History
Tirunelveli District was called as Thenpandiyanadu under the Pandyas rule.
When this area was under Cholas, they named Tirunelveli Mudikonda Cholamandalam under their rule.
Then this area was ruled by Madurai Nayaks. During their period Tirunelveli was called as Tirunelveli Seemai.
Under the British East India Company rule, it was Tinnevelly district. That comprised present Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts and parts of Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram districts.
In 1910 Ramanathapuram District was formed by clubbing portions from Madurai and Tirunelveli district, which comprised portions of Today's Virudhunagar District.
After the Independence of India, Tirunelveli district was bifurcated on 20 October 1986 to Nellai-Kattabomman (Today's Tirunelveli) district and Chidambaranar (Today's Tuticorin) district. Subsequently, per the decision of the Government of Tamil Nadu to call all the districts by the name of the headquarter town, the name was changed from Tirunelveli-Kattabomman district to Tirunelveli district.
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