Dindigul is a City and municipality in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. It is the administrative headquarters of Dindigul district.The History of Dindigul revolves around the Dindigul Fort built by the Nayaks of Madurai, as this was a position of great strategic importance with commanding views to passes into Madurai from the north side especially Coimbatore. Dindigul and the fort figured prominently in the military operations of the Madurai Nayaks,Kingdom of Mysore,Marathas,Polygar War in the 17th and 18th centuries, and of Hyder Ali in 1755. It was captured by the British thrice in 1767, 1783 and 1790 and finally in 1799 it was ceded to British Empire.