History of Tiruvallur
Tiruvallur was originally known as Tiruvallur which specifies the sleeping
position of the holy lord "Balaji", in the Veeraragava
temple of Tiruvallur. Later people began to refer it by names such as Trivellore
and Tiruvallur. Today Tiruvallur is well known, one of the reason being the
Veeraragava Temple. The new moon day is very auspicious
day for the lord and so for the people of the town.
History of the District
The district of Tiruvallur has been carved out by
bifurcating erstwhile Chengalpattu district (which was renamed as
Chengalpattu-MGR/Kancheepuram at the time of 1991 Census). According to the said
bifurcation Tiruvallur revenue division which included Tiruvallur, Tiruttani
taluks and Uthukkottai and Pallipattu sub-taluks separated from Chengalpattu
district along with Ponneri and Gummindipoondi taluks of
Saidapet revenue division and formed this new district. At present this district
is comprised of six taluks namely Gummindipoondi,
Ponneri, Uthukkottai, Tiruvallur, Tiruttani and Pallipattu.
In the far past, this region was under a chain of regimes commencing from the
Pallavas during the 7th century ending with the Nawab of Arcot during
the early part of 19th century when it came under the British rule.
In 1687, the Golkonda rulers were defeated and the region came under the Moghul
emperors of Delhi. The towns and villages of this region were the scene of
Carnatic wars. Battles are said to have been fought in this region during the
struggle for supremacy between the English and French. The town of Pulicat was
the earliest Dutch possession in India founded in 1609 which was ceded to the
British in 1825. With this, the region came under the British rule which ended
on the 15th August, 1947 with India becoming independent.
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