Madras (City)
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| Place Name: | Chennai |
| State/Province: | Tamil Nadu |
| Country: | India |
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Madras (now Chennai) was the seat of the Madras Presidency and the location of Fort St George.
History
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. See page 59 of this Google Books link, published 1842
- Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum
- FIBIS Journal No. 6 (Autumn 2001) The Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum by Peter Bailey. To access this article FIBIS Members (view online)Join FIBIS Non Members(purchase a copy of the Journal)
- page 61 of this Google Book link, published 1842
- 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.
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 .