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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 ==
