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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 [[Mandapam]] and [[Rameswaram]]
== Spelling variants ==
Modern spelling: Madurai<br>
Variants: Madura
==Military==
There were sieges of the city by the British in 1763 and 1764.
== External links ==
*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V16_410.gif Madura City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/namma-madurai-elegies-from-a-bygone-era/article2674537.ece "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===
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maruthanayagam_Pillai Maruthanayagam Pillai] a.k.a. Muhammad Yusuf Khan. Wikipedia
*[https://madrascourier.com/biography/maruthanayagam-the-khan-sahib-of-madura/ "Maruthanayagam: The Khan Sahib Of Madura"] by Refai Salafis 6 November 2019 ''Madras Courier''
*[https://militarymaps.rct.uk/other-18th19th-century-conflicts/rajshahi-revolt-against-british-rule-1763-64 A plan of Madura], catalogued as Rajshahi Revolt against British Rule (1763-4). George III's collection of military maps, Royal Collection Trust.
*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059259/page/n8/mode/2up ''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, [https://archive.org/details/cu31924024059259/page/n285/mode/2up page 266].
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