Gandhi Market

Shopping mall in Tamil Nadu, India
10°49′22″N 78°41′48″E / 10.8227047°N 78.696597°E / 10.8227047; 78.696597AddressNear Big Kammala StreetOpening date1868; 156 years ago (1868)ParkingMixed

Gandhi Market officially called as Mahatma Gandhi Market, is a wholesale farmers' market in the city of Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India.

History

Its construction began as the Fort Market in 1867 and completed in 1868.[1] The market was expanded in 1927, when P. Rathinavelu Thevar was the mayor of Tiruchirappalli and renamed as Mahatma Gandhi market after Mahatma Gandhi.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Moore, Lewis (1878). A Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras. Government Press. pp. 280–281.

References

  • "Trichy a land of tradition". Government of Tamil Nadu. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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