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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''' 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. | ||
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| + | 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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Revision as of 09:06, 31 January 2018
| Madura | |
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| [[Image:|250px| ]] | |
| 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 | |
| [xxxxx Madura] |
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 Manadapam and Rameswaram
Spelling variants
Modern spelling: Madurai
Variants: Madura
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
