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History of
Tirupur :
Tirupur, the banian
town of India, has
time and again
played an important
role and made its
indelible mark in
the pages of
History, be it its
epical connection to
the Mahabharata or
the Indian
independence
struggle or in the
present industrial
scenario It is
believed that the
Indian epical
heroes, the pandavas
of the mahabaratha,
has visited the now
trippur during the
period of exile. The
Shiva lingam, in the
temple at Avinashi,
12 Kms from trippur,
was made and offered
prayers by the
pandavas. There
wouldn’t be a single
Indian who is
unaware of the
courageous and
patriotic Indian
freedom fighter,
Kumaran, who has
hailed from Tirupur.
Tirupur Kumaran, as
came to be known
later, gave his life
valiantly fighting
for the noble cause
of the Indian
independence and in
doing so brought
more fame to the
already renowned
town of trippur. A
century back, the
main occupation of
the inhabitants of
the tirupr was
making vessels.
Though this industry
has lost its
eminence now, one
could still see
quite a few vessels
manufacturing units
has lost its
eminence now, one
could still see
quite a few vessel
manufacturing units
in Anuparpalayam on
the outskirts of the
Tirupur. Infact the
other belt, as one
travels from Chennai
to Tirupur is in one
way or the other
famous for one
industry or the
other. The name a
few, Chennai is the
state capital and
the business
capital. Coming down
further, Katpadi
with its leather
industry, Salem is
the steel plant;
erode with its
handloom and textile
industry. Tirupur
with its knitwear
industry and
Coimbatore, famous
for its machine
tools and
engineering works,
all have their own
flourishing business
and trade eminence .
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Industrial information:
Modern knitting
technology had its
beginning in 1589,
when Rev.W.Lee
developed his
knitting frame in
Nottinghamshire in
the United Kingdom.
Development of
modern knitting
technology was
thereafter first
adopted in the
United Kingdom and
Europe. The first
knitting unit in
India was
established in 1893
near Khiderpore
docks in Calcutta.
Since then the
knitting industry
has begun expanding
in and around
Calcutta,
Narayangunj and
Pabna in undivided
Bengal, Tirupur in
South India and then
expanded to Ludhiana
in Punjab. The
knitting industry is
now an important
segment of the
Indian Textile
industry. Its
importance can be
gauged from the fact
that it consumes
about 1/6th of all
fibre yarn output of
textile industry in
India. Being
basically a labour
intensive industry,
it is confined to
small scale sector
and is highly
decentralized in its
operations.
Government of India
brought cotton and
woolen hosiery
industry under
reservation for
small scale
industries sector
during 1979. Today
there are about 3000
banian factories
manufacturing vests
and briefs, over 500
export units and
other ancillary
units. In addition
to the above,
several hundreds of
families are doing
the small card board
boxes manufacturing
in their own houses
for use by local
banian manufactures.
The industry employs
nearly one lakh of
labour force
directly and about
50 thousand
indirectly in the
units. A strikingly
noteworthy feature
of knitwear exports
is that it had
spectacular growth
over a relatively
short period. From a
moderate level of
300 crores of rupees
in 1990, exports of
knitwear from
Tirupur have
registered a
remarkable increase
of over 4000 crores
in 1999.
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Tirupur Town.... |
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The population of
Tirupur, at present
is around 8 lakhs,
half of which is
floating
one.Tirupur,covering
an area of
approx.25sq kms.,has
15 hotels and
restuarants of
medium and star
category,40 movie
halls,and branches
of almost all Indian
Banks.Good Transport
and communication
facilities connect
Tirupur to most of
the important and
intersting places
around the country.
Weather: Weather of
Tirupur is normally
bright and sunny in
the day and
pleasently cool and
breezy in the
evenings. The
monsoon season is
from October till
December. The best
season to visit
Tirupur is between
November and March.
The temperature in
Tirupur varies
between 18 deg. C
and 40 deg. C
depending on the
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Road Connection from
Tirupur |
-
Bangalore (310 kms
from trippur), the
garden city of
India.
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Chennai (470 kms)
- The state
capital and
business center.
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Coimbatore
(60 kms)
Manchester of
India and the
nearest airport
from Tirupur.
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Madurai (179 kms),
the temple city.
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Mysore (200 kms),
the charming
palace town of
south India .
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Ooty (106 kms),
the queen of hill
stations Coonoor
(90 kms) -
hill stations ,
scientific
institutes , park,
botanical gardens
etc.,
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Kodai kanal (110
kms), from Tirupur.
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A hill resort with
lakes , boating,
orchodarium etc…
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Cochin and
Earnakulam A port
from where major
export
consignments from
Tirupur are
shipped .
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Air Connect : |
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Though Tirupur
doesn’t have its own
airport, but
Coimbatore (one hour
drive from Tirupur)
has an airport and
has frequent flights
from all major
cities in India. The
information given in
the following tables
may change.
Information from
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