South Arcot

South Arcot is a former district in India. He was from 1801 to 1993 and covered the area of present-day districts Viluppuram and Cuddalore in Tamil Nadu. Administrative headquarters of the district was the city of Cuddalore.

The District South Arcot came into being in 1801, when the Nawab of Arcot, who had previously dominated the northern parts of present-day Tamil Nadu, its territories ceded to the British East India Company. The area of Arcot was divided into the districts of North Arcot and South Arcot and placed under the Madras Presidency. After Indian independence, the district North Arcot came in the wake of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 to the newly formed State of Madras, which now included the Tamil-speaking areas and was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1969. In 1993, the South Arcot District was divided into the districts of Cuddalore and Viluppuram.