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Vandavasi
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Vandavasi, historically rendered in English as Wandiwash, is a municipality in Vandavasi taluk of Tiruvannamalai district in Tamil Nadu, India. The taluk is administered within the Cheyyar revenue division and is recorded as containing 161 revenue villages. An area of 9.71 km² is listed for the municipality, within which a population of 31,320 was recorded in the 2011 census, comprising 15,566 males and 15,754 females distributed among 24 wards.
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History
The fort at Wandiwash formed an important fortified position in the interior of the Carnatic during the renewed Anglo-French conflict of the late 1750s. An unsuccessful assault upon the fortified suburb, or pettah, was made by Company troops on 30 September 1759, after which the position remained in French hands. A renewed operation was undertaken in November 1759. After the British field force had moved from Conjeeveram, the fort was invested on 26 November and two batteries were opened against its defences on 29 November. A breach having been created, the French garrison surrendered on 30 November; six officers and 53 European soldiers were recorded as having been taken prisoner. The capture was subsequently treated as the establishment of a British-held post from which further operations in the interior could be conducted. After the loss of the fort, a French field army commanded by Thomas Arthur de Lally was moved against Wandiwash in January 1760. The British garrison was reinforced, and the defence was entrusted to Captain Sherlock with approximately 150 European troops and eight companies of sepoys. By 16 January the pettah had been occupied by the French and preparations for a siege battery had been commenced. A relieving army commanded by Eyre Coote was brought towards the town, and the opposing forces were drawn up for battle on 22 January. Fourteen British field guns and eighteen French field guns were recorded in the Fort St George account, with sustained musketry being opened around midday. During the engagement, pressure was applied against the French left after an ammunition tumbril had exploded near that part of the line, and a retreat of the French formation followed. Charles Joseph Patissier de Bussy, who had served as one of the senior French…
Geography
Vandavasi is situated on State Highway 5, which connects Tindivanam with Arcot. It lies approximately south-west of Chennai, south of Kanchipuram, north-east of Tiruvannamalai, south-east of Arani and about from Vellore. An average elevation of approximately above sea level has been recorded for the town. {| class="wikitable mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="text-align:center; width:420px; margin:auto;" |+ Geographical orientation |- | style="width:33%;" | ↖Arani | style="width:34%;" | ↑Kanchipuram | style="width:33%;" | ↗Chennai |- | style="width:33%;" | ←Arcot | style="background:#f9f9f9; width:34%;" | Vandavasi | style="width:33%;" | →Melmaruvathur |- | style="width:33%;" | ↙Tiruvannamalai | style="width:34%;" | ↓Tindivanam | style="width:33%;" | ↘Puducherry |} In the nineteenth-century administrative description, the former Wandiwash taluk was recorded as covering 466 square miles and as containing a population of 177,728. The tract was described as predominantly level, with only a small number of rocky hills; Dhavalagiri, immediately adjoining the town, and Nedungunam farther west were identified among the principal elevations. The Cheyyar River was recorded as the principal river of the former taluk, while a smaller watercourse described as the Bookhanuddy or Wandiwash River was recorded as rising west of the town and flowing eastwards towards the Palar River. An anicut constructed on the Cheyyar in 1856 was recorded as supplying 104 irrigation tanks within the historical taluk. Dhavalagiri was described in the same administrative record as a grey-granite hill situated north of the fort and divided into two principal peaks, with a shrine occupying the higher summit.
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