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Arcot site museum
March 28 , 2024
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- The erstwhile official residence of the Nawab of Arcot, Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah, during the 16th century, will soon become a permanent place for the Arcot site museum.
- Arcot was the capital of the Carnatic region when Zulfiqar Khan was the Nawab appointed by Aurangazeb in 1690.
- The dilapidated bungalow remained the official residence for Nawab Ali for many years before he decided to move to Madras to be closer to the British army.
- He vacated the bungalow after he built his Chepauk palace in 1768.
- Among its over 1,200 rare artefacts, the site museum has stone sculptures, terracotta figurines, coins, Islamic antiquities, porcelain ware, iron implements, wooden artefacts, and antiquities from excavation in the region.
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