11.0221N, 76.957E

Manchester of South India

Siruvani Dam

R.S.Puram, Ramnagar, Tatabad, Gopalapuram

Mettupalayam Road –Thadagam Road350 acresR.S.Puram

1906

BrookeBondDevanga High School

Race Course Road

100 feetVehicle RoadTreesWalking PathDrainage PipesHomes

London Style

Hope College – Arthur Hope

India’s first polytechnic College

Principal – only primary education

Rs.67000 worth books

Engineering College

45 days/42 days

Arthur Hope College of Technology

GCT

• razor incorporated a small motor operated by dry cells

• super-thin shaving blades• a distance adjuster for film cameras• a fruit juice extractor• a tamper-proof vote-recording machine• a kerosene-run fan• five-valve Radio sets in India at a mere Rs 70/- a

set• two-seater petrol engine car (costing a mere Rs

2,000/-)• researched and identified new varieties in

Cotton, Maize and Papaya

• personally filmed the funeral of King George V at London – 1935

• met Adolf Hitler in Germany – 1936

• was gifted Rolls Royce car and he was the only one who had at those times

Variety Hall Palace

• first permanent movie theatre built by Samikannu Vincent

• Vincent Road

• Dances- Films – Wrestling Matches

First’s

• Bus – 1921

• Train – 12/5/1872

– Erode to Pothanur

• Electricity – 1932

• Samikannu Vincent

• – Pykara

• 1932 – 1937 5.5 / 5.5 lakhs / 2366 street lamps

• 15th August 1947 midnight – 4667

Name Reasons

• Sukrawarpet

– Friday - Shukriwar

• Uppilipalayam

– Salt Dealers

Peelamedu

• floods

• 1711

• Ancestors of PSG & Sons

• –

Robert Stanes

Spinning Mill

Coffee Curing Plant

Stanes School

Features

• Climate

• Siruvani Water

• Type of People

• Style of living