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.

Contents

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

  • Madras Military Male Orphan Asylum.
  • Page 59 of this Google Books link, published 1842
  • 1864-1865 Report Google Books. This report is in the middle of a volume of reports relating to the Civil Asylums.
  • Madras Military Female Orphan Asylum
  • 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 .