Gandharvakottai estate

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Gandharvakottai estate was the largest zamindari estate in Tanjore district. The headquarters was the town of . Composed of two disjointed enclaves, the zamindari was surrounded on three sides by the Tanjore taluk of Tanjore district and on the south-west by princely state of Pudukkottai. The two disjointed enclaves were separated by the . The zamindari was abolished when India became independent in 1947 and was constituted into the . Gandharvakottai taluk was transferred to Pudukkottai district in the 1990s.

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  • Hemingway, F. R. (1906). Madras District Gazetteers: Tanjore. Government Press, Madras. p. 262.
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