 In 1856, the Madurai collector reported on the construction of a new road connecting Tirumangalam, Madurai to Sholavandan; to "save the necessity of bandies going from the southward to Dindigul, coming into Madura".This road construction was apparently started with a subscription raised by the merchants of the Nadar community of Thirumangalam.Sholavandan started receiving the benefits of western school education as early as 1870.