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*[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 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].
*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/madras.htm Madras 1888-1896] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922]


===Historical books online===
===Historical books online===

Revision as of 23:53, 20 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