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CHINGLEPUT, or CHENGALPAT

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 233 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CHINGLEPUT, or CHENGALPAT

CHINGLEPUT, or CHENGALPAT , a See also:

TOWN

town and See also:

DISTRICT

district of B,iitish See also:

India, in the See also:

MADRAS

Madras See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency. The town, situated 36 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail from Madras, had a See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population in 1901 of 10,551. With Chandragiri in See also:

North See also:

ARCOT

Arcot, Chingleput was once the See also:

capital of the See also:

VIJAYANAGAR, or BIJANAGAR (" the city of victory ")

Vijayanagar See also:

KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, after their overthrow by the Mussulmans at Talikota in 1565. In 1639 a See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, subject to these kings, granted to the See also:

East India See also:

COMPANY

Company the See also:

LAND

land on which Fort St See also:

George now stands. The fort built by the Vijayanagar kings in the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century was of strategic importance, owing to its swampy surroundings and the See also:

lake that flanked its See also:

side. It was taken by the See also:

French in 1751, and was retaken in 1752 by See also:

Clive, after which it proved invaluable to the See also:

BRITISH

British, especially when See also:

LALLY, THOMAS ARTHUR, COMTE DE

Lally in his advance on Madras See also:

LEFT

left it unreduced in his See also:

REAR

rear. During the See also:

WARS

wars of the British with Hyder See also:

ALI

Ali it withstood his See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power, and afforded a See also:

REFUGE

refuge to the natives; and in 178o, after the defeat of See also:

COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel W. See also:

Baillie, the See also:

army of See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

HECTOR

Hector See also:

Munro here found refuge. The town is noted for its manufacture of pottery, and carries on a See also:

trade in See also:

rice. The DISTRICT OF CHINGLEPUT surrounds the See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of Madras, stretching along the See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast for about 115 M. The administrative headquarters are at See also:

SAIDAPET

Saidapet. See also:

AREA

Area, 3079 sq. m.

Pop. (1901) 1,312,122, showing an increase of 9% in the See also:

DECADE (from Gr. Oka, ten)

decade. See also:

Salt is extensively manufactured all along the coast. See also:

Cotton and See also:

SILK

silk See also:

WEAVING

weaving is also largely carried on, and there are numerous See also:

INDIGO (earlier indico, from Lat. indicum, the Indian sub-stance or dye; the Sans. name was niti, from nila, dark blue, and this through Arab. al-nil, annil, gives " aniline ")

indigo vats, tanneries and an See also:

ENGLISH

English See also:

CIGAR

cigar factory.

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