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Thoothukudi is a port city, a Municipal Corporation and an industrial city in Thoothukudi district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The city lies in the Coromandel Coast off Bay of Bengal. Thoothukudi is the headquarters of Thoothukudi district.According to Confederation of Indian Industry, Thoothukudi has the second highest Human Development Index in Tamil Nadu next to Chennai. Tuticorin City serves as the headquarters of Tamilnad Mercantile Bank Limited. Major educational establishments in the city include Thoothukudi Government Medical College, Fisheries College and Research Institute, Marine Training Academy, V.O.C. Arts & Science College, Government Polytechnic College, and Anna University Tuticorin Campus.Tuticorin Port is one of the Fastest growing Major Ports in India. Tuticorin is an "Emerging Energy and Industrial hub of South India".

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  • Painel de D. João de Castro, Patrono do IPE, exposto na Sala D. João de Castro (cropped)

    João de Castro, Viceroy of Portuguese India, established Portuguese rule in Thoothukudi (1548 to 1658)

  • Dutch Tuticorin

    View of the Dutch port in Thoothukudi, in 1752

  • 01Thoothukudi - Salt Pan

    Salt Pans in the City

  • A view of Tuticorin Port

    V. O. Chidambaranar Port Trust

  • Tuticorin Macroons

    Thoothukudi Macroons

  • Sea front Tuticorin 1913

    Port of Thoothukudi during the Madras Presidency, c.a. 1913

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