Madura: Difference between revisions

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Madura
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Presidency: Madras Presidency
Coordinates:	9.919662°N 78.119393°E
Altitude:	31 m (101 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Madurai
State/Province:	Tamil Nadu
Country:	India
Transport links
South Indian Railway

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See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period
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Madura was the headquarters of the Madura District in the Madras Presidency during the British period.

Modern spelling: Madurai
Variants: Madura

Madura City Imperial Gazetteer
"Namma Madurai - Elegies from a bygone era" by S. S. Kavitha November 30, 2011. The Hindu. St. George's English Cemetery and the American Mission Cemetery

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 '''Madura''' was the headquarters of the [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=16&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_392.gif Madura District] in the [[Madras Presidency]] during the British period.
+Madura station  was on the  [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] '[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]' and formed a junction with the [[Tuticorin Branch Line]]
+to [[Tuticorin]] and the [[Pamban Branch Railway]] to [[Manadapam]] and [[Rameswaram]]
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