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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281893 ''Routes In Maddras District'' 1922] Title as catalogued. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Publications about ''Routes'' were generally published by the Quartermaster General's Department.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281893 ''Routes In Maddras District'' 1922] Title as catalogued. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Publications about ''Routes'' were generally published by the Quartermaster General's Department.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/461199 ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.''] by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. The author was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/461199 ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.''] by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. The author was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
*Monograph Series. Republished in 1982 as ''Art in industry through the ages. Monograph series on Madras Presidency / Southern India'', whose contents of 8 monographs may be seen in this [http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/1951597 catalogue link] nla.gov.au
**[https://archive.org/details/SilkIndustry ''Monograph on the Silk Fabric Industry of the Madras Presidency''] by Edgar Thurston 1899 Archive.org. Note page 1 is at the back of the book and some pages may be missing
**[https://archive.org/details/IvoryIndia ''Monograph on the Ivory Carving Industry of Southern India''] by Edgar Thurston 1901 Archive.org
**[https://archive.org/details/monographoncarpe00harrrich ''Monograph on the Carpet Weaving Industry of Southern India''] by Henry T Harris 1908 Archive.org.
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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

Maps

See also

External Links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (City)

Many editions 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
  • ‪The Indian Official Thesaurus‬: ‪Being Introductory to Annals of Indian Administration Compiled by Meredith Townsend 1858‬ ‪Google Books. A guide to records.
  • The Annals of Indian Administration, edited by Meredith Townsend and later George Smith. Selected extracts from the Records of the Indian, Bengal, Madras Bombay, NWP, and Punjab and perhaps other Governments. Google Books. Many additional volumes up to Volume 19 1873-74 may be viewed online on the Digital Library of India website.
  • Madras Almanac and Directory.There were various titles over time.The following books are available to read online on Digital Library of India website.
    • The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence
      • 1857 Summary of contents, computer page 6, detailed contents, computer page 8
    • The Madras New Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence
      • 1861 Summary of contents, computer page 8, detailed contents, computer page 10
    • The Asylum Press Almanack and Directory of Madras and Southern India
      • 1918 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 26. General Index missing.
      • 1919 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 30. General Index commences computer page 2116, but is only two pages A- Bolarum
      • 1924 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 44
      • 1925 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, Computer page 54
      • 1928.Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 78
  • ‪Manual of Rules and Regulations compiled for the use of Junior Members of the Madras Civil Service. Brought up to 31st January 1870‬ by William Donald Google Books
  • Memoirs of the life and correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a Sketch of the history of Christianity in India by Hugh Pearson, Dean of Salisbury 2nd Edition 1835 Volume I, II, First American edition (abridged) 1835 Google Books
  • The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861


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