Sivaganga Town

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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.

Sivaganga Town

Head-quarters of the tahsil and zamindari of the same name in Madura District, Madras, situated in 9° 51' N. and 78° 30' E., about ro miles from Manamadurai station on the South Indian Railway. Population (1901), 9,097. It is a Union and the head-quarters of deputy-tahsildar. Brass fancy articles, especially excellent figures of lizards, scorpions, and the like, are manufactured. The town is a pleasant place, and in its fertile red soil grow most of the trees and plants of the eastern coast. It contains the palace of the zaminddrs of Sivaganga, and is the head-quarters of the European lessees who now have possession of their estate.