Carnatic region of India

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historical region region of South India

The Carnatic region of India is a historical area in South India, largely corresponding to parts of modern Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh, that was a major theater of Anglo-French rivalry and early British colonial expansion.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Carnatic region	7
Carnatic	1
Carnatic region of South India	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical region ⓘ region of South India ⓘ
administrativeStatusUnderMughals	subah or province under nominal Mughal authority ⓘ
associatedWith	Arcot ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ
borders	Coromandel Coast ⓘ
capitalOfNawabLocatedAt	Arcot ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
economicActivity	maritime trade ⓘ textile production ⓘ
etymology	derived from Kannada or Tamil terms related to "black country" or "elevated land" ⓘ
governedBy	local nawabs under nominal Mughal suzerainty ⓘ
historicalName	Carnatic region of India self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Carnatic
historicalPeriod	18th century ⓘ colonial period in India ⓘ early modern period ⓘ
historicalRole	gateway for British expansion into South India ⓘ key arena of Anglo-French competition in India ⓘ
influencedBy	Deccan politics ⓘ Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ surface form: Mughal Empire
knownFor	European trading posts ⓘ military campaigns between European powers ⓘ strategic coastal location ⓘ
languageRegion	Tamil ⓘ Telugu ⓘ
laterCameUnder	direct British control ⓘ
laterIntegratedInto	Madras Presidency ⓘ
locatedIn	South India ⓘ
locatedOn	eastern coast of India ⓘ
majorPowerIn	Carnatic Wars ⓘ
partlyOverlaps	Puducherry ⓘ surface form: Puducherry region Andhra Pradesh ⓘ surface form: coastal Andhra Pradesh modern Tamil Nadu ⓘ
partOf	South Asia ⓘ surface form: Indian subcontinent
relatedTo	Carnatic Wars ⓘ Coromandel Coast ⓘ Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ surface form: Nawab of Arcot
religionRegion	Hinduism ⓘ Islam ⓘ
roughlyCorrespondsTo	Andhra Pradesh ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
ruledBy	Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ
underInfluenceOf	British East India Company ⓘ French East India Company ⓘ
wasTheaterOf	Anglo-French rivalry in India ⓘ conflict between British East India Company and French East India Company ⓘ early British colonial expansion in India ⓘ