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**[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
**[http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/07/09/stories/2003070900200300.htm Madras on glass] 9 July  2003 ''The Hindu''
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2015/the-premier-hotel-in-south-india.html "The premier hotel in South India": Part 1] Giacomo D’Angelis  belonged to that group of Italian traders and entrepreneurs who settled in India in the second half of the 19th Century in order to earn profit from business there and [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2016/a-pioneering-in-hoteliering-in-madras-d-angelis.html " A pioneer in hoteliering in Madras–D'Angelis": Part 2] ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XXI No. 15, November 16-30, 2011 (Part 1)  and No. 16, December 1-15, 2011 (Part 2)
*[http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2015/the-premier-hotel-in-south-india.html "The premier hotel in South India": Part 1] Giacomo D’Angelis  belonged to that group of Italian traders and entrepreneurs who settled in India in the second half of the 19th Century in order to earn profit from business there and [http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2021%20No%2016/a-pioneering-in-hoteliering-in-madras-d-angelis.html " A pioneer in hoteliering in Madras–D'Angelis": Part 2] ''Madras Musings''  Vol. XXI No. 15, November 16-30, 2011 (Part 1)  and No. 16, December 1-15, 2011 (Part 2)
*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/beehive-going-strong/article6070064.ece "‘Beehive’ going strong"] by S. Muthiah June 1, 2014  Madras Miscellany ''The Hindu''. The Beehive Foundary and Oakes & Co., a department store


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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)
FibiWiki Maps
See our interactive map of this location showing
places of interest during the British period
Madras (City)



Madras (now Chennai) was one of the early East India Company Factories, the location of Fort St George and the seat of the Madras Presidency.

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

History

Spelling variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

FIBIS resources

Plan of Madras and its environs engraved by J & C Walker, London in 1854. This item is for FIBIS members only and you will need to log-in to view it.

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:

Economy and business

External links

Historical books online

Also see Madras (Presidency)

Volume 1 In the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries Volume 2 1805 to 1835 Volume 3 1835 to 1861
These articles have been reprinted as the book Marriages at Fort St. George, Madras , available at the British Library as Official Publications: Church Registers IOR/V/27/73 and Shelfmark OIR 929.354 Open Access. This book is available as a free pdf type download from FamilySearch (located, if the given link is not permanent, by searching the Library catalogue). This link may have download problems during maintenance night time Utah Time (Utah Time=GMT less seven hours). Try again at another time. Adobe Acrobat reader probably required.