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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1rE5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''A Manual of the District of Vizagapatam, in the Presidency of Madras''] by D. F. Carmichael 1869 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=1rE5AQAAIAAJ&pg=PP7 ''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'' [http://archive.org/stream/madras00unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume I], [http://archive.org/stream/madras01unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume II] 1908 Archive.org | *''Imperial Gazetteer of India: Provincial Series Madras'' [http://archive.org/stream/madras00unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume I], [http://archive.org/stream/madras01unkngoog#page/n6/mode/2up Volume II] 1908 Archive.org | ||
| − | *''Madras District Gazetteers'' Archive.org | + | *''Madras District Gazetteers'' mainly Archive.org |
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/madurafrancis01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Madura''] 1906 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/madurafrancis01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Madura''] 1906 | ||
| + | **''Madras District Gazetteers Malabar. Vol. 1'' by C A Innes 1951 reprint of 1908 edition Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|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) | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] 1908 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] 1908 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1salemrich01richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Salem Volume 1-Part 1''] 1918, [http://www.archive.org/stream/salemgazet02richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Salem District''] 1932 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/p1salemrich01richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Salem Volume 1-Part 1''] 1918, [http://www.archive.org/stream/salemgazet02richuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Salem District''] 1932 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam''] 1907 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam''] 1907 | ||
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:Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers'' | :Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers'' | ||
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''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 | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''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 | ||
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*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...'' | *''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...'' | ||
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=_oAZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1862-63] 1864, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 1864-65] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1865-66] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TRUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1867-68] 1868, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vhUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1868-69] 1869 Google Books; [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00statgoog#page/n4/mode/2up 1869-70] 1870, [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00goog#page/n4/mode/2up 1870-71] 1872 Archive.org | :[http://books.google.com/books?id=_oAZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1862-63] 1864, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 1864-65] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1865-66] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TRUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1867-68] 1868, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vhUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1868-69] 1869 Google Books; [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00statgoog#page/n4/mode/2up 1869-70] 1870, [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00goog#page/n4/mode/2up 1870-71] 1872 Archive.org | ||
| + | *[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=AAcoAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. | *''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 [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website. | ||
**[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69]. | **[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OqsEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Part I 1856], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=YrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR6 Part VI 1858], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=jrAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP7 Volume 3, Part 2 June 1859], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=p7AEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR4 Volume 4, Part 1 March 1860], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=frIEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PP5 Volume 14 1868-69]. | ||
Revision as of 11:50, 13 February 2014
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
- 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 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 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
- 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: Godaveri 1915
- Madras District Gazetteers: Madura 1906
- Madras District Gazetteers Malabar. Vol. 1 by C A Innes 1951 reprint of 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: 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
- Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853 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
- 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
