Pudukkottai

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Pudukkottai (Tamil: புதுக்கோட்டை Putukkōṭṭai [ pud̪ɯk ː o ː ʈ ː ɛi ], formerly Pudukota ) is a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu with around 118,000 inhabitants ( 2011 census ). It is the administrative seat of the district of Pudukkottai.

Pudukkottai is located a few kilometers north of the river Vellaru in a plain about 50 kilometers south of Tiruchirappalli and is connected to the railway line between Chennai and Rameswaram.

As is apparent from the temple inscriptions, there was a settlement called Pudukkottai probably already in the 13th century at the time of the Chola kings. The actual founding of the city, but was only 1686 Iragunata Rayattondaiman, a general and governor of the ruler of Tirumayam. He built Pudukkottai from the capital of his eponymous empire. Between 1732 and 1734 the city was the scene of armed conflicts around the throne of Arcot between Chanda Sahib and Mohamed Ali Pudukkottais ally. Only parts of the city were destroyed. Since the early 19th century was a resident of the British East India Company is based in the city, which was burned down in 1812 on the behest and chessboard-like new. By 1947 Pudukkottai capital of the princely state of the same name remained under British suzerainty.

Provide the economic foundation of the city in the textile, food and chemical industry. The State Government of Tamil Nadu operates a printing plant in Pudukkottai.