Carnatic Sultanate

The Carnatic Sultanate was a kingdom in South India between about 1690 and 1855, and was under the legal purview of the Nizam of Hyderabad, until their demise. They initially had their capital at Arcot in the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Their rule is an important period in the history of the Carnatic and Coromandel Coast regions, in which the Mughal Empire gave way to the rising influence of the Maratha Empire, and later the emergence of the British Raj.

Nawab of the Carnatic
Nawab of Arcot
1692–1855
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Nawabate of Arcot, on the Bay of Bengal, marked as "Carnatic" at its height of power.
StatusDependency of the Mughal Empire (1692–1710)
De jure Mughal

Independent (1710–1801)

Princely State under the paramountcy of the British East India Company (1801–1855)
CapitalGingee (1692–1710),
Arcot (1710–1768),
Chepauk (1768–1855)
Common languagesTamil, Telugu, Urdu, Persian
Religion
Islam
GovernmentMonarchy
Nawab 
Historical eraMughal rule in India
Company rule in India
 Progenitor of family appointed governor
1692
 Established
1692
23 September – 14 November 1751
26 July 1801
 Disestablished
1855
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Madurai Nayak
Mughal Empire
Company rule in India
Today part ofIndia
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