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See [[Presidencies]] in the [[Beginners' Guide]] | See [[Presidencies]] in the [[Beginners' Guide]] | ||
== Maps== | |||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=51 Madras Presidency northern section] Imperial Gazetteer<br> | |||
[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=50 Madras Presidency southern section] Imperial Gazetteer | |||
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency Madras Presidency] Wikipedia | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency Madras Presidency] Wikipedia | ||
===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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and 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 | ||
Revision as of 10:47, 22 March 2012
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
Madras Presidency northern section Imperial Gazetteer
Madras Presidency southern section Imperial Gazetteer
External Links
Madras Presidency 1611-1755 Google Books
Madras Presidency Wikipedia
Historical books online
- 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 and the Coromandel Coast
- Madras District Gazetteers Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri 1915
- Madras District Gazetteers: Madura 1906
- Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris 1908
- Madras District Gazetteers: Salem Volume 1-Part 1 1918, Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Salem District 1932
- Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly 1907
- Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam 1907
- Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
- 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
- Handbook of the Madras Presidency by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org
- Regulations and Acts in force within the Madras Presidency by Richard Clarke 1848 Google Books
- 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
- 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
- The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence