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*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA273 "Chapter I-Hindostan"] pages 273-368
 
*''Statistics of the Colonies of the British Empire from the Official Records of the Colonial Office'' by  Robert Montgomery Martin 1839 Google Books. ''Book IV- Possessions in Asia'' [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=PvtqMe2cxhoC&pg=PA273 "Chapter I-Hindostan"] pages 273-368
 
*[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
 
*[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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*[https://archive.org/details/atlasofsouthernp00phar ''An Atlas of the Southern Part of India, including plans of all the principal towns & cantonments, reduced from the grand trigonometrical survey of India, shewing also the Tenasserim Provinces''] 1854. Archive.org. [https://archive.org/stream/atlasofsouthernp00phar#page/n8/mode/1up Contents].  Also available on [http://hdl.handle.net/2027/uc2.ark:/13960/t6b285086?urlappend=%3Bseq=7 Hathi Trust Digital Library] where the pages can be rotated, (but the images may be difficult to enlarge).
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*[https://archive.org/details/b2809265x ''Reports on mountain and marine sanitaria; medical and statistical observations on civil stations and military cantonments, jails - dispensaries - regiments - barracks, &c. within the Presidency of Madras, the Straits of Malacca, the Andaman Islands, and British Burmah from January 1858 to January 1862''] by Inspector General of Hospitals Duncan Macpherson. 1862 Archive.org. Part of the series ''Selections from the Records of the Madras Government''.
 
*''Manuals'' of the ''Districts''
 
*''Manuals'' of the ''Districts''
 
**[https://archive.org/details/manualbellarydi00kelsgoog  ''Manual of the Bellary District''] by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. Archive.org
 
**[https://archive.org/details/manualbellarydi00kelsgoog  ''Manual of the Bellary District''] by John Kelsall, Madras Civil Service, Acting Sub-Collector, North Arcot 1872. Archive.org
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**[https://archive.org/details/anantapurvolume00frangoog ''Anantapur''] by W Francis 1905. Catalogued Volume 2, but in fact is Volume 1.  
 
**[https://archive.org/details/anantapurvolume00frangoog ''Anantapur''] by W Francis 1905. Catalogued Volume 2, but in fact is Volume 1.  
 
**[https://archive.org/details/statisticalappen02madriala ''Anjengo Volume II: Statistical Appendix'']  1915  
 
**[https://archive.org/details/statisticalappen02madriala ''Anjengo Volume II: Statistical Appendix'']  1915  
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**[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/1430 ''Madras District Gazetteers: Bellary Vol-I'']  by W Francis 1916.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
 
**[https://archive.org/details/cuddapah01madr ''Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah''] by C F Brackenbury ICS 1915  
 
**[https://archive.org/details/cuddapah01madr ''Madras District Gazetteers: Cuddapah''] by C F Brackenbury ICS 1915  
 
**[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
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**[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
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**''Madras District Gazetteers: Tanjore'' by F R Hemingway [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/13345  1906 edition], [http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/1428 1915 edition] Pdf downloads, Digital Library of India.
 
**[https://archive.org/details/GazeetersTinnevellyVol11917  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Tinnevelly Volume I''] by  H R Pate ICS 1917  
 
**[https://archive.org/details/GazeetersTinnevellyVol11917  ''Madras District Gazetteers: Tinnevelly Volume I''] by  H R Pate ICS 1917  
 
**[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
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*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YlIBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''‪Memoir of an Indian Chaplain, the Reverend Charles Church, M.A‬, of the Madras Establishment of the East India Company''], by  Rev James Hough 1859 Google Books
 
*[https://books.google.com.au/books?id=YlIBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''‪Memoir of an Indian Chaplain, the Reverend Charles Church, M.A‬, of the Madras Establishment of the East India Company''], by  Rev James Hough 1859 Google Books
 
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org. With many illustrations by the author.
 
*[https://archive.org/details/RecordssportSou00Hami ''Records of sport in Southern India : chiefly on the Annamullay, Nielgherry and Pulney mountains, also including notes on Singapore, Java and Labuan, from journals written between 1844 and 1870''] by the late General Douglas Hamilton, Madras Army 1892 Archive.org. With many illustrations by the author.
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*''The Engineering Works Of The Godavari Delta: A Descriptive and Historical Account'' by  George Turner Walch, Chief Engineer for Irrigation, Madras (Retired). 1896. Compiled for the Madras Government. [https://archive.org/details/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheGodavari Volume I], with [https://archive.org/stream/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheGodavari/The_engineering_works_of_the_Godavari#page/n34/mode/1up Map of the Godarari Delta: Left side] and [https://archive.org/stream/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheGodavari/The_engineering_works_of_the_Godavari#page/n35/mode/1up Map: Right side], [https://archive.org/details/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheGodavari1 Volume II] Archive.org
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*''The Engineering Works Of The Kistna Delta: A Descriptive and Historical Account'' by  George Turner Walch, Chief Engineer for Irrigation, Madras (Retired). 1899. Compiled for the Madras Government. [https://archive.org/details/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheKistnaDelt Volume I] with [https://archive.org/stream/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheKistnaDelt/The_engineering_works_of_the_Kistna_delt#page/n19/mode/2up  Map of the Kistna River Basin], now known as the Krishna River. [https://archive.org/details/TheEngineeringWorksOfTheKistnaDelt1 Volume II] Archive.org
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*[https://archive.org/details/provincialgeogra03holluoft ''The Madras Presidency with Mysore,  Coorg and the Associated States''] by Edgar Thurston 1913 Archive.org. A volume in the series ''Provincial Geographies of India''.
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/281893 ''Routes In Maddras District'' 1922] Title as catalogued. Pdf download, Digital Library of India. Publications about ''Routes'' were generally published by the Quartermaster General's Department.
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*[http://www.new.dli.ernet.in/handle/2015/461199 ''Work And Sport In The Old I. C. S.''] by  W O Horne [William Ogilvie] 1928. The author was appointed to the Madras Civil Service in 1882.  Pdf download, Digital Library of India.
 
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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

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
  • ‪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
  • ‪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
  • Memoirs of the life and correspondence of the Reverend Christian Frederick Swartz, to which is prefixed a Sketch of the history of Christianity in India by Hugh Pearson, Dean of Salisbury 2nd Edition 1835 Volume I, II, First American edition (abridged) 1835 Google Books
  • The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras by Rev Frank Penny 1904 Archive.org
Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861

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