history of tuticorin

HISTORY OF TUTICORIN Tuticorin is one of the Port city in south India about 540 kms south west of Madras(Chennai). Located in the Gulf of Mannar with Sri Lanka on the South East and the large land mass of India on the West.The major harbour of  Tuticorin is  well known as pearl diving and fishing centre
	Encyclopedia Tuticorin was founded c.1540 by the Portuguese, captured by the Dutch in 1658, and ceded to the British in 1825.(Courtesy - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.  2001) LightHouse   The LightHouse built in 1842 marked the beginning of the history of Tuticorin harbour Development. Tuti Port  On 11th July 1974,the newly constructed Tuticorin port was declared as the 10th Indian major port.