Wallajah Road, Wallajah Gate, Wallajah Big Mosque…Ever wondered who ‘Wallajah’ was? This is the story of Mohammad Ali Wallajah, the 9th Nawab of Arcot who lived at the Chepauk Palace in Chennai.

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Image attributions:

1. Chepauk Stadium
BCCI/Sportzpics, CC BY-SA 3.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/..., via Wikimedia Commons

2. South India between Carnatic wars 1746-60
Charles Joppen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

3. Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah
Original artwork by John Smart (1742-1811), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

4. India 1765 and 1805
Edinburgh Geographical Institute., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

5. Stringer Lawrence with Wallajah
Edgar Thurston, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons