Gandhi Market officially called as Mahatma Gandhi Market, is a wholesale
farmers' market
A farmers' market (or farmers market according to the AP stylebook, also farmer's market in the Cambridge Dictionary) is a physical retail marketplace intended to sell foods directly by farmers to consumers. Farmers' markets may be indoors or o ...
in the city of
Tiruchirappalli
Tiruchirappalli () ( formerly Trichinopoly in English), also called Tiruchi or Trichy, is a major tier II city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and the administrative headquarters of Tiruchirappalli district. The city is credited with bei ...
in
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
,
India
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.
History
Its construction began as the Fort Market in 1867 and completed in 1868.
The market was expanded in 1927, when
P. Rathinavelu Thevar
P.Rathinavelu Thevar (1888–1948) was an Indian politician who served the Chairperson of the Trichinopoly Municipality from 1924 to 1946. He was the Vice-President of the Justice Party, before joining the Indian National Congress
The ...
was the mayor of Tiruchirappalli and renamed as Mahatma Gandhi market after
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (; ; 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948), popularly known as Mahatma Gandhi, was an Indian lawyer, anti-colonial nationalist Quote: "... marks Gandhi as a hybrid cosmopolitan figure who transformed ... anti- ...
.
See also
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Golden Rock Shandy
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Koyambedu Wholesale Market Complex
Notes
References
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Economy of Tiruchirappalli
Wholesale markets in India
Commercial buildings completed in 1868
Buildings and structures in Tiruchirappalli