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North Arcot district split into Vellore and Tiruvannamalai

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North Arcot district split into Vellore and Tiruvannamalai
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North Arcot was divided into the Tiruvannamalai Sambuvarayar and North Arcot Ambedkar districts.

On 30 September 1989 the North Arcot district was split into Tiruvannamalai-Sambuvarayar district and North Arcot Ambedkar district. North Arcot Ambedkar district, with its headquarters at Vellore, was renamed Vellore district in 1996. Tiruvannamalai district took in the temple town and the surrounding agricultural taluks. Vellore district was itself split into three in 2019.

Related events

  1. 1973

    1. 24 Dec 1973VelloreSocial Reform

      Death of Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

      Periyar E. V. Ramasamy, founder of the Self-Respect Movement and leader of the Dravidar Kazhagam, died in Vellore aged 94.

  2. 1979

    1. 17 Sep 1979ErodeGovernance

      Periyar (Erode) district formed

      Erode district, first named Periyar district, was carved out of Coimbatore district.

  3. 1984

    1. 1984VelloreEducation

      Vellore Engineering College founded, later VIT

      G. Viswanathan founded Vellore Engineering College as a self-financing institution; it grew into the Vellore Institute of Technology.

  4. 1986

    1. 20 Oct 1986ThoothukudiGovernance

      Thoothukudi district formed

      Thoothukudi (Tuticorin) district was carved out of Tirunelveli district on 20 October 1986.

  5. 1991

    1. 19 Oct 1991NagapattinamGovernance

      Nagapattinam district carved out of Thanjavur

      On 19 October 1991, Nagapattinam district was created by splitting the composite Thanjavur district in two.

  6. 2008

    1. 1 Aug 2008VelloreGovernance

      Vellore becomes a municipal corporation

      Vellore was upgraded from a municipality to a municipal corporation on 1 August 2008.

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