Madras (City)

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Madras (City)
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates:
Altitude:
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

See also


Orphan Schools

  • Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum, page 59 of this Google Books link, published 1842
  • Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum, page 61 of this Google Book link, published 1842

External Links

Chennai, Tamil Nadu "Wikipedia"

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 .