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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]
*[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]
*[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
*[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
*[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
*''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'']
*[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
*[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'' Archive.org

Revision as of 11:38, 12 August 2013

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

Many editions for additional districts 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 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