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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 979 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VELLORE , a See also:

TOWN

town of See also:

BRITISH

British. See also:

India, in the See also:

North See also:

ARCOT

Arcot See also:

DISTRICT

district of See also:

MADRAS

Madras, on the See also:

RIVER

river Palar and the See also:

South See also:

INDIAN

Indian railway, 87 m. W. of Madras See also:

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

city. ' Pop. (1901) 43,537. It has a strongly built fortress, which was famous in the See also:

WARS

wars of the Carnatic. It See also:

DATES

dates traditionally from the 13th See also:

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

century, but more probably only from the 17th. It is a See also:

FINE

fine example of Indian military See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, and contains a See also:

temple adorned with admirable sculptures. In 178o it withstood a See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege for two years by See also:

RYDER, ALBERT PINKHAM (1847– )

Ryder See also:

ALI

Ali. After the fall of See also:

SERINGAPATAM, or SRIRANGAPATANA

Seringapatam (1799) Vellore was selected as the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the sons of Tippoo See also:

SAHIB

Sahib, and to their intrigues has been attributed the See also:

mutiny of the sepoys here in 18o6. An See also:

AMERICAN

American See also:

MISSION

mission manages a high school, raised to the See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of a See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college in 1898;. and the See also:

POLICE (Fr. police, government, civil administration, a police force, Gr. sroXumeia, constitution, condition of a state, roars, city, state)

police training school for the See also:

PRESIDENCY

presidency is also situated here. Vellore has a large See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain See also:

trade, and See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are cultivated in the vicinity.

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