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6 unusual facts about Tiruchirappalli


Bruhathkayosaurus

Bruhathkayosaurus was found near the southern tip of India, specifically in the Tiruchirappalli district of Tamil Nadu, to the northeast of Kallamedu village.

K. Vijay Kumar

He graduated from St. Joseph's College, Tiruchirappalli, and then went on to complete his post-graduation from Madras Christian College.

M.A.M. College of Engineering and Technology

College of Engineering and Technology is a college located on the outskirts of Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.

Murari Rao

Murari Rao Ghorpade, known simply as Murari Rao, was a soldier and army general in the Maratha Army who administered the fort of Tiruchirappalli and surrounding areas from 1741 to 1743.

Nathar Vali

Along with his qalandars, he came to Tiruchirapuram, which is now known as Tiruchirappalli, and led a religious life with his qalandars in a flower garden there.

Poochoriyal

The flower festival or flower sprinkling festival (known in Tamil as Poochoriyal) is an important festival celebrated in the Samayapuram Mariamman temple near Tiruchirappalli, India.


Bishop Heber College

It was renamed after Reginald Heber, the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, who came to Tiruchirappalli in 1826 and died on his way to Travancore.

Madras State Legislative Assembly election, 1962

It won three city elections of the five largest cities, Madras, Madurai, Tiruchirappalli, Salem and Coimbatore in Madras state in alliance with the Communist Party of India in 1959 capitalising on its powerful urban base.

Murari Rao

Murari Rao occupied Tiruchirappalli at the head of a strong Maratha army after defeating and imprisoning the Carnatic general Chanda Sahib.

Tiruchirappalli district

During the British Raj, Tiruchirappalli was known as Trichinopoly, and was a district of the Madras Presidency; it was renamed upon India's declaration of independence in 1947.


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