Vellore, a town of British India, in the district of North Arcot, Madras, on the S. side of the river Palar, in lat. 12° 55' N., Ion. 79° 11' E., 79 m. TV. S. TV. of the city of Madras, and 16 m. TV. of Arcot; pop. about 50,000. It is tolerably clean and well built, a place of considerable trade, and a station on the railway from Madras to the TV. coast. About a mile N. of the town is an extensive fortress. In the public square there is a fine Hindoo pagoda, built about four centuries ago. The climate is intensely hot, but healthful. - Vellore was founded by the rajah of Bijanagur in the latter part of the 15th century. Sevajee took it from his descendants in 1677; and it fell into the hands of the British when they obtained possession of the Oarnatic. On the fall of Seringapatam it was selected as the residence of the sons and family of Tippoo Sultan. On July 10, 1806, the sepoys rose in mutiny at Vellore and killed 13 officers and 100 men of the European garrison.