Nawab of Arcot

Nawabs of the Carnatic
1692–1859
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Capital		Arcotc
Languages		English Persian Tamil Urdu Telugu
Religion		Islam
Government		Nobility
Historical era		Mughal rule in India Company rule in India British Raj Indian Independence movement Indian Independence
•	Emergence of the Mughal Empire	1692
•	Established	1692
•	Battle of Arcot	23 June 1757
•	Disestablished	1859
Preceded by Succeeded by Delhi Sultanate Mughal Empire Company rule in India British Raj
Today part of		India

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Nawabs of the Carnatic (also referred to as the Nawabs of Arcot) ruled the Carnatic region of South India between about 1690 and 1801. The Carnatic was a dependency of Hyderabad Deccan, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their rule is an important period in the history of Carnatic and Coromandel regions, in which the Mughal Empire gave way to the rising influence of the Maratha Empire, and later the emergence of the British Raj.

The old province known as the Carnatic, in which Madras (Chennai) was situated, extended from the Krishna river to the Kaveri river, and was bounded on the West by Mysore kingdom and Dindigul, (which formed part of the Sultanate of Mysore). The Northern portion was known as the 'Mughal Carnatic', the Southern the 'Maratha Carnatic' with the Maratha fortresses of Gingee and Ranjana-gad. Carnatic thus was the name commonly given to the region of Southern India that stretches from the East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh in the North, to the Maratha fort of Ranjana-Gad in the south (including Kaveri delta) and Coromandal Coast in the east to Western Ghats in the west.

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