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Ambur ((タミル語:ஆம்பூர்)) (ウルドゥー語:آمبور)) is a town and state Assembly Constituency in the Vellore District of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on the banks of the Palar River on the Chennai-Bangalore National Highway. Ambur is home to a major part of India's leather tanning industry, earning it the nickname Leather City of South India. A few of India's largest and finest tanneries are located here, making it one of the leading exporters of finished and unfinished leather goods (such as shoes, garments, and gloves) in the country. Due to this, the leather industry occupies pride of place in the industrial map of Tamil Nadu and places it high in the rankings of the nation's exports. It is also known for Biryani, a tasty rice dish, varieties of chicken dishes, non-vegetarian curries, etc. Sweet dishes like Gulab Jamun, Gajar ka halwa and Mutanjan, a dessert in Muslim weddings after the feast & at Muslims Eid, have become popular since the reign of the Nawabs of Arcot. ==History== The words 'Amb' (our) and 'ur' (place) together became Ambur which means "Ourplace". There is also a belief that Am is derived from mangoes, ''Aam'' in Urdu. It is also told that Ambur is 'AA'ur which means the place where Cows seen more. Ambur is in existence since the period of Pallava's. However, there are no protected or notified monuments at present to reveal the past history and perhaps they might have been ruined due to successive wars held in the past. During the 15th and 16th centuries, the North Arcot District which included Ambur was under the control of rulers of the Vijaya Nagar which in 1687 was brought under the control of the Nawabs of the Carnatic. On 20 May 1740, the Nizam of Hyderabad incited the Marathas to invade Carnatic. Nawab Dost Ali Khan and Chanda Sahib met the Maratha army under Chattrapati Shahu at Ambur. The Marathas won the battle by killing Dost Ali Khan and capturing Chanda Sahib. The Battle of Ambur on August 3, 1749 was the first major battle of the Second Carnatic War resulting as the decisive in the struggle between the English and the French for Supremacy. It marked the end of Mughal centralized power and the initiation of European influenced powers. During this battle Nawab Anwaruddin Muhammed Khan belongs to pathan family supported by the English, met the French army at Ambur and was killed by his rival Chanda Sahib. In 1767 during the First Anglo-Mysore War to invade Carnatic, a combined force of Mysore and Hyderabadi troops under the command of Hyder Ali of Mysore conducted the Siege of Ambur. The town was successfully defended by a small force of British East India Company troops along with a garrison of local troops and at the beginning of 18th century, it came under the control of British. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ambur」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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