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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookmadrasp00firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Madras Presidency''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org


*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...''
*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...''

Revision as of 12:32, 7 January 2011

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
  • Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...
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