Arcot

E68475
historic town town

Arcot is a historic town in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu that served as an important political and military center, especially under the Nawabs of the Carnatic during the 18th century.

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Label Occurrences
Arcot canonical 36

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic town ⓘ
town ⓘ
administrativeDivision taluk headquarters ⓘ
associatedWithDynasty Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ
surface form: Carnatic Nawabs
associatedWithPerson Chanda Sahib ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah ⓘ
Robert Clive ⓘ
associatedWithTitle Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ
surface form: Nawab of Arcot
battleSite Siege of Arcot ⓘ
climate tropical savanna climate ⓘ
country India ⓘ
elevation low-lying plain along Palar River ⓘ
governedBy Arcot municipality ⓘ
hasLandmark Jama Masjid of Arcot ⓘ
various dargahs of Carnatic Nawabs ⓘ
hasStructure Arcot fort (ruins) ⓘ
historicalEra 18th century ⓘ
historicalImportance center of Indo-Muslim culture in the Carnatic ⓘ
historicalRegion Carnatic ⓘ
historicalRole buffer state between Mysore and the Coromandel Coast ⓘ
involvedInConflict Anglo-French rivalry in India ⓘ
Carnatic Wars ⓘ
knownFor siege of Arcot (1751) ⓘ
strategic military importance in the Carnatic Wars ⓘ
locatedIn Ranipet district ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInRegion northern Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedNear Vellore ⓘ
locatedOn southern bank of the Palar River ⓘ
locatedOnRoad Chennai–Bengaluru highway ⓘ
nearRiver Palar River ⓘ
officialLanguage Tamil ⓘ
partOf Carnatic region of India ⓘ
surface form: Carnatic region of South India

Mughal Empire (in much of the territory) ⓘ
surface form: Mughal Empire (indirectly through the Carnatic)
postalCodeType PIN ⓘ
religionMajority Hinduism ⓘ
religionMinority Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
ruledBy Nawab of the Carnatic ⓘ
surface form: Nawabs of the Carnatic
servedAs capital of the Nawabs of the Carnatic ⓘ
military center of the Carnatic ⓘ
political center of the Carnatic ⓘ
timeZone Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset +5:30 ⓘ
vehicleRegistrationCode TN 73 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Carnatic region of India → associatedWith → Arcot ⓘ
Carnatic region of India → capitalOfNawabLocatedAt → Arcot ⓘ
Siege of Arcot → location → Arcot ⓘ
Nawab of the Carnatic → appliesToJurisdiction → Arcot ⓘ
Nawab of the Carnatic → seatOfGovernment → Arcot ⓘ
Nawab of the Carnatic → hasCapital → Arcot ⓘ
Second Carnatic War → theatreOfWar → Arcot ⓘ
Chanda Sahib → placeOfActivity → Arcot ⓘ
Chanda Sahib → powerBase → Arcot ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → mainWorkLocation → Arcot ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → capital → Arcot ⓘ
Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → associatedWithPlace → Arcot ⓘ
Siege of Arcot (1780) → location → Arcot ⓘ
Carnatic → capital → Arcot ⓘ
Carnatic → importantCity → Arcot ⓘ
Saadatullah Khan I → regionGoverned → Arcot ⓘ
Saadatullah Khan I → residence → Arcot ⓘ
Saadatullah Khan I → capital → Arcot ⓘ
Saadatullah Khan I → deathPlace → Arcot ⓘ
Anwaruddin Khan → areaOfInfluence → Arcot ⓘ
Anwaruddin Khan → residence → Arcot ⓘ
Wallajah dynasty → seatOfPower → Arcot ⓘ
Wallajah dynasty → capital → Arcot ⓘ
Dost Ali Khan → associatedWith → Arcot ⓘ
Dost Ali Khan → powerBase → Arcot ⓘ
Carnatic Nawabate → capital → Arcot ⓘ
Arcot municipality → administers → Arcot ⓘ
Arcot municipality → locatedIn → Arcot ⓘ
Arcot fort (ruins) → locatedIn → Arcot ⓘ
Jama Masjid of Arcot → locatedIn → Arcot ⓘ
Jama Masjid of Arcot → town → Arcot ⓘ
Chanda Saheb → areaOfInfluence → Arcot ⓘ
Safdar Ali Khan → residence → Arcot ⓘ
Safdar Ali Khan → powerBase → Arcot ⓘ
Ranipet district → hasMajorTown → Arcot ⓘ
Chandrashekhar Sahib → region → Arcot ⓘ