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Madura is a district were the centre of the Pandya kingdom and its capital city of Madurai was flourishing ever since the Sangam period.In the 10th century AD, the region was conquered by the rising Chola power.
The modern districts of Madurai, Theni, Dindigul, Sivaganga, Ramnathapuram, and few taluk of Virudhunagar and formed the Madura district. [12] Along with Tinnively, Madura was acquired after the bloody Polygar Wars between the British and some of the erstwhile chieftains of the Madurai royal family. Most of the Polygars who surrendered or ...
Districts of Madras in 1956 with 2009 boundaries in gray. During the British Raj, the Madras Presidency was made up of 26 districts, 12 of which were part of the boundaries of the present-day Tamil Nadu, namely, Chingleput, Coimbatore, Nilgiris, North Arcot, Madras, Madura, Ramnad, Salem, South Arcot, Tanjore, Tinnevely, and Trichinopoly.
Madura, [a] is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java.The island comprises an area of approximately 4,436.77 square kilometres (1,713.05 sq mi) (administratively 5,374.17 square kilometres (2,074.98 sq mi) including various smaller islands to the east, southeast and north that are administratively part of Madura's easternmost Sumenep Regency).
Madurai District is one of the 38 districts of the state of Tamil Nadu in southeastern India. [1] [3] The city of Madurai serves as the district headquarters. It houses the famous Sri Meenakshi Sundareshwarar temple and is situated on the banks of the river Vaigai. Thiruparankundram is one of the major tourist place in the district. As of 2011 ...
Map of subdistricts (kelurahan, two levels below the city/regency) in the islands of Java and Madura, Indonesia, coloured by its population density as measured by person per square kilometres. Note that subdistrict data is unavailable in some areas, including Yogyakarta city and others, so district data ( kecamatan ) is used instead.
Districts, often known as zillas in vernacular, were established as subdivisions of the provinces and divisions of British India that were under Bengal Presidency.Then it was established as subdivisions the most Provinces of British India [2]
Then part of the Madurai district, the estate was subdivided into five zamindari tehsils: Ramnad, Tiruvadanai, Paramakudi, Tiruchuli and Mudukulathur. The administration was based in the town of Ramanathapuram in Ramnad tehsil. Ramanathapuram, Kilakkarai, Paramakudi, Rameswaram, Mandapam and Pamban were some of the important towns in the estate.