Salem

Salem is also known as the Mango city in Tamil nadu. The name ‘Salem appeals to have been derived from Sela or Shalya by which the term refers to the country around the hills, as in the inscriptions. In 1947 Salem is an independent part of Free India. 1951 Exchange of Villages between Mysore and Madras State look place under the provinces and states (Absorption of Enclaves) order 1950. 1961 Sankari Taulk was formed from Trichengode Taulk. 1965 Salem District was bifurcated into salem Dhurmapuri District (2-10 1965), Salem constituted 8 Taulks Salem Attur Yercaud, Omalur Sankagiri, Tiruchengode, Rasipuram and Namakkal, Dharmapuri constituted 4 Taluks Hosur, Krishnagiri, Harur and Dharmapuri. 1966 Mettur Taluk was formed from Omalur Taluk and Salem constituted Nine taluks. 1989 Parmathivelore Taluk was newly formed. 1997 Salem District was bifurcated into Salem and Namakkal District (2- 2- 1997) Salem constituted 8 taluks - Salem, Yercttud, Attur, Omalur. Mettur, Sankagiri, Gangavalli, Idappadi and Namakkal district constituted 4 Taluks - Namakkal, Tiruchengode, Rasipuram and Paramathi Velur. 1998 Attur Division was newly formed and a new Taluk Valappadi was formed. Salem attained its present administrative setup. The city is also famous for Sago, Bauxite, Lorry Body building, Hand loom weaving and Steel Plants. Local tradition claims Salem as the birth place of Tamil poetess Avvaiyar. The town is surrounded by an amphitheatre of hills, the Nagarmalai in the north the Jeragamalai in the south, the Kanjanamalai on the west and Godumalai on the east. It is divided by the Thirumanimuthar in the main division.