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Residents urge restoration of street lights on Nagapattinam’s New Beach Road • Dec. 8, 2024, 11:01 PM ET (The Hindu)
Four Myanmar fishermen rescued near Nagapattinam • Dec. 6, 2024, 11:24 PM ET (The Hindu)
Sri Lankan Navy arrests 18 fishermen from TN, Karaikal • Dec. 2, 2024, 11:24 PM ET (The Hindu)
Cyclone Fengal Highlights: Cyclone Fengal likely to hit Tamil Nadu today, schools and colleges shut in Chennai • Nov. 27, 2024, 9:14 PM ET (The Indian Express)
Heavy rain pounds Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai districts • Nov. 26, 2024, 10:44 PM ET (The Hindu)

Nagapattinam, port city, east-central Tamil Nadu state, southeastern India. It lies on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, about 250 miles (400 km) south of Chennai (Madras). The city was an ancient port known to have traded with Europe in Greek and Roman times before it became a Portuguese and later a Dutch colony. Its influence declined with the growth of Chennai. Economic activity includes ship repair, fishing, steel rolling, and the manufacture of metal goods. Tourism has also become important in the region. In December 2004 a large tsunami in the Indian Ocean generated by an undersea ...(100 of 160 words)

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