Ramnad Town
This article has been extracted from THE IMPERIAL GAZETTEER OF INDIA , 1908. OXFORD, AT THE CLARENDON PRESS. |
Note: National, provincial and district boundaries have changed considerably since 1908. Typically, old states, ‘divisions’ and districts have been broken into smaller units, and many tahsils upgraded to districts. Some units have since been renamed. Therefore, this article is being posted mainly for its historical value.
Ramnad Town
(Ramanatha-puram^ 'the town of Ramanatha'). Head-quarters of the subdivision, zaminddri, and takftl of the same name in Madura District, Madras, situated in 9 22' N. and 78 51' E., with a station on the Madura-Pamban Railway. Population (1901), 14,546. The town is the head-quarters of the divisional officer and of an Assistant Superintendent of police, and contains a church belonging to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel, and two Roman Catholic places of worship. It is also the residence of the Raja of Ramnad, whose palace, a large rambling building, stands at the end of the chief street. It lies in the midst of ugly and uninterest- ing country, and its redeeming point is its climate, which is never very hot and is generally tempered by a breeze from the sea. The town was taken by General Smith in 1772, and was under military occupation in 1792. The fortifications, now destroyed, consisted of a wall 27 feet high and 5 feet thick, surrounded by a fosse, In the centre was the palace of the chiefs.
