106 BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. TV —(Continued). 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area- 



Land 

 Revenue. 



1702 .. 



1750 .. 



1753 .. 



1759 .. 

 1759 .. 



1765 



Masulipatam — 

 (Continued). 



• * 



(6.) The factory of Macilipatnam is 

 entered in the (i Quinque-partite Iden- 

 ture of Conveyance of the Dead Stock 

 of the two East India Companies," 

 dated 2nd July. 



(7.) Captured hy the French under 

 orders of Dupleix, who sent up a force 

 by sea from Pondicherry, month of July 

 (Orme, Book II). 



(8.) November — Formally ceded to 

 France by the Nizam with the rest of 

 the Circars (Orme, Book II). 



(9.) Eetaken from the French by Colonel 

 Forde, 7th April (Orme, Book II). 



(10.) 14th May.— Bestowed on the Eng. 

 lish Company as an inam or free gift, 

 together with the whole of the Circar of 

 Masulipatam and other territory by the 

 Nizam Saldbat Jang (Aitchison's Trea- 

 ties, vol. v). (Vide Acq. No. XXXI). 



(11.) August 12th. — Grant confirmed by 

 the Mogul's farman. 







No. y. 



1625-26. 

 1641 .. 



Armagon, 

 Factory of. 



A port in the district of Nellore, 66 miles 

 north of Madras. 



(1.) February (Bruce i, 269).— The 

 ground for the factory was obtained 

 from the local Karnam or K&nungo, 

 Patnaswdmula Arumukham Mudali, and 

 named after him (Nellore Manual, 

 pp. 440-41). 



(2.) 24th September. — Establishment re- 

 moved to the new station, Madras, and 

 the place abandoned altogether (Wilks 

 i, 163). 



Fortified 

 Factory 

 only. 



mi. 



1801 .. 





(3.) 31st July— Ceded with the rest of 

 the Carnatic to the East India Company 

 by His Highness Prince Azim-ul-Daula, 

 Nawab Subahdar of Arcot (Aitchison's 

 Treaties, vol. v). {Vide Acq. No. XLI1I). 







