Editing Mayiladuthurai (section)

== History ==
[[File:Mayuranathaswami temple tank.jpg|thumb|left|Mayuranathaswami temple tank filled with water from the Kaveri River]]
Mayiladuthurai is of significant antiquity, its oldest extant temples dating to the time of the [[Medieval Cholas]]. The region, however, is known to have been inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC. Sherds of megalithic black and red ware have been found at [[Akkur, Nagapattinam|Akkur]], {{convert|14|km|mi|abbr=on}} to the east of Mayiladuthurai.<ref name="indianarchaeologyp23">[[#Arch69|Archaeological Survey of India 1969]], p. 23</ref> In 2006, artifacts with Indus Valley signs dated between 2000 and 1500 BC were found at the nearby village of [[Sembiyankandiyur]].<ref name="thehindu_20060501">{{cite news|title=Significance of Mayiladuthurai find|url=http://hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050101992000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060617092617/http://www.hindu.com/2006/05/01/stories/2006050101992000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 June 2006|date=1 May 2006|author=T. S. Subramanian|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref><ref name="thehindu_20080427">{{cite news|title=Megalithic pottery found|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/27/stories/2008042757322000.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430204206/http://www.hindu.com/2008/04/27/stories/2008042757322000.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 April 2008|author=T. S. Subramanian|date=27 April 2008|location=Chennai, India|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> There have been references to Mayiladuthurai in the works of the 7th century Saivite saint [[Sambandar]].<ref name="originp317">[[#Swami|Swami 1939]], p. 317</ref> The [[Thanjavur Nayak]] king [[Raghunatha Nayak]] constructed ''mandapams'' in Mayiladuthurai.<ref name="sourcesp324">[[#Aiyangar|Aiyangar 1919]], p. 324</ref> During the 17th and 18th centuries AD, Mayiladuthurai was ruled by the [[Thanjavur Maratha kingdom|Thanjavur Marathas]].<ref name="modernp53">[[#Trivedi|Trivedi 1971]], p. 53</ref> In 1799, Mayiladuthurai,  was ceded to the [[British East India Company]], along with the rest of the Thanjavur Maratha kingdom, by the Thanjavur Maratha ruler [[Serfoji II]].<ref name="indicap125">[[#SS|S. S. 1996]], p. 125</ref> Mayiladuthurai prospered under British rule emerging as an important town in Tanjore district. Carnatic musicians [[Madurai Mani Iyer]] and [[Gopalakrishna Bharathi]] and [[Samuel Vedanayagam Pillai]], who wrote the first Tamil novel ''[[Prathapa Mudaliar Charithram]]'' were connected with Mayiladuthurai while Tamil writer [[Kalki Krishnamurthy]], [[M.S. Udayamurthy|M.S.Udhaya Moorthy]] studied at the Municipal High School in Mayiladuthurai.<ref name="historicalmoments">{{cite web|title=Historical Moments: History of Mayuram|url=http://municipality.tn.gov.in/mayiladuthurai/abcity_Historical%20Moments.htm|publisher=Mayiladuthurai Municipality|year=2011|access-date=17 May 2014}}</ref> According to local folklore, Mayiladuthurai was associated with Hindu holy men called "Siddhars".<ref name="historicalmoments" /> To this day, a neighbourhood of Mayiladuthurai is called Siddharkaadu.<ref name="historicalmoments" /> When the Tanjore district was trifurcated in 1991, Mayiladuthurai was transferred to the newly formed [[Nagapattinam district]].

Mayiladuthurai was inaugurated as the 38th district of Tamil Nadu on December 28, 2020. The district was carved out of the existing [[Nagapattinam district]] and inaugurated by the Tamil Nadu Former Chief Minister K Palaniswami. The declaration was made earlier on March 24, 2020.<ref name="Nagdistrict2">{{cite web|year=2011|title=Nagapattinam District Home Page|url=http://www.nagapattinam.tn.nic.in/|access-date=17 May 2014|publisher=Government of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=D. Vincent Arockiaraj|date=Dec 28, 2020|title=Edappadi K Palaniswami: Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami inaugurates newly created Mayiladuthurai district |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/tamil-nadu-edappadi-k-palaniswami-inaugurates-newly-created-mayiladuthurai-district/articleshow/79990617.cms|access-date=2020-12-30|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>