South Arcot
South Arcot is a former district in India . It existed from 1801 to 1993 and included the area of today's Viluppuram and Cuddalore districts in the state of Tamil Nadu . The administrative seat of the district was the city of Cuddalore .
The South Arcot district came into being in 1801 when the Arcot Nawab , who had previously ruled the northern parts of what is now Tamil Nadu, ceded its territories to the British East India Company . The area of Arcot was divided into the districts of North Arcot and South Arcot and placed under the Madras presidency . After Indian independence, the North Arcot district came under the States Reorganization Act 1956 to the newly formed state of Madras, which now included the Tamil-speaking areas and was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969 . In 1993, the South Arcot district was divided into the Viluppuram and Cuddalore districts.
literature
- The Imperial Gazetteer of India. Volume 5: Abāzai to Arcot. New edition. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1908, pp. 420–437 , keyword: South Arcot District .
