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Vandavasi

Vandavasi or Wandiwash is a city in Tamil Nadu state of India. It is located west of Chennai in Tiruvanamalai District.

Vandavasi was the scene of a decisive battle in the eighteenth-century war between France and Britain for control of India. On January 22 1760, a British force led by Eyre Coote defeated a French force led by General Lally.



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