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|blank1_info_sec1 = [[Madurai]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]], [[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]], [[Thathaneri]], [[S. S. Colony]], [[Jaihindpuram]], Arasaradi, [[Kalavasal]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]] and [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]]
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'''Ellis Nagar''' is a neighbourhood in [[Madurai district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]] state in the peninsular India. It is named after Francis Whyte Ellis (who lived in between the years 1777 and 1819), a British civil servant in the Madras Presidency, from 1810 to 1819, who translated and printed the first 13 chapters of Tirukurkal's Arathuppal in English.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-03-12 |title=By the way, who is Ellis? |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/by-the-way-who-is-ellis/article2987469.ece |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=The Hindu |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=200 ஆண்டுகளுக்கு முன்பே திருவள்ளுவருக்கு உருவம் கொடுத்து தங்கக் காசு வெளியிட்ட எல்லீஸ் துரை |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/524237-francis-whyte-ellis-gave-face-to-thiruvalluvar.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=The Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref>

Ellis Nagar is located at an altitude of 159 m above the mean sea level with the geographical coordinates of {{coord|9.913800|N|78.103700|E}} (i.e., 9°54'49.7"N, 78°06'13.3"E). [[Madurai]], [[Arappalayam]], [[Koodal Nagar, Madurai|Koodal Nagar]], [[Vilangudi, Madurai|Vilangudi]], [[Thathaneri]], [[S. S. Colony]], [[Jaihindpuram]], Arasaradi, [[Kalavasal]], [[Simmakkal, Madurai|Simmakkal]], [[South Gate, Madurai|South Gate]] and [[Yanaikkal, Madurai|Yanaikkal]] are some of the important neighbourhoods of Ellis Nagar.

Ellis Nagar area falls under the [[Madurai Central Assembly constituency]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=மதுரை மாநகராட்சி பகுதியில் – வார்டு வாரியாக சட்டப்பேரவை தொகுதிகள் |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/todays-paper/regional01/647019-.html |access-date=2023-02-08 |website=Hindu Tamil Thisai |language=ta}}</ref> The winner of the election held in the year 2021 as the member of its assembly constituency is [[Palanivel Thiagarajan|P. T. R. Palanivel Thiagarajan]]. Also, this area belongs to [[Madurai Lok Sabha constituency]]. The winner of the election held in the year 2019, as the member of its Lok Sabha constituency is [[S. Venkatesan]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
* [https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ellis_Nagar&params=9.913800_N_78.103700_E_type:city_region:IN GeoHack – Ellis Nagar]

[[Category:Neighbourhoods and suburbs of Madurai]]

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Rxsolution at 19:26, 13 February 2025