1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
ARCOT, the name of a city and two districts of British India in the presidency of Madras. Arcot city is the principal town in the district of North Arcot. It occupies a very prominent place in the history of the British conquest of India, but it has now lost its manufactures and trade and preserves only a few mosques and tombs as traces of its former grandeur. It is a station on the line of railway from Madras to Beypur, but has ceased to be ARCTIC— ARCUEIL a military cantonment. The most famous episode in its hist…
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