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Nagapattinam district carved out of Thanjavur

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Nagapattinam district carved out of Thanjavur
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On 19 October 1991, Nagapattinam district was created by splitting the composite Thanjavur district in two.

The former composite Thanjavur district was divided on 19 October 1991, and Nagapattinam district came into being. It took in the coastal and tail-end areas of the Cauvery delta, among them the taluks that now form Tiruvarur. Tiruvarur district was later split off in 1997, followed by Mayiladuthurai district in 2020. No other district in the state was discontiguous, a distinction Nagapattinam held until 2020.

Related events

  1. 1977

    1. 12 Nov 1977NagapattinamDisaster

      November 1977 cyclone strikes Nagapattinam and the Cauvery delta

      A very severe cyclonic storm made landfall at Nagapattinam, killing about 560 people and affecting around 10 lakh people in Tamil Nadu.

  2. 1989

    1. 30 Sep 1989VelloreGovernance

      North Arcot district split into Vellore and Tiruvannamalai

      North Arcot was divided into the Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar and North Arcot Ambedkar districts.

  3. 1993

    1. 30 Sep 1993ViluppuramGovernance

      South Arcot divided into Cuddalore and Viluppuram districts

      The South Arcot district was bifurcated, creating Viluppuram district on 30 September 1993.

  4. 1994

    1. 1994TiruchirappalliGovernance

      Tiruchirappalli becomes a municipal corporation

      Tiruchirappalli was made a municipal corporation by merging the Srirangam and Golden Rock municipalities.

  5. 1997

    1. Jan 1997TiruvarurGovernance

      Tiruvarur district formed

      Tiruvarur district was formed out of Nagapattinam district, with Valangaiman taluk added from Thanjavur.

  6. 2004

    1. 26 Dec 2004NagapattinamDisaster

      2004 Indian Ocean tsunami strikes the Tamil Nadu coast

      The tsunami after the Sumatra earthquake killed about 8,000 people in Tamil Nadu, with Nagapattinam the worst-hit district.

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