Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tag: Reverted |
Reverted 1 edit by 38.21.187.18 (talk): Unsourced |
||
Line 74:
}}
'''Erode''' ({{IPA-ta|iːɾoːɽɯ|lang}}; īrōṭu), is a city in the [[States and union territories of India|Indian state]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is located on the banks of the [[River Kaveri|Kaveri river]] and is surrounded by the [[Western Ghats]]. Erode is the seventh largest [[List of urban agglomerations in Tamil Nadu|urban agglomeration in Tamil Nadu]]. It is the administrative capital of [[Erode district]] and is administered by the [[Erode Municipal Corporation]] which was established in 2008
The [[Kongu Nadu|region]] was ruled by the [[Chera dynasty|Cheras]] during the [[Sangam period]] between the 1st and the 4th centuries CE. The [[medieval Cholas]] conquered the region in the 10th century CE. The region was ruled by [[Vijayanagara Empire]] in the 15th century followed by the [[Madurai Nayaks|Nayaks]] who introduced the [[Polygar|Palayakkarar system]]. In the later part of the 18th century, the it came under the [[Kingdom of Mysore]] and following the [[Anglo-Mysore Wars]], the [[British East India Company]] annexed it to the [[Madras Presidency]] in 1799. The region played a prominent role in the second [[Poligar War]] (1801) when it was the area of operations of [[Dheeran Chinnamalai]].
| |||