Madras (City)

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Madras (City)
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:
Altitude:
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links

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

History

Madras 1893 Rootsweb

Siege of Madras 1758

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

See also


Orphan Schools

  • Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum, page 59 of this Google Books link, published 1842
  • Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum, page 61 of this Google Book link, published 1842
  • FIBIS Journal – 6 (Autumn 2001) The Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum - by Peter Bailey

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External Links

Chennai, Tamil Nadu "Wikipedia"

Madras in 1810 commences page 123 and page 154 Journal of a Residence in India by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books

Madras in 1837. Chapter 2 of Book 2 of Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .