Today it is a base for pilgrims visiting Tamil Nadu's great temple complexes, but every schoolchild, at least those from the old school, knew Trichy for the British defeats of the French here in the 1750s.
Trichy was once known as being the place where the French forces fell to the British in the 18th century.
mnli hypothesis: Trichy was once known as being the place where the French forces fell to the British in the 18th century. premise: Today it is a base for pilgrims visiting Tamil Nadu's great temple complexes, but every schoolchild, at least those from the old school, knew Trichy for the British defeats of the French here in the 1750s.