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Orphan Schools in Madras

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Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum
*Amalgamation with the Lawrence Asylum was considered from 1860. In April 1864 the land at Lovedale, near [[Ootacamund]], was selected for the combined institutions and new buildings were constructed. 220 boys from the MMMOA moved in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=luXS-8vTrJQC&pg=PA262 Limited View Google Books] ''The Nilgiris,Volume 1 of Madras district gazetteers'' by W Francis (1994) reprint of an earlier book, probably 1908.
*Another mention of the transfer to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in September 1871 [http://books.google.com/books?id=PJAIAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA11-PA13 Google Books]
*For more details of the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale, refer [[Orphans]]
==Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum==
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