Seminar taken by me about Coimbatore and its History !!.. One of my favorites

1. 11.0221N, 76.957E

3. Manchester of South India

8. Siruvani Dam

10. R.S.Puram, Ramnagar, Tatabad,
Gopalapuram
Mettupalayam Road –
Thadagam Road
350 acres
R.S.Puram

12. 1906
BrookeBond
Devanga High School

21. Race Course Road
100 feet
Vehicle Road
Trees
Walking Path
Drainage Pipes
Homes
London Style

26. Hope College – Arthur Hope
India’s first polytechnic College
Principal – only primary education
Rs.67000 worth books

27. Engineering College
45 days/42 days
Arthur Hope College of Technology

28. GCT

31. • 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

32. • 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

39. Variety Hall Palace
• first permanent movie theatre built by
Samikannu Vincent
• Vincent Road
• Dances- Films – Wrestling Matches

40. First’s
• Bus – 1921
• Train – 12/5/1872
– Erode to Pothanur

41. • Electricity – 1932
• Samikannu Vincent
• – Pykara
• 1932 – 1937 5.5 / 5.5 lakhs / 2366 street
lamps
• 15th August 1947 midnight – 4667

42. Name Reasons
• Sukrawarpet
– Friday - Shukriwar
• Uppilipalayam
– Salt Dealers

44. Peelamedu
• floods
• 1711
• Ancestors of PSG & Sons
• –

45. Robert Stanes

46. Spinning Mill

47. Coffee Curing Plant

48. Stanes School

49. Features
• Climate
• Siruvani Water
• Type of People
• Style of living