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{{Infobox legislature<br />
| name = Dindigul Corporation<br />
| house_type = Municipal Corporation<br />
| body = Dindigul<br />
| leader1_type = Ilamathi [[Mayor]] <!--IS THIS HOW THE OFFICIAL TITLE SHOULD BE?--><br />
| leader1 =<br />
| leader2_type = [[Deputy Mayor]]<br />
| leader2 = ---.--- Office suspended due to postponed elections<br />
| leader3_type = [[Commissioner]]<br />
| leader3 = <br />
| leader4_type = [[District Collector]]<br />
| leader4 = T. G. Vinay, [[Indian Administrative Service|IAS]]<br />
| session_res = 240px<br />
| website = {{URL|http://www.dindigul.tn.nic.in/home.html|Dindigul Municipality}}<br />
}}<br />
The '''Dindigul Corporation''' is a civic body that governs [[Dindigul]] city, [[India]]. This corporation consist of 50 wards and the [[legislative body]] is headed by an elected Chairperson assisted by a Deputy Chairperson and 48 councillors who represent each wards in the city. This will be upgraded to Mayor and Deputy-Mayor in near future. [[Government of Tamil Nadu]] announced for upgrade of Dindigul Special Grade Municipality to City Municipal Corporation of Dindigul.<ref name="upgraded">{{cite web |title=Thanjavur and Dindigul to be upgraded as City Municipal Corporations |url=http://news.chennaionline.com/chennai/Thanjavur--Dindigul-to-be-upgraded-as-City-Corporations/e665780a-8be1-41ad-8997-20fe45d5815d.col |publisher=Chennaionline.com |access-date=10 April 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130415232536/http://news.chennaionline.com/chennai/Thanjavur--Dindigul-to-be-upgraded-as-City-Corporations/e665780a-8be1-41ad-8997-20fe45d5815d.col |archive-date=15 April 2013 }}</ref><br />
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On 19 February 2014, [[Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu]], [[J. Jayalalithaa]] declared that Dindigul Municipality has been upgraded to Corporation status with immediate effect. The said government order was handed over to the Municipal Chairman, V. Marudharaj<ref name=corp>{{cite news|title=Dindigul becomes Corporation|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/dindigul-becomes-corporation/article5708841.ece|access-date=20 February 2014|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=20 February 2014|location=[[Dindigul]]}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
In 1866 Nov 1, Dindigul town became municipality. In 1988 Jan 14, Dindigul municipality became a special grade municipal<br />
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== References ==<br />
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{{Municipalities of Tamil Nadu}}<br />
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[[Category:Dindigul]]<br />
[[Category:Municipal corporations in Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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