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'''Coimbatore''' was annexed to the [[Madras Presidency]] in 1799 after the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the [[3rd Mysore War]]. It was the capital of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=10&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_362.gif Coimbatore District] during the British period.
The major railway junction of [[Podanur]], with a railays workshop, was situated four miles to the southeast.
== Military history ==
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_377.gif Coimbatore] Imperial Gazetteer<br>*[http://www.1911encyclopedia.org/Coimbatore Coimbatore] 1911 Love to Know Encyclopaedia<br> *[http://www.thehindu.com/arts/history-and-culture/article1988214.ece "Memories of Coimbatore: Another time, another place"] by Subha J Rao May 3, 2011 thehindu.com.*[http://www.staneshighersecondaryschool.com/aboutus.htm Sir Robert Stanes: A Missionary Businessman]. Founder of Stanes European School in 1862, now known as Stanes Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School, (the school website).
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA57 Coimbatore] page 57 ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the Plains between the sea coast and the mountain ranges"
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[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
