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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency= [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] |image=Barhistavar Temple, Tanjore.JPG|coordinates= [http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=10.784825,79.141466&z=12&t=h&hl=en 10.784825°N 79.141466°E] |altitude= 2 m (7 ft)|presentname= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanjavur Thanjavur]|stateprovince= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]|country= [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]|transport= [[South Indian Railway]]}}{{Places of Interest|title=Tanjore|name=Tanjore |link=xxxxx}} '''Tanjore''' was the headquarters of [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_231.gif Tanjore District] in [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]] during the British period. The Tanjore station is on the [[South Indian Railway]] [[Rail_gauge#Metre_Gauge|metre gauge (MG)]] '[[Madras-Tuticorin Mainline]]' and a junction with the '[[Nagore Branch Line]]' to [[Negapatam]] and [[Nagore]] on the coast, 53 miles(84km) . There is also the '[[Pulliarpati Quarry Branch Line]]', 4½ miles(7km) from Tanjore to the Pulliarpet Quarry. == History ==The [[East India Company]] intervened in a succession struggle during the [[2nd Carnatic War]] and in 1799 Raja Serfoji ceded absolute sovereignty to the Company after falling into arrears with the Nawab of Arcot an ally of the British. ==== Military history ====[[Battle of Tanjore]] 1773 == Spelling Variants ==Modern name:Thanjavur<br>Variants:Tanjore/Tanjavur<br> == FIBIS resources ==[[:Category:Tanjore images|Images of Tanjore]] == External links ==[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V23_248.gif Tanjore City] Imperial Gazetteer<br>[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/SUS_TAV/TANJORE.html Tanjore] online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica<br> ===Historical books online===*[https://archive.org/details/tanjoremahratta00hickgoog ''The Tanjore Mahratta Principality in Southern India : the Land of the Chola, the Eden of the South''] by William Hickey, Pleader, Madras Presidency 2nd edition 1874 First published c 1872. Archive.org*''Madras District Gazetteers: Tanjore'' by F R Hemingway [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/13345 1906 edition], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/1428 1915 edition] Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/cu31924050004849 ''Schwartz of Tanjore''] by Jesse Page 1921. Published by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (Great Britain) Archive.org. Christian Frederick Schwartz (1726–1798) was a German Lutheran Protestant missionary to India. {{#widget:Google PlusOne|size=small|count=true}} [[Category:Locations]][[Category:BattlesCities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
