Ariyalur - History

History

In 1741 the Marathas invaded Tiruchirappalli and took Chanda Saheb as captive. Chanda Saheb succeeded in securing freedom in 1748 and soon got involved in famous war for the Nawabs place in the Carnatic against Anwardeen, the Nawab of Arcot and his son Mohammed Ali.

Mohammed Ali annexed the two palayams of Ariyalur and Udayarpalayam located with troops were in the Ariyalur district on the grounds of default in payment of Tributes and failure to assist him in quelling the rebellion of Yusuf Khan. In November 1764, Mohammed Ali represented the issue to Madras Council and obtained military assistance on 3 January 1765. The forces led by Umdat-Ul-Umara and Donald Campbell entered Ariyalur and captured it. The young Poligar together with his followers there upon fled to Udayarpalayam. On the 19th January the army marched upon Udayarpalayam. The Poligar’s troops were defeated and the playams were occupied. The two poligars fled their town and took refuge in Tharangampadi, then a Danish Settlement. The annexation of the palayam gave the Navab un-interrupted possession of all his territories extending Arcot to Tiruchirapalli.

The history followed was a power struggle between Hyder Ali and later Tipu Sultan with the British. After the death of Tipu Sultan the English took the civil and military Administration of the Carnatic in 1801. Thus Tiruchirappalli came in to the hands of the English and the District was formed in 1801. In 1995 Tiruchirappalli was trifurcated and the Perambalur and Karur districts were formed. Perambalur district was divided into Perambalur and Ariyalur district in the year 2001 and merged with Perambalur in the year 2002. Then now the district is bifurcated from Perambalur and now functioning from 23.11.2007.

Sugar cane is grown as a major commercial crop. One private sugar factory near keelapalur is functioning in the district with a capacity of crushing 3000 Tonnes per day. One of the main crop in Ariyalur district is cashew. The pre-dominate soil in the district is red sanding with scattered packers of black soil. This town consists mainly of glade soil. The soil in the district is best suited for raising dry crops. Rice also grown in some places.

As of the 2001 India census, males constitute 51% of the population and females 49%.

The place Thuthur is situated on the bank of Kollidam river which is a branch of Cauvery River. The entire places of Thuthur and other villages Thirumanur,Elakurchi,Kuruvadi, are filled with paddy and sugar cane fields. The river Kollidam and maruthaiaru flowing through the above villages finally ends down in the Bay of Bengal. The beauty of river Kollidam is that 'It accepts the great amount of water during rainy days and saves the people from the massive floods'.

Ariyalur assembly constituency is part of Chidambaram.

Roads

• NH226 -Perambalur-Ariyalur-Thanjavur-Manamadurai
• NH227 -Trichy-Kelapalur(12 km from Ariyalur)-Jayankondam-chidambaram
• SH143 - Ariyalur- Thungapuram - Thittakudi.

Train

• Ariyalur(ALU)
• Ariyalur is well connected by rail to major towns like Chennai,Trichy,Madurai.