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==Photographs==
==Photographs==
The FIBIS database has some [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=166&s_id=105 interior photographs of Fort St George].
The FIBIS database has some [http://www.search.fibis.org/frontis/bin/aps_browse_sources.php?mode=browse_components&id=166&s_id=105 interior photographs of Fort St George].
==See also==
* [[Madras Cemeteries]] - details St Mary's Church cemetery


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[[Category:Forts in Madras Presidency]]

Revision as of 09:38, 27 April 2009

Fort St George was the name of the military garrison in Madras, and it was home to British Army units for many centuries. It is now the home of the state legislature for Tamil Nadu. The church in Fort St George is called St Mary’s and it claims to be the oldest Anglican church outside of Europe.

History

Loss of Fort St George 1746

Photographs

The FIBIS database has some interior photographs of Fort St George.

See also