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[[Siege of Madras]] 1758
[[Siege of Madras]] 1758


== Spelling Variants ==
== Spelling variants ==
Modern name: Chennai<br>
Modern name: Chennai<br>
Variants: Madras<br>
Variants: Madras<br>
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See [[Madras Cemeteries]], for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.
See [[Madras Cemeteries]], for details of some of the Christian cemeteries in the city.


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


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*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums|Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums]]
*[[Orphan Schools in Madras#Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums|Black Town/Civil Orphan Asylums]]


== External Links ==
== External links ==
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai, Tamil Nadu] "Wikipedia"
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai Chennai, Tamil Nadu] Wikipedia
*Pre 1800 maps of Madras can be found by searching the French archive [[French#ANOM, previously CAOM|ANOM]]'s database [http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ulysse/sommaire?clear= Ulysse].


Pre 1800 maps of Madras from [[French#ANOM, previously CAOM|ANOM]]’s [http://caom.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/sdx/ulysse/resultats?qid=sdx_q5&p=1 Ulysse] website
===Historical books online===
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 ''Journal of a Residence in India''] by Maria Graham, 2nd Edition (1813) describes Madras in 1810 from page 123 and [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 page 154] (Google Books).
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA48 ''Travels in South-Eastern Asia...etc''] by Howard Malcolm, 2nd edition (1839) 2 volumes, describes Madras in 1837 in Book 2, Chapter 2 (Google Books).
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=YrMV0naxUTAC&pg=PA171 ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore''] by Pharoah &Co (1855), detailing Madras (Google Books)


Madras in 1810 commences [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA123 page 123] and [http://books.google.com/books?id=PyUAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA154 page 154] ''Journal of a Residence in India'' by Maria Graham 2nd Edition 1813 Illustrated by Engravings. Google Books
Madras in 1837. [http://books.google.com/books?id=poRCAAAAIAAJ&pg=RA1-PA48 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 .
Madras,[http://books.google.com/books?id=YrMV0naxUTAC&pg=PA171 page 171] ''A Gazetteer of Southern India: with the Tenasserim Provinces and Singapore'' by Pharoah &Co 1855 


[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Cities, towns and villages in Madras Presidency]]
[[Category:Locations]]
[[Category:Locations]]

Revision as of 20:45, 13 January 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 in 1862, with churches, missions & schools

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

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

External links

Historical books online