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2 unusual facts about Arcot, Vellore


Henry Martyn Scudder

With excellent command in Tamil language, he published Spiritual Teaching, The Bazaar Book, and Jewel Mine of Salvation that had become valuable aid to missionaries and native preachers—These are still used in Arcot districts.

In 1850, he founded the mission American Arcot Mission for the board of the Dutch Reformed Church at Arcot, where he labored until 1864.


84th Punjabis

It was raised by Captain Donald Macdonald at Vellore on 12 August 1794, as the 34th Battalion of Madras Native Infantry.

A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar

Diwan Bahadur Sir Arcot Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar, FRCOG, FACS (October 14, 1887 – 1974) was an Indian educationist and physician.

A. Sabhapathi Mudaliar

Rao Bahadur Arcot Sabhapathi Mudaliar was an Indian industrialist, businessman and Indian independence activist who was an early pioneer of the Indian National Congress and framed its constitution.

A.R.L.M. Matriculation Higher Secondary School

It was founded by, and named after, the Arcot Twins Arcot Ramasamy Mudaliar and A. Lakshmanaswami Mudaliar.

Carnatic region

The Nawab Saadet-Allah of Arcot (1710–1732) established his independence; his successor Dost Ali (1732–1740) conquered and annexed Madura in 1736, and his successors were confirmed in their position as Nawabs of the Carnatic by the Nizam of Hyderabad after that potentate had established his power in southern India.

Charles Godeheu

Robert Clive, a discontented young British factor who had left the countinghouse for the field, seized the fort of Arcot, political capital of Karnataka, with 210 men in August 1751.

Chennai Central–Bangalore City line

The first train service in southern India and the third in India was operated by Madras Railway from Royapuram / Veyasarapady to Wallajah Road (Arcot) in 1856.

Chitra Bharucha

Born in Madurai, India, she was educated at Ewart School, Madras and Christian Medical College and Hospital, Vellore, gaining her medical qualification before moving to the UK in 1972.

D.P. Kothari

Dwarkadas Pralhaddas Kothari (born 7 October 1944) is an educationist and professor who has held leadership positions at premier engineering institutions in India like IIT Delhi, Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology, Nagpur and VIT University, Vellore.

Dhanaji Jadhav

In December 1695, Dhanaji was defeated in a battle near Vellore by Zulfikhar Ali Khan.

Dharapadavedu

Vellore-Katpadi Railway junction is located here.It is also a part of katpadi locality.

Frank Lake

In 1946 Lake was posted to the parasitology department of the Vellore Medical Centre.

Ghulam Mohiuddin

Ghulam Mohiuddin Khan (died 1969), prince of Arcot (now in Tamil Nadu), India

Golden Temple, Sripuram

The golden temple of 'Sripuram' (Tamil: ஸ்ரீபுரம்) is a spiritual park situated at the foot of a small range of green hills in a place known as "Malaikodi" in the city of Vellore in Tamil Nadu, India.

Inam Kulathur

Inam Kulathur has been ruled, at different times, by the Early CholasEarly PandyasLater Cholas, Delhi SultanateMadurai Sultanate, Arcot Nawab and the British, prior to the formation of the Republic of India.

Indian Union Muslim League

In the Lok Sabha elections in 2004 the party won two Parliament seats, E. Ahamed from Kerala and K. M. Kader Mohideen from Tamil Nadu (elected as a Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate from Vellore).

Josiah Marshall Heath

In 1830, factories were built at Porto Novo, in the south of the Arcot district, with a government loan.

Kalavai puthur

Several bus services (Route no: 9,30,42,T12) are available from Arni, Arcot.

Nerkattumseval

In 1754, after Muhammed Ali had finally established himself as the Nawab of Arcot, Col. Alexander Hamilton was appointed to lead the troops that would establish his rule in Tirulneveli.

Parantaka I

Parantaka defeated the combined army at the battle of Vellore.

Pennagar

Pennagar, Vellore, a village panchayat in Vellore Taluk, Vellore District

Poonamallee

It is also an important halting point for buses starting from Chennai Mofussil Bus Terminus and going towards Tirupati, Kanchipuram, Vellore etc.

Prince Anwar Shah Road

In the aftermath of the death of Tipu Sultan, during the battle of Mysore, the then British rulers threw all twelve sons of Tipu into prison at Vellore.

Project RISHI

The UCLA chapter currently works in the village of Vadamanappakkam, Tamil Nadu, near the cities of Kancheepuram and Vellore.

Robert Wight

This collection consisted of specimens from around Madras up to Vellore and from Samalkota and Rajahmundry, now in Andhra Pradesh.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Vellore

The last great prince Venkatapathy Deva Rayalu of Vijayanagar conquered the kingdom of Vellore in 1604 and as we mentioned earlier, he kept two Jesuit priests in his court, first at Chandragiri and later at Vellore, and allowed them to build a church at Vellore fort.

Siege of Arcot

The Siege of Arcot (23 September – 14 November 1751) took place at Arcot, India between forces of the British East India Company led by Robert Clive and forces of Nawab of the Carnatic, Chanda Sahib, assisted by a small number of troops from the French East India Company.

South Arcot

The subah of Arcot was ceded to the British East India Company in 1801, and subsequently the district was split into North Arcot and South Arcot.

Thug Behram

Today the sinister Canova medallion, reputed to have been used in at least 65 murders, along with an aged hand-written document of 1831 supporting Behram's son Ali's continuance at an Indigo factory (Correspondence from the Quarter Master General’s office regarding the Indigo Factory in the Sepoy Lines at Vellore) are preserved in a private museum.

V. L. Ethiraj

Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.

V.M. Muralidharan

As the Chairman of Ethiraj College Trust, he heads the trust board that oversees the functioning of the renowned Ethiraj College for Women, Chennai and the Ethiraj Matriculation School, Vellore.

Vellore A. R. Srinivasan

Vellore A. R. Srinivasan is a classical Carnatic musician as well as an Associate Professor of Biochemistry at Mahatma Gandhi Medical College & Research Institute at Sri Balaji Vidyapeeth University in Pondicherry, India.

Vellore Airport

The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has embarked on an "idle airports activation programme" in the Southern region that includes Vellore.

Vellore Mutiny

English poet Sir Henry Newbolt's poem Gillespie is an account of the events of the Vellore Mutiny.

Vickers Vellore

After spares were sent out the flight continued until, over the Timor Sea and close to Australia, the engine began to malfunction again and the Vellore was wrecked in trees near the Cape Don lighthouse at the western extremity of the Cobourg Peninsula on the Australian mainland.

The Vickers Vellore, named after the Indian city of Vellore in the state of Tamil Nadu, was a response to Air Ministry specification 34/24, which called for a civil mail and freight carrier.

Weill Cornell Medical College

Ida S. Scudder (M.D. 1899), Medical Missionary in India; Founder of Christian Medical College, Vellore, Tamil Nadu)


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