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|presidency=[[Madras]]
|image=
|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/8%C2%B0488°48'36.0%22N+78%C2%B00878°08'24.0%22E/@8.81,78.14,12z 8°48'36/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d8.81!4d78.14?hl=en 8.0"N 78°08'2481°N 78.0"E14°E]
|altitude= 4 m (13 ft)
|presentname= [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thoothukudi Thoothukudi]
|stateprovince=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[South Indian Railway]]
}}
'''Tuticorin''' was a town in the Tinnevelly District during the British period.
The [[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]] of the [[South Indian Railway]](SIR) metre gauge(MG) connects [[Madras]] to 'Tuticorin'
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Thoothukudi<br>
Variants: Tuticorin/Tuttukkudi
== External links ==*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V24_070.gif Tuticorin Town] Imperial Gazetteer===Historical books online=== *[https://archive.org/details/notesonpearlchan00thur/page/n4/mode/2up ''Notes on the Pearl and Chank Fisheries and Marine Fauna of the Gulf of Manaar''] by Edgar Thurston. 1890 Archive.org. Includes "Chapter I. The Tuticorin Pearl Fishery".{{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=medium|count=true}}
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
