Alagappa Nagar is situated at Amballur Village near Puthukkad town in Mukundapuram Taluk in Thrissur District in Kerala State.[1] Alagappa Nagar is 12.7 km far from Thrissur city. It is 221 km far from the capital city of Thiruvananthapuram. There is a Textile Mill factory in this town named Alagappanagar Textile Mill Factory Originally build by Dr Alagappa Chettiar.
Alagappa Nagar | |
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town | |
Coordinates: 10°26′N 76°16′E / 10.433°N 76.267°E | |
Country | India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur |
Languages | |
• Official | Malayalam, English |
Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
Vehicle registration | KL- |
In 1937, Dr. Alagappa Chettiar started Cochin Textiles, later Alagappa Textiles at Amballur near Thrissur in Kerala. The township for Cochin textile staff was named "Alagappa Nagar".
There is also a Polytechnic called Thiagarajar Polytechnic College having engineering departments of Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical and Civil Engineering.
References
edit- ^ "Alagappa Nagar Post Office | District Thrissur, Government Of Kerala | India". Retrieved 22 April 2021.