The Legacy of Nawab Rule In South Arcot District- A Study
Main Article Content
Abstract
This article mainly focused to reveal the legacy of Nawab rule in South Arcot District during medieval period. In Nawab rule, the Cuddalore has known by the name of Islamabad and Villupuram renowned by Bailpur. The viceroys of Mughal emperors who were ruled their territory under the supremacy of Mughals. The Mughals ruled the entire India for sake of invasion and other way of attainment. Some of the Kings accept their paramount with any hesitation. The kings nominated the Governors in the name of Nawabs and Nizams. After the downfall of Mughal rule, especially Aurangzeb dominion, the feudatories and Governors ruled their region by their own. India has been ruled by numerous kings and dynasties, which segregated into three heads; ancient period ruled by Hindu kings, medieval period ruled by Muslim kings, and the Modern period ruled by Christians (Europeans). The South Arcot district has located on the southern part of India, might be important in the history of nawabs. This region played significant place in the growth and development of the Nawab kingdom. The Europeans tried to found a platform in the south Arcot district gradually. The geographical advantages given more benefit to the Europeans and partially benefit to the Nawabs of Arcot. Thus the legacy of nawab rule impacted in the region of South Arcot over the years.
Article Details
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms and conditions
1)Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License CC BY-NC-ND that allows other to share the work for non-commercial purposes without altering the original content with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
3)Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work
References
Chidambaram S Srinivasari, A History of Gingee and its rulers, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, 1943, p.495
Nawab is a title meaning viceroy : this particular nawabi domain was also known as Carnatic ; P.J.Marshall,, Robert Van Niel et al, (ed.,)India and Indonesia, Brill, Leiden, 1989, p.1
Martijin Theodoor Houtsma, E.J Brill’s First Encyclopaedia of Islam 1913-1836, Van donzel,1993, p.838
Edugur Thurston, The Madras presidency with Mysore, Coorg and the associated states, Cambridge university press, New Delhi, 2011, p.240
Shinnu Anna Abraham, et.all (ed.,), Connections and complexity, Routledge,London,2013 p.247
Maharajan.S., TheTamil Culture, Fifth world Tamil Conference Souvenir, Madras, 1981.
Upender singh, A history of ancient and early medieval India, Pearson education, Chennai, 2016,P.617
N.Annadurai, N Sundararajan, History of Cuddalore, Venus publications, Cuddalore, 2003, p.20
G.O.(Ms)No.483, Revenue(RA1(1), dated 18.12.3009
K.Kanniah, Cuddalore on the Coromandel Coast under the English 1690-1939, IRISH , Telicherry, 2002, p.12
Census of India, 2011, District Census handbook, Cuddalore, Series-34, Part XII-B, District census operations, Tamil Nadu, 2011, p.9
J.B.P More, Pondicherry, Tamil Nadu and South India under French rule, Rutledge, 2020, p.18