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Vellore becomes a municipal corporation

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Vellore becomes a municipal corporation
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Vellore was upgraded from a municipality to a municipal corporation on 1 August 2008.

Vellore became a municipal corporation from 1 August 2008. The corporation took in surrounding areas and is divided into four zones, Vellore Fort, Sathuvachari, Shenbakkam and Katpadi. The city had grown around its fort, the Christian Medical College and later the Vellore Institute of Technology. Tiruppur, Erode and Thoothukudi were also made corporations in 2008.

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