Coimbatore District Madras Presidency

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{{Infobox former subdivision
|native_name = கோயம்புத்தூர் மாவட்டம்
|conventional_long_name =Coimbatore District
|common_name =Coimbatore District
|nation = the [[Madras Presidency]]
|subdivision = [[Districts of British India|District]]
|era =
|year_start = 1805
|date_start =
|event_start= Establishment of the district
|year_end = 1947
|date_end =
|event_end= Modern [[Coimbatore district]]
|event1 =
|date_event1 =
|p1 =Kingdom of Mysore
|s1 =Coimbatore district
|flag_p1 =
|flag_s1 =Flag of India.svg
|image_flag =British Raj Red Ensign.svg
|image_coat =
|image_map =TN Districts Coimbatore.png
|image_map_caption = Location of Coimbatore district before the segregation of six taluks to form [[Erode district]]
|capital =[[Coimbatore]]
|stat_area1 =20357
|stat_year1 =1901
|stat_pop1 = 2201752
|footnotes = {{EB1911|wstitle=Coimbatore|volume=6|pages=652–653}}
}}
[[File:Coimbatore Townhall Aerial-view 1930.jpg|thumb|Aerial view of the Coimbatore Townhall zone in 1930]]
[[File:Stanes & co..jpg|thumb|View of the Coimbatore Stanes Coffee Curing Works in 1911]]
'''Coimbatore District''' was one of the [[districts]] of the erstwhile [[Madras Presidency]] of [[British India]]. It covered the areas of the present-day districts of [[Coimbatore District|Coimbatore]], [[Erode District|Erode]] and [[Tirupur District|Tirupur]] and the [[Kollegal]] taluk of present-day [[Karnataka]]. It covered a total area of {{convert|7860|sqmi|km2|order=flip}} and was sub-divided into 10 taluks. The administrative headquarters was [[Coimbatore|Coimbatore city]]. Most of Coimbatore's inhabitants were Tamil-speaking but there were also large numbers of Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada speaking people.

==History==
Coimbatore was a part of the ancient [[Chera dynasty|Chera kingdom]] during the [[Sangam Age]]. After the Chera kingdom fell, the region was ruled by the [[Western Gangas]] and the [[Hoysalas]]. Coimbatore came under Muslim rule in the 13th century AD and was a province of the [[Vijayanagar Empire]]. After the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire, Coimbatore was ruled by the [[Madurai Nayaks]] till 17th century. A series of wars between the Kingdoms of [[Mysore|Kingdom of Mysore]] of [[Madurai|Madurai Nayak dynasty]] resulted in the region coming under the control of [[Mysore]] kings till the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the [[Third Mysore War]] in 1792, Coimbatore became a part of British India.<ref>{{cite book | title=[[The Imperial Gazetteer of India]], Volume 10| year=1908| publisher=Clarendon Press| location=London}}</ref>

The district was founded in 1805. In 1868 [[Nilgiri District]] was segregated. The [[Avinashi taluk]] was formed when [[Karur]] was separated from the district and merged with [[Trichinopoly District]]. In 1927 and 1929 other readjustments were made. In 1956 the [[Kollegal|Kollegal taluk]] was transferred to [[Mysore State]]. In 1975 and 1979 some subtaluks were promoted to taluks, including [[Satyamangalam]], [[Perundurai]] and [[Mettupalayam, Coimbatore|Mettupalayam]], so that Coimbatore district ended up with 12 taluks, but before the end of 1979 the six taluks of [[Bhavani]], [[Gopichettipalaiyam]], [[Satyamangalam]], [[Erode]], [[Perundurai]] and [[Dharapuram]], were segregated to form [[Erode district]]. The remaining six taluks became nine after two new ones were established and a further one was bifurcated.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.coimbatore.tn.nic.in/history.html |title=Coimbatore district - History |access-date=2014-08-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050406223200/http://www.coimbatore.tn.nic.in/history.html |archive-date=2005-04-06 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Taluks ==

Coimbatore district was sub-divided into 10 taluks:

* Bhavani (Area: {{convert|715|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Bhavani)
* Coimbatore (Area: {{convert|812|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Coimbatore)
* Dharapuram (Area: {{convert|853|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Dharapuram)
* Erode (Area: {{convert|598|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Erode)
* Karur (Area: {{convert|612|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Karur)
* Kollegal (Area: {{convert|1076|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Kollegal)
* Palladam (Area: {{convert|741|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Palladam)
* Pollachi (Area: {{convert|710|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Pollachi)
* Satyamangalam (Area: {{convert|1177|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Gobichettipalayam)
* Udamalpet (Area: {{convert|566|sqmi|km2|order=flip}}; Headquarters: Udamalpet)

== Administration ==

Coimbatore district was divided into 4 sub-divisions:

* Coimbatore sub-division: Coimbatore and Sathyamangalam taluks
* Erode sub-division: Bhavani, Dharapuram, Erode and Karur taluks
* Kollegal sub-division: Kollegal taluk
* Pollachi sub-division: Pollachi, Palladam and Udumalpet

==See also==
*[[History of Coimbatore]]

== References ==
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