Coimbatore District (Madras Presidency)

Coimbatore District கோயம்புத்தூர் மாவட்டம்
District of the Madras Presidency
← 1805–1947 →
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Location of Coimbatore district before the segregation of six taluks to form Erode district
Capital		Coimbatore
History
•	Establishment of the district	1805
•	Modern Coimbatore district	1947
Area
•	1901	20,357 km2(7,860 sq mi)
Population
•	1901	2,201,752
	Density	108.2 /km2  (280.1 /sq mi)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "". Encyclopædia Britannica. 6 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 652–653.

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Coimbatore district was one of the districts of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the areas of the present-day districts of Coimbatore, Erode and Tirupur and the Kollegal taluk of present-day Karnataka. It covered a total area of 20,400 square kilometres (7,860 sq mi) and was sub-divided into 10 taluks. The administrative headquarters was Coimbatore city. Most of Coimbatore's inhabitants were Tamil-speaking but there were also large numbers of Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada speaking people.

Coimbatore was a part of the ancient Chera kingdom during the Sangam Age. After the Chera kingdom fell, the region was ruled by the Western Gangas and the Hoysalas. Coimbatore came under Muslim rule in the 13th century AD and was a province of the Vijayanagar Empire. After the fall of the Vijayanagar Empire, Coimbatore was ruled by the Madurai Nayaks till 17th century. A series of wars between the Kingdoms of Kingdom of Mysore of Madurai Nayak dynasty resulted in the region coming under the control of Mysore kings till the defeat of Tipu Sultan in the Third Mysore War in 1792, Coimbatore became a part of British India.

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