Tirunelveli district
district of Tamil Nadu, India
Tirunelveli district is a district of Tamil Nadu state in southern India. The city of Tirunelveli is the district headquarters. Tirunelveli District was formed on 1 September 1790[1][2] by the East India Company (on behalf of the British government), and comprised the present Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi and thenkasi districts and parts of Virudhunagar district and Ramanathapuram districts. It is the second-largest district (as of October 2008), after Villupuram district. As of 2011, the district had a population of 3,077,233.
Reference
change- ↑ http://www.edreamsinetcafe.in/tirunelveli/history.htm[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Department of Industries and Commerce District Industries Center,Tirunelveli District". Archived from the original on 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2017-03-10.