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'''Begampur''',<ref>{{Citation|date=2012-11-12|pages=85–115|publisher=Harvard University Press|isbn=978-0-674-06365-5|doi=10.2307/j.ctvkjb4rq.6|chapter=Everybody's Taj|title=Taj Mahal}}</ref> is one of the zones of [[Dindigul Municipal Corporation]] located in [[Dindigul]], [[Tamil Nadu]].

==Origin of the name==
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[[Hyder Ali]] (1721 -82 CE) was the [[Sultan]] [[Kingdom of Mysore]] in [[South India]]. Dindigul is the place where Hyder and [[Tipu Sultan|Tipu]] resided for many years. Hyder was appointed the commandant at Dindigul in 1755 to increase the taxes and he was effective in the same. He donated a part of the funds for the development of temples and mosques in the region. Hyder's son Tipu was made the commandant of the Fort and he ruled from there from 1784 to 1790. Tipu was killed in the Mysore War of 1790 when the British forces annexed the Fort.
<ref name=hindu1>{{cite news|title=Honour for a monarch|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/honour-for-a-monarch/article4810300.ece|last=Saqaf|first=Syed Muthahar|newspaper=The Hindu|date=13 June 2013|accessdate=7 February 2016}}</ref> Hyder is believed to have constructed three mosques in Dindigul - one for himself, second for his soldiers and third for the public, which is the Begampur Mosque. During 1766, Ameerunnisa Begam, the younger sister of Hyder was dead and a tomb was built in the mosque for her.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tourism in Dindigul|url=http://dindigul.nic.in/tourism/tourism_dindigul.html|publisher=Dindigul District Administration|year=2011|accessdate=7 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207155413/http://dindigul.nic.in/tourism/tourism_dindigul.html|archive-date=7 February 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Begampur area is called the name of '''Ameerunnisa Begam'''.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.indiamapia.com/Dindigul/Begampur.html |title = Begampur Pin Code, Begampur , Dindigul Map , Latitude and Longitude , Tamil Nadu}}</ref><ref>[http://www.jaffnamuslim.com/2013/10/blog-post_3333.html இந்திய விடுதலைப் போரில் இசுலாமியப் பெண்கள்]</ref>

==Begumpur Big Mosque==
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'''Begumpur Big Mosque''' is a mosque located in madurai Road, Begumpur in [[Dindigul]], located in the [[South India]]n state of [[Tamil Nadu]]. Constructed in the [[Mughal architecture|Mughal architectural style]], the mosque was built by [[Haidar Ali]]. The mosque is named after Ameerunnisa Begum, the younger sister of Hyder, who is buried in the mosque during 1766.

The mosque is the largest and one of the oldest in Dindigul and is active as a place of worship.

== Neighbourhoods ==
Its neighborhoods are Nagal Nagar, Mettupatti, Saveriyar palayam, Muhamadiya Puram, parai patti.

== Education ==
It has Hajarath Ameerunisha Begam Higher secondary School, Green Park Matriculation School, Lourdes Higher Secondary School, St Xavier Middle School, Annai Indhira English Medium School.

== Transport ==
Nearest Railway Station [[Dindigul]] Junction railway station.

==References==
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== See also ==
* [[Begumpur Mosque, Dindigul]]
* [[Dindigul Fort]]
* [[Dindigul]]

[[Category:Cities and towns in Dindigul district]]
[[Category:Dindigul]]

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223.182.223.240: /* Begumpur Big Mosque */Not thadikombu road