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The nearest seaport is Cuddalore Port where it handles small cargo ships, and the construction of port entry is underway. The closest major seaport is Karaikal port, located 100 km (62 mi) away from the town. Cuddalore is famous for educational institutions and medical establishments.
Parangipettai (/ p eɪ ɑːr eɪ aɪ p i t eɪ aɪ / ⓘ Pa-re-gi-Pe-Tie), historically called Porto Novo ("New Port" in Portuguese), is a coastal panchayat town in Cuddalore district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Parangipettai is located on the north bank of the mouth of the Vellar River at a distance of 30 km from Cuddalore.
In the 1600s, the French and English came to Cuddalore for trade and business. The French established a settlement at Pondicherry and the British at Cuddalore. The French and English, while engaged in the Seven Years' War, fought the naval Battle of Cuddalore on 29 April 1758. It was an indecisive battle between a British squadron, under Vice ...
Perumal Eri is a major fresh water lake in the Cuddalore district of Tamil Nadu, India. Location: it is located almost 07 kilometres (4.3 mi) from Alapakkam, at latitude/longitude 11°34′00″N 79°41′00″E / 11.56667°N 79.68333°E / 11.56667; 79.68333 and it is the second largest lake of the Cuddalore district
The Battle of Cuddalore in 1783 was a naval battle between a British fleet, under Admiral Sir Edward Hughes with Admiral L.J. Weiland, and a smaller French fleet, under the Bailli de Suffren, off the coast of India that took place right before the Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
As it flows out of Salem district, it turns southeast, and defines part of the border between Kallakurichi and Salem districts. It also defines the entirety of Perambular district's northern border, which is with Kallakurichi and Cuddalore districts. South of Velluvadi, the Ellar River joins the Vellar on its right bank and from the west. [6]
Port of Chittagong (located in present-day Bangladesh) has been a recorded seaport since the 4th century BCE. In the 2nd century, the harbor appeared on Ptolemy's map, drawn by the Claudius Ptolemy. The map mentions the harbor as one of the finest in the Eastern world.
The siege of Cuddalore was a battle during the War of the Austrian Succession on 17 June 1748. After a British raiding squadron left for Madras, Joseph François Dupleix decided to make another attack on Cuddalore , where the British had taken refuge after the fall of Madras.