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An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).
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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]]
 
See [[Presidencies]] in the [[Beginners' Guide]]
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== Maps==
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*[http://nla.gov.au/nla.map-ra131-s28 1850 Map of the Diocese of Madras] ''The Colonial Church Atlas 3rd Edition 1850''.  National Library of Australia Digital Collections-Maps [http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn3667353 Catalogue entry]
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=51 1931: Madras Presidency northern section] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gaz_atlas_1931/fullscreen.php?object=50 1931: Madras Presidency southern section] Imperial Gazetteer
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== See also==
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*[[Madras Districts]]
  
 
== External Links ==
 
== External Links ==
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[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA9&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Madras%2BPresidency%2B1756&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Madras Presidency 1611-1755] Google Books<br>
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*[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=V2nGnWXV7coC&pg=PA9&dq=The+history+of+British+India:+a+chronology%2Madras%2BPresidency%2B1756&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=false Madras Presidency 1611-1755] Google Books<br>
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[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency Madras Presidency] Wikipedia
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*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency Madras Presidency] Wikipedia
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*[http://www.tnarchives.tn.gov.in/gazzetters.html District Gazetteers] Lists  (some of) the various editions which have been published. Department of Archives and Historical Research, Government of Tamil Nadu
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*[http://spuddybike.org.uk/familyhistory/madras/churches/index.html  Churches and Chapels in Madras Presidency] spuddybike.org.uk Retrieved. 26 October 2014
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====Historical books online====
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Also see [[Madras (City)]]
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up  ''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 [http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n22/mode/2up Madras and the Coromandel Coast]
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP9 ''The Madras Road Book. Edition - 1839''], [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA143 Index],  [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OARXAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA3 Alphabetical List of the Madras Collectorates] with details. Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/details/routesinpeninsu00scotgoog ''‪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
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*''Manual of the District of Cuddapah in the Presidency of Madras'' by J D B Gribble 1875 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
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*[https://archive.org/details/adescriptiveand00morrgoog ''A Descriptive and Historical Account of the Godavery District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Henry Morris 1878 Archive.org
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*[http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi01mackgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Gordon Thomson Mackenzie 1883 Archive.org
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*''Manual of the Kurnool District In the Presidency of Madras'' by  Narahari Gopalakrishnamah Chetty (Comp.) 1886 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=kXooAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 ''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
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*[http://archive.org/stream/manualofnlagir00grigrich#page/n5/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Nílagiri District in the Madras Presidency''] by Henry Bidewell Grigg 1880 Archive.org
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*''A Manual of the Salem District in the Presidency of Madras'' by Henry Le Fanu 1883 Archive.org [http://archive.org/stream/amanualsalemdis00fanugoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume I: The District''],  [http://archive.org/stream/amanualsalemdis01fanugoog#page/n3/mode/2up ''Volume II: The Taluks'']
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*Manual of the South Arcot District by J H Garstin,  (MCS) (Comp.) 1878 Is  available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
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*[http://archive.org/stream/manualoftinnevel00stuarich#page/n3/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Tinnevelly District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Andrew John Stuart 1879 Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/apoliticalandge00caldgoog ''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
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*''Manual of the Trichinopoly District in the Presidency of Madras'' by Lewis Moore (Comp.) 1878 Is available to read online at [[Online books#Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online|Kerala State Central Library Rare Books Online]]
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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
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*''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
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*''Madras District Gazetteers''  mainly Archive.org
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**[https://archive.org/details/cuddapah01madr ''Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah''] by C F Brackenbury ICS 1915 Archive.org
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/madurafrancis01madr#page/n5/mode/2up  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Madura''] 1906
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**''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 [[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)
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/NilgirisFrancis/Untitled#page/n0/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris''] 1908
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**[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
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**[https://archive.org/details/GazeetersTinnevellyVol11917  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Tinnevelly Volume I''] by  H R Pate ICS 1917 Archive.org
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers:  Vizagapatam''] 1907
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:Many editions  are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers''
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*[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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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookmadrasp00firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Madras Presidency''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=alwOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Regulations and Acts in force within the Madras Presidency''] by Richard Clarke 1848 Google Books
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=LNApAAAAYAAJ&pg=PP5 ''Madras: Report of the Railway Department 1853''] Google Books
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*[https://archive.org/details/madrasitscivilad00smolrich  ''Madras: Its civil administration; being rough notes from personal observation written in 1855 and 1856''] by Patrick B Smollett 1858 Archive.org
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*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...''
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:[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
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*[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.
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*''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.
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**[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].
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*Madras Almanac and Directory.There were various titles  over time.The following books are available to read online on [[Online books#Digital Library of India| Digital Library of India]] website.
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**''The Madras Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence''
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***1857 Summary of contents, computer page 6, detailed contents, computer page 8
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**''The Madras New Almanac and Compendium of Intelligence''
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*** 1861 Summary of contents, computer page 8, detailed contents, computer page 10
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**''The Asylum Press Almanack and Directory of Madras and Southern India''
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***1918 Includes Burma. Summary of  Contents, computer page 26. General Index missing.
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***1919 Includes Burma. Summary of Contents, computer page 30. General Index commences computer page 2116, but is  only two pages A- Bolarum
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***1924 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 44
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***1925 Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, Computer page 54
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***1928.Includes Nizam’s Dominions, Mysore, Travancore and Cochin. Contents, computer page 78
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=cxtYAAAAcAAJ&pg=PP5 ‪''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
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Revision as of 00:41, 18 December 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

See also

External Links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (City)

Many editions are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
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

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