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:*Page 61 of this Google Book [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 link], published 1842
:*Page 61 of this Google Book [http://books.google.com.au/books?id=OG8FAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA61 link], published 1842
*[[Poonamallee]] Military Asylum, about 15 miles from Madras, for the children of [[British Army]] soldiers, was established in 1819. See [http://books.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA195 page 195] ''The Calcutta Annual Register'' (1821) Google Books. It is not clear how long this Asylum continued. Some/all girls were transferred to the MMFOA in 1826, and boys possibly in 1835.
*[[Poonamallee]] Military Asylum, about 15 miles from Madras, for the children of [[British Army]] soldiers, was established in 1819. See [http://books.google.com/books?id=26sEAAAAQAAJ&pg=RA1-PA195 page 195] ''The Calcutta Annual Register'' (1821) Google Books. It is not clear how long this Asylum continued. Some/all girls were transferred to the MMFOA in 1826, and boys possibly in 1835.
*Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums.
:*This  Google Books [http://books.google.com/books?id=AbYBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA224 link], published 1855, says a Free Day School for Boys  was established in 1807, which in turn led to the establishment of a Female Asylum in 1815, and a Male Asylum in 1823.


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Revision as of 11:09, 7 September 2009

Madras (City)
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:
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Present Day Details
Place Name: Chennai
State/Province: Tamil Nadu
Country: India
Transport links

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

History

Madras 1893 Rootsweb

Siege of Madras 1758

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Chennai
Variants: Madras

Cemeteries

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

Orphan Schools

  • Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum.
  • Page 59 of this Google Books link, published 1842
  • There was a printing press at the Asylum from 1800 Limited View Google Books page 77, Print, Folklore and Nationalism in Colonial South India by Stuart Blackburn 2005
  • The Madras Veterinary Establishment was set up in 1810 and boys from the Military Male Asylum and the Charity School were to be trained in the veterinary art, with the eventual rank of farriers. Google Books
  • Drummers are mentioned in this link published 1838 Google Books
  • Diet of the boys in 1863 page 401 Google books
  • 1864-1865 Report Google Books. This report is in the middle of a volume of reports relating to the Civil Asylums.
  • The boys were transferred to the Lawrence Asylum, Lovedale in September 1871 Google Books
  • Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum
  • Poonamallee Military Asylum, about 15 miles from Madras, for the children of British Army soldiers, was established in 1819. See page 195 The Calcutta Annual Register (1821) Google Books. It is not clear how long this Asylum continued. Some/all girls were transferred to the MMFOA in 1826, and boys possibly in 1835.
  • Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums.
  • This Google Books link, published 1855, says a Free Day School for Boys was established in 1807, which in turn led to the establishment of a Female Asylum in 1815, and a Male Asylum in 1823.

External Links

Chennai, Tamil Nadu "Wikipedia"

Madras in 1810 commences page 123 and page 154 Journal of a Residence in India by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books

Madras in 1837. Chapter 2 of Book 2 of Travels in South-Eastern Asia, embracing Hindustan, Malaya, Siam, and China: with notices of numerous missionary stations, and a full account of the Burman Empire; with dissertations, tables, etc by Howard Malcolm 2nd edition 1839 2 volumes in one .