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|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]
|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]
|transport=[[Madras Railway]], which became [[South Indian Railway]]
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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 station at this town was on the [[Madras Railway]] which became the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Broad_Gauge|broad gauge (BG)]] '[[Jalarpet-Mangalore Mainline]]'.The major railway junction of [[Podanur]], with a railays workshop, was situated four miles to the southeast.
== Military history ==
[[Battle Siege of Coimbatore]] 1791 ==British Evacuee Camp, WW2==*See [[Refugees and evacuees in India during WW2]] ==Churches and Cemeteries==* See external links
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V10_377.gif Coimbatore] Imperial Gazetteer<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://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Stanes Sir Robert Stanes]. Businessman and founder of Stanes European School in 1862, now known as Stanes Anglo-Indian Higher Secondary School. wikipedia.org*Churches and Cemeteries**[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2009/12/24/stories/2009122450540100.htm The western sentinel of Race Course] by Pheroze L. Vincent Dec 24, 2009 ''The Hindu''. CSI All Souls' Church built 1872.**[http://www.flickr.com/photos/nimal_kumar/3821979373 Photograph: All Souls' Church, Coimbatore] flickr.com**[http://www.stmichaelscathedral.in/the-cathedral.php St Michael’s Roman Catholic Cathedral, Coimbatore] Consecrated 1867**[http://catholiconline.in/category/catholic-churches/tamilnadu/coimbatore/ Catholic Churches in Coimbatore]**[https://archive.org/stream/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29#page/n103/mode/2up Inscriptions on Graves and Monuments in Coimbatore Cemeteries] from''List Of Inscriptions On Tombs Or Monuments in Madras'' by J Cotton (archive.org)**[http://searcharchives.bl.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=IAMS_VU2 British Library Catalogue] indicates a Coimbatore District cemeteries register is held under reference IOR/R/4/625 *[http://ifgtb.icfre.gov.in/gass_museum/history.html Gass Forest Museum] Institute of Forest Genetics and Tree Breeding. The first institution housing exhibits that were related to Forestry in India.
*[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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