North Arcot

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North Arcot
District of the Madras Presidency
1855–1989
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Location of North Arcot district at the time of the formation of Madras State in 1956
Capital	Chittoor (1855 - 1911), Tiruvannamalai (1911-1913), Vellore (1913-1989)
Area
• 1901	19,129.7 km2 (7,386.0 sq mi)
Population
• 1901	2,207,712
History
• Annexation of the Arcot State	1855
• Separation of the Chittoor district	1911
• Bifurcated into the districts of Tiruvannamalai and Vellore	1989
Preceded by Succeeded by Nawab of the Carnatic Tiruvannamalai district Vellore district
The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. 5

North Arcot was a former district in Madras Presidency, acquired by the annexation of the Arcot State in 1855 when its Nawab died without issue. It had Chittoor as its headquarters (currently in Andhra pradesh).^[1] On 1 April 1911, the Chittoor district was separated from North Arcot. The remaining district, with Vellore as its headquarters,^[2] passed intact into the Madras State of independent India. On 30 September 1989 the district was split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar district (present-day Tiruvannamalai district) and North Arcot Ambedkar district (present-day Vellore district). It contained the present day districts of Tiruvannamalai, Vellore, Chittoor, Tirupati, Tirupattur and Ranipet.