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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]]
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Coimbatore|name=Coimbatore |link=xxxxx}}
'''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 ==
==British Evacuee Camp, WW2==
*See [[Refugees and evacuees in India during WW2]]
==Churches and Cemeteries==
* See external links
== External links ==
*[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.
