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'''Madras''' (now Chennai) was the seat of the [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras Presidency]] and the location of [[Fort St George]].
[[Image:Madras map 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools]]
[[Image:Madras map 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools]]
'''Madras''' (now Chennai) was the seat of the [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras Presidency]] and the location of [[Fort St George]].
[[Image:Madras1893.jpg|thumb|200px|Madras 1893 [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Madras1893.jpg Rootsweb]]]


== History ==
== History ==
[[Image:Madras1893.jpg|thumb|200px|Madras 1893 [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Madras1893.jpg Rootsweb]]]
*[[Loss of Fort St George]] 6-19 Sept 1746
[[Siege of Madras]] 1758
*[[Siege of Madras]] Dec 1758 - Feb 1759


== Spelling variants ==
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*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/madras.htm Madras 1888-1896] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922]
*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/madras.htm Madras 1888-1896] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922]


===Historical books online===
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here you wish to follow up, ''Vestiges of Old Madras Volumes I, II, III'' are available through the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]]. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here you wish to follow up, ''Vestiges of Old Madras Volumes I, II, III'' are available through the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]]. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books

Revision as of 11:46, 8 May 2010

Madras (City)
Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 13.09°N, 80.27°E
Altitude: 6m
Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links
Madras Railway (to 1908)
Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway (1908 on)

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

Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools
Madras 1893 Rootsweb

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

Cemeteries

See Madras Cemeteries, for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.

Orphan schools

See the main article Orphan Schools in Madras, or the following list of schools:

External links

Historical books online

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861