Madura
| 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 | |
| FibiWiki Maps | |
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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.
Madura station was on the South Indian Railway metre gauge (MG) 'Madras-Tuticorin Mainline' and formed a junction with the Tuticorin Branch Line to Tuticorin and the Pamban Branch Railway to Mandapam and Rameswaram
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Madurai
Variants: Madura
Military
There were sieges of the city by the British in 1763 and 1764.
External links
- 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
Sieges 1763-1764
- Maruthanayagam Pillai a.k.a. Muhammad Yusuf Khan. Wikipedia
- "Maruthanayagam: The Khan Sahib Of Madura" by Refai Salafis 6 November 2019 Madras Courier
- A plan of Madura, catalogued as Rajshahi Revolt against British Rule (1763-4). George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
- Yusuf Khan : the Rebel Commandant. "The bravest and ablest of all the native soldiers that ever served the English in India" by S C Hill, formerly Officer in charge of the records of the Government of India. 1914 Archive.org. Contains part of the same map in the link above, with a translation of the information, page 266.