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== Interactive Map ==
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<googlemap version="0.9" lat="13.083229" lon="80.224465" type="map" controls="small">
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?authuser=0&vps=3&ie=UTF8&msa=0&output=nl&msid=211401480495186034184.0004b979f3cbc978d40ad
</googlemap>
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The map to the right shows locations of interest in '''Madras'''
Hover your cursor over the markers on the map to reveal the places marked or use the below index.
Clicking on the markers also produces a balloon with further location details.
<big>'''Locations index'''</big>
[[File:Fortification.png]] '''A''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_St._George_(India) Fort St George]
[[File:Anglican cathedral.png]] '''B''' - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._George's_Cathedral,_Chennai St Georges Cathedral]
[[File:Anglican cathedral.png]] '''C''' -
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|transport= [[Madras Railway]] (to 1908)<br>[[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] (1908 on)
}}
{{Places of Interest|title=Madras|name=Madras |link=http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msa=0&msid=211401480495186034184.0004b979f3cbc978d40ad&ie=UTF8&t=m&z=14&vpsrc=1}}
'''Madras''' (now Chennai) was one of the early [[East India Company Factories]], the location of [[Fort St George]] and the seat of the [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras Presidency]].
[[Image:Madras map 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools]]
==Economy and business==
*This [http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/need-to-read/2012/01/19/book-reveals-the-welsh-were-not-just-exploited-at-the-time-of-the-british-empire-they-were-also-exploiters-91466-30153205/2/ article] mentions Thomas Parry, 1768-1824, a merchant in Madras, after whom Parry’s Corner is named. walesonline.co.uk 19 January 2012
== External links ==
