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{{Locations_Infobox|presidency=[[Madras (Presidency)|Madras]]|image=|coordinates=[https://www.google.com/maps/place/13%C2%B004'40.8%22N+80%C2%B015''32.4%22E/@13.078,80.259,12z 13.078°N 80.259°E]|altitude= |presentname=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egmore Egmore''' is an area near the centre of ]|stateprovince=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamil_Nadu Tamil Nadu]|country=[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India India]|transport=[[Madras Railway]]<br>[[Madrasand Southern Mahratta Railway]]}}
It '''Egmore''' is a neighbourhood of Chennai, previously a separate community and later absorbed by the location of St Andrew’s Church (Church city of Scotland), established 1821[[Madras]].
It was the location == Churches and missions ==*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Andrew%27s_Church,_Chennai St Andrew’s Church] (Church of the Scotland), established 1821. ''(Retrieved 1 May 2016)''*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesley_Church,_Egmore Wesley Church Egmore] ''Retrieved 1 May 2016)'' == Education ==[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum|Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum]]. ''(Retrieved 1 May 2016)''
It was located on the [[Madras Railway]], which later became the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]]
==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egmore Egmore] Wikipedia. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''*[http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/apac/other/019pzz000000369u00000000.html 'St Andrew's Church, Egmore, Madras'. Drawn and engraved by J.W. Gantz, Vepery, 1841] British Library Online Gallery. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''*[http://www.thekirk.in/roots.asp St Andrew’s Church]. The buildings and the site were maintained by the Ecclesiastical Department of the Government of India until 31st March 1948. It remains a Presbyterian Church. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''*[http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-scottish-touch/article5163889.ece "The Scottish touch"] by Anusha Parthasarathy, September 25, 2013. ''The Hindu''. St Andrew’s Kirk. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''*[http://www.egmorewesleychurch.org Egmore Wesley Church] was established in 1905. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Egmore_railway_station Chennai Egmore railway station] Wikipedia. ''(Retrieved 25 October 2014)''
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