Ascendancy of the British

Arcot Nawab Mohammed Ali who had granted the district as ‘Jagir’ to the British, died in 1795. He was conferred upon a title Nawab WaIIajah by the Emperor of England. The village Wallajabadh in the district was named after this Nawab. He was succeeded by his eldest son Umdut-ul-Umarah who held the Nawabship till 1801. He was succeeded by his son Ali Hussain as the Aroct Nawab. Lord Wellesley imposed a condition that Ali Hussin could continue as the Nawab only on ceding the entire Carnatic Region to the British. Wellesley charged the Nawab and his predecessors of secrety assisting Tipu Sultan in the latter’s campaign against the British. Ali Hussain entreated the British to prove the charges. Hence, the British Government removed Ali Hussain and made Muhammed All’s second son Amir-ul-Umara as the Nawab as he had agreed to hand over the entire Carnatic Subha to the British. He was offered one fifth of the revenue from Carnatic as pension and a treaty in this regard was signed on 21^st July 1801.This Treaty completed the acquisition of the entire carnatic by the British. The Nawab held office only as the titular heads of the State and Lord Dalhousie abolished this titular headship also by applying the Doctrine of Lapse in 1855 when Ghulam Muhammed Ghouse Khan (1 825-1855) died without a heir.