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==Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum==
*This Asylum was opened in 1789. Page 223 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA223 link], published 1855.
*The Rev Dr Andrew Bell was the first Director and Superintendent of the Asylum at Egmore from 1789.He wrote two books about the system of education he developed, giving details of the Asylum
:*''An Analysis of the Experiment in Education, made at Egmore, near Madras'' Edition 3 1807 115 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=eO9Prv4mOGkC Google Books] [http://books.google.com/books?id=eO9Prv4mOGkC&pg=PP15 Contents]
:*''The Madras School: or, Elements of Tuition: comprising the Analysis of an Experiment in Education, made at the Male Asylum, Madras; with its facts, proofs, and illustrations'' 1808 348 pages [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC Google Books] [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PR11 Contents] [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PA212 Page 212] onwards contains letters written by his former pupils to Dr Bell, including a listing of names from the bottom of [http://books.google.com/books?id=8nTsZVDIygIC&pg=PA218 page 218] to page223.
*Page 59 of this Google Books [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA59 link], published 1842
* There was a printing press at the Asylum from 1800 [http://books.google.com/books?id=y-BxrNKdwPMC&pg=PA77 Limited View Google Books] page 77, ''Print, Folklore and Nationalism in Colonial South India'' by Stuart Blackburn 2005
