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Revision as of 20:01, 4 February 2015
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
- 1850 Map of the Diocese of Madras The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850. National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps Catalogue entry
- 1931: Madras Presidency northern section Imperial Gazetteer
- 1931: Madras Presidency southern section Imperial Gazetteer
See also
External Links
- Madras Presidency 1611-1755 Google Books
- Madras Presidency Wikipedia
- District Gazetteers Lists (some of) the various editions which have been published. Department of Archives and Historical Research, Government of Tamil Nadu
- Churches and Chapels in Madras Presidency spuddybike.org.uk Retrieved. 26 October 2014
Historical books online
Also see Madras (City)
- 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
- The Madras Road Book. Edition - 1839, Index, Alphabetical List of the Madras Collectorates with details. Google Books
- Routes in the Peninsula of India: Comprising the Whole of the Madras Presidency and Portions of the Adjacent Territories of Bengal and Bombay by Major F H Scott, Quartermaster General of the Madras Army 1853 Archive.org
- Manual of the Bellary District by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. Hathi Trust Digital Library
- Manual of the District of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras by J D B Gribble 1875 Is available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online
- A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Godavery District in the Presidency of Madras by Henry Morris 1878 Archive.org
- A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras by Gordon Thomson Mackenzie 1883 Archive.org
- Manual of the Kurnool District In the Presidency of Madras by Narahari Gopalakrishnamah Chetty (Comp.) 1886 Is available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online
- A Manual of the Nellore District in the Presidency of Madras by John Alexander Corrie Boswell, Collector and Magistrate of the Kistna District 1873 Google Books
- A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency by Henry Bidewell Grigg 1880 Archive.org
- A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras by Henry Le Fanu 1883 Archive.org Volume I: The District, Volume II: The Taluks
- Manual of the South Arcot District by J H Garstin, (MCS) (Comp.) 1878 Is available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online
- A Manual of the Tinnevelly District in the Presidency of Madras by Andrew John Stuart 1879 Archive.org
- A Political and General History of the District of Tinnevelly, in the Presidency of Madras from the earliest period to its cession to the Engliah Government in AD 1801 by Rev R Caldwell 1881 Archive.org
- Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras by Lewis Moore (Comp.) 1878 Is available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online
- A Manual of the District of Vizagapatam, in the Presidency of Madras by D. F. Carmichael 1869 Google Books
- Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series Madras Volume I, Volume II 1908 Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers mainly Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah by C F Brackenbury ICS 1915 Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri 1915
- Madras District Gazetteers: Madura 1906
- Madras District Gazetteers Malabar. Vol. 1 by C A Innes 1951 edition with additional information and incorporating 1908 edition, Is available to read online at Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online (Note, the Search facility in the website appears erratic. This book could only be located using the search term Gazetteer. The catalogue no. is 75585, but even this could not locate it)
- 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: Tinnevelly Volume I by H R Pate ICS 1917 Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly 1907
- Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam 1907
- Many editions 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
- Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853 Google Books
- Madras: Its civil administration; being rough notes from personal observation written in 1855 and 1856 by Patrick B Smollett 1858 Archive.org
- 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
- 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
- The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence
- 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