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Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu. Explore its public directory, history, places, personalities and election references.
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Pudukkottai district is one of the 38 districts of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Pudukkottai is the district headquarters. It is also known colloquially as Pudhugai. The city is also known as Thondaiman Pudukkottai. Pudukkottai district is bounded on the northeast and east by Thanjavur District, on the southeast by the Palk Strait, on the southwest by Ramanathapuram and Sivaganga districts, and on the west and northwest by Tiruchirapalli District. As of 2011, the district had a population of 1,618,345 with a sex-ratio of 1,015 females for every 1,000 males.
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Food processing · PMFME ODOP
The Ministry of Food Processing Industries lists these food-product priorities for this district in its dated PMFME One District One Product record. This identifies programme focus, rather than current crop output or the district’s complete food culture.
District products · ODOP reference
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6 public place references
Aranthangi Fort is a fortress situated in the town of Aranthangi in Pudukkottai district, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed in the 16th or 17th century AD by Tondaiman kings. Nearby, there is an 11th-century Hindu temple constructed...
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This Government Museum is a museum located in the town of Pudukkottai of Pudukkottai District. This is the second largest museum of Tamil Nadu after Government Museum, Chennai. The museum is divided into sections covering zoology, geology,...
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Government Medical College and Hospital Pudukkottai (Tamil: அரசு மருத்துவக் கல்லூரி மற்றும் மருத்துவமனை, புதுக்கோட்டை) is a medical college run by the state government of Tamil Nadu, which is recognized by Medical Council of India. It is...
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His Highness The Rajah's College is an autonomous educational institution in the town of Pudukkottai in Tamil Nadu, India. Founded by Ramachandra Tondaiman, the Raja of Pudukkottai State in 1857, it is the foremost arts and science college...
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The Kattubava Mosque, also known as the Kattubava Pallivasal, is a Sufi mosque located in the village of Kathvapallivasal, in the Pudukkottai district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. The mosque is situated 30 kilometres (19 mi)...
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The Thirumayam Fort is a 40-acre wide fortress in the town of Thirumayam in Pudukkottai-Karaikudi Highway in Pudukkottai District, Tamil Nadu, India. It was constructed by Vijaya Raghunatha Sethupathi, the Raja of Ramnad in 1687. Later the...
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The Kattubava Mosque, also known as the Kattubava Pallivasal, is a Sufi mosque located in the village of Kathvapallivasal, in the Pudukkottai district of the state of Tamil Nadu, India....
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District associations follow the linked public references; a connection does not necessarily mean birthplace or current residence.
A. Nagappa Chettiar (1915-1982) was an Indian industrialist and one of the pioneers of the Indian leather industry.
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1331127768Akilandam (1922–1988), better known by his pen name Akilan, was an Indian writer and novelist who wrote in Tamil. He was attracted by Gandhian philosophy during his school days and he discontinued...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1376009961Anuradha Pavunraj or P. Anuradha (born 25 May 1992) is an Indian weightlifter from Pudhukkottai, Tamil Nadu. She represented India in the 2019 Commonwealth Weightlifting Championships in Apia, Samoa. She won the...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1319204773Raya Rahutta Raya Vajridu Raya Mannida Raya Avadai Raghunatha Tondaiman (died 1661) was a Kallar chieftain of Karambakudi and a feudatory of the Vijayanagar Empire.
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Bala V. Balachandran (5 July 1937 – 28 September 2021) was an Indian academic who was Professor Emeritus of Accounting Information & Management at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University....
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1336876160Ramasamy Ganesan (17 November 1920 – 22 March 2005), better known by his stage name Gemini Ganesan, was an Indian actor who worked mainly in Tamil cinema. He was referred to as...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1377894714Pudukottai Ulaganathan Chinnaswamy Pillai (5 May 1916 – 23 September 1951), popularly known as P. U. Chinnappa, was an Indian actor and playback singer during the 30s era from Pudukottai, India. He...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1377264169Ramaswami Ramanathan Chettiar (30 September 1913 – 12 December 1995) better known as Mayor Ramanathan Chettiar was an Indian Industrialist, politician and bureaucrat who served as Mayor of Madras and member of...
Wikipedia contributors ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 · rev. 1348284160These topic links were collected from the official district website’s navigation. Visit the original page for its complete information and current travel conditions.
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