Difference between revisions of "Madras (City)"

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Madras (City)

Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:	13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude:	6m
Present Day Details
Place Name:	Chennai
State/Province:	Tamil Nadu
Country:	India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908) Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools

Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.

Madras 1893 Rootsweb

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

Chennai, Tamil Nadu Wikipedia
Pre 1800 maps of Madras can be found by searching the French archive ANOM's database Ulysse.
New buildings in Madras 1888-1896 from Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922

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 *[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai, Tamil Nadu] Wikipedia
 *Pre 1800 maps of Madras can be found by searching the French archive [[French#ANOM, previously CAOM|ANOM]]'s database [http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ulysse/sommaire?clear= Ulysse].
+*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/madras.htm Madras 1888-1896] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922]
 ===Historical books online===