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]'
== History ==
