Editing Carnatic region (section)

===Muslim era===
{{See|Siege of Trichinopoly (1743)}}
Towards the close of the 17th century, the northernmost part of The Carnatic region was reduced by the armies of [[Aurangzeb]], who in 1692 appointed [[Zulfikar Ali]], [[Nawab of the Carnatic]], with his seat at [[Arcot]]. Meanwhile, the Marathas power had begun to develop; in 1677 [[Shivaji]] had suppressed the last remnants of the Vijayanagar power in [[Vellore]], [[Gingee]] and [[Kurnool]], while his brother [[Venkoji]], who in 1674 had overthrown the [[Nayaks of Tanjavur]], established in that city a dynasty which lasted for a century. The collapse of the Delhi power after the death of [[Aurangzeb]] produced further changes. The Nawab [[Muhammed Saadatullah Khan I|Saadet-Allah]] of Arcot (1710–1732) established his independence; his successor [[Dost Ali]] (1732–1740) conquered and annexed Madurai in 1736, and his successors were confirmed in their position as Nawabs of Northern Carnatic by the Nizam of Hyderabad after that potentate had established his power in South-Central India. After the death of Nawab [[Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan|Mahommed Anwar-ud-din]] (1744–1749), the succession was disputed between [[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah|Mahommed Ali]] and [[Husein Dost]]. In this quarrel, the French and English, then competing for influence in the Carnatic, took opposite sides. The victory of the British established [[Muhammed Ali Khan Wallajah|Mahommed Ali]] in power over northern Carnatic till his death in 1795. Meanwhile, however, the region had been exposed to other troubles. In 1741 [[Madurai]], which the Nawab [[Dost Ali]] (1732–1740) had added to his dominions in 1736 after the demise of the [[Nayaks of Madurai]], was conquered by the Marathas; and in 1743 [[Hyder Ali]] of Mysore overran and ravaged the central Carnatic. The latter was re-conquered by the British, to whom [[Madurai]] had fallen in 1758; and, finally, in 1801 all the possessions of the [[Nawab of Arcot]] were transferred to them by a treaty which stipulated that an annual revenue of several lakhs of pagodas should be reserved to the Nawab, and that the British should undertake to support a sufficient civil and military force for the protection of the country and the collection of the revenue. On the death of the Nawab in 1853, it was determined to put an end to the nominal sovereignty, a liberal establishment being provided for the family.<ref name=EB1911/>

The rest of the Carnatic region, when first entered into by the British, was ruled by military chieftains called [[Poligar]]s. In 1805, after the decisive defeat of the Poligars, the Poligar forts and military establishments were destroyed.<ref name=EB1911/>

The Carnatic region was a place of [[Carnatic Wars]] between the Mughal Empire, Britain and France which ultimately led to British victory and the domination of the [[British Empire]] over India.{{Citation needed|date=August 2021}}