Tanjore
| Tanjore | |
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| Presidency: Madras | |
| Coordinates: | 10.784825°N 79.141466°E |
| Altitude: | 2 m (7 ft) |
| Present Day Details | |
| Place Name: | Thanjavur |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
| Transport links | |
| South Indian Railway | |
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| See our interactive map of this location showing places of interest during the British period | |
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Tanjore was the headquarters of Tanjore District in Madras during the British period.
The Tanjore station is on the South Indian Railway 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
Variants:Tanjore/Tanjavur
FIBIS resources
External links
Tanjore City Imperial Gazetteer
Tanjore online 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
Historical books online
- 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 1906 edition, 1915 edition Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
- 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.