Madurai (ind)

Madurai

Madurai ranks 2,853rd in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Vendôme, Papal States, and Aubenas. Memorable people born in Madurai include Augustus De Morgan, M. S. Subbulakshmi, and Sundar Pichai. Madurai has been the birth place of many mathematicians, and singers. Madurai is located in India.

Madurai, formerly known by its colonial name Madura is a major city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the cultural capital of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Madurai District, which is governed by the Madurai Municipal Corporation established in 1 November 1866. As of the 2011 census, it is the third largest metropolis in Tamil Nadu after Chennai and Coimbatore in terms of population and 27th largest urban agglomeration in India. Located on the banks of River Vaigai, Madurai has been a major settlement for two millennia and has a documented history of more than 2500 years. It is often referred to as "Thoonga Nagaram", meaning "the city that never sleeps". Read more on Wikipedia