Tiruvannamalai special grade municipality

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Tiruvannamalai Municipality

திருவண்ணாமலை மாநகராட்சி
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History
FoundedOctober 21, 1866;157 years ago (1866-10-21)
Leadership
Nirmala Karthivelmaran (DMK)
Sumathi Arul (DMK)
Structure
Seats39
Political groups
Government (32)

SPA (32)

  •   DMK (30)
  •   INC (2)

Opposition (6)

Others (1)

Tiruvannamalai special grade municipality is the civic agency which governs urban area of Tiruvannamalai in the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu. [1] . [2] It was first constituted as Municipal body in the year 1866, [3] being one of the oldest surviving municipal agency of Madras presidency. later upgraded into Second grade, first grade and selection grade municipalities [4] in the past century and currently a special Grade municipal body, a superior agency with municipality status from the year 2008.

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