Ambur

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Settlement.name: Ambur
Settlement.settlement_type: Municipal Town
Settlement.image_skyline: Ambur Trade Center.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Ambur Trade Center
Settlement.pushpin_map: India Tamil Nadu
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Ambur, Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: India
Settlement.subdivision_type1: State
Settlement.subdivision_name1: Tamil Nadu
Settlement.subdivision_type2: District
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Tirupattur
Settlement.subdivision_type3: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Vellore
Settlement.government_type: Municipality
Settlement.governing_body: Ambur Municipality
Settlement.unit_pref: Metric

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Area: 17.97
Elevation: 316
Image: Ambur Trade Center.jpg
Dialing code: 4174

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Commons category: Ambur
postal code: 635802

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Ambur is a town and municipality in Tirupathur district, Vellore region of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on the banks of the Palar River between Chennai and Bangalore. Ambur has a sizeable leather industry, and is known for its spicy biryani and for the sweet, makkhenpeda. Ambur was the site of two major military actions in the 18th century. The first was the 1749 Battle of Ambur that opened the Second Carnatic War between the Arcot State and the Mughal Empire. In 1767, the siege of Ambur took place during the First Anglo-Mysore War, with local troops and a British force successfully resisting an attack by the Kingdom of Mysore and by the Hyderabad State.

==Administration== Ambur is a selection grade municipality and headquarters of Ambur taluk which is an administrative division comprising 79 Revenue villages in the district of Tirupattur. The municipal council has 36 elected members. It elects a member for representing the Ambur assembly constituency.