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===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679'']  by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org.  Includes Madras, the Coromandel Coast
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679'']  by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org.  Includes [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and the Coromandel Coast]
*''Madras District Gazetteers'' Archive.org
*''Madras District Gazetteers'' Archive.org
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915

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An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).

See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide

External Links

Madras Presidency 1611-1755 Google Books
Madras Presidency Wikipedia

Historical books online

Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
1862-63 1864, 1864-65 1866, 1865-66 1866, 1867-68 1868, 1868-69 1869 Google Books; 1869-70 1870, 1870-71 1872 Archive.org