110 



BRITISH ACQUISITIONS IN THE 



No. X. 



Year. 



Territory. 



How acquired, and District now 

 representing it. 



Approximate 

 Area. 



Land 

 Revenue. 



R8. 



36 



1681-82. 



1702 .. 



1758 .. 



1760 .. 

 1782 .. 

 1785 .. 



Porto-Novo 

 alias Faran- 

 gipet. 



A seaport in the district of South Arcot... 



(1.) Local Records, dated 12th January. — 

 Cowle for making a settlement obtained 

 from Haraji Raja, the Subahdarof din- 

 gee, and the Deputy in the Carnatic of 

 Sambaji, who had recently succeeded his 

 father, Sivaji, as head of the Mahratta 

 dynasty. 



(2.) July 2nd. — Factory entered in the 

 " Quinque-partite Indenture of the Con- 

 veyance of the Dead Stock of the two 

 East India Companies." 



(3.) Fell into the hands of the French 

 under Lally, with Fort St. David and 

 Cuddalore. 



(4.) Fi-ench driven out by Colonel Coote 

 after his defeat of Lally at Wandiwash. 



(5.) Taken by the French under JBussy 

 (Wilks). 



(6.) 1st February. — Restored to England 

 under treaty of Versailles, dated 3rd 

 September 1783. 



SQ,. MIT,K8. 



078 



No. XI. 



1682 ., 



Cuddalore, 



A seaport in South Arcot, and the chief 



1 



3,643 





Factory of. 



town of that district. 









(1.) Factory established (Local Records, 

 Uth May 1682). 







1683 





(2.) Business commenced (Local Records, 

 19th March 1683). 







1692 





(3.) Ordered by the Court of Directors to 

 be withdrawn, along with Conimere 

 (q. v.) 3 in consequence of the grant of 

 Tegnapatam (q. v.) 4 by Ram Raja 







1702 .. 





(Bruce iii, 111). 

 (4.) July 2nd. — Mentioned as existing in 

 the " Quinque-partite Indenture of Con- 

 veyance of the Dead Stock of the two 

 East India Companies." 







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3 Vide Acq. No. XIV. * Vide Acq. No. XV. 



