Difference between revisions of "Madras (Presidency)"
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===Historical books online=== | ===Historical books online=== | ||
| + | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/ageographicalac00bowrgoog#page/n8/mode/2up ''A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679''] by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org. Includes Madras, the Coromandel Coast | ||
*''Madras District Gazetteers'' Archive.org | *''Madras District Gazetteers'' Archive.org | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/godavari01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri''] 1915 | ||
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/trichinopoly01madr#page/n9/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly''] 1907 | ||
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam''] 1907 | **[http://www.archive.org/stream/vizagapatam01madr#page/n5/mode/2up ''Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam''] 1907 | ||
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:Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers'' | :Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]] website, under the title ''Madras District Gazetteers'' | ||
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*[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=qvkNAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover ''A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books | ||
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookmadrasp00firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Madras Presidency''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org | *[http://www.archive.org/stream/handbookmadrasp00firgoog#page/n6/mode/2up ''Handbook of the Madras Presidency''] by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org | ||
| − | + | *[http://books.google.com/books?id=alwOAQAAMAAJ&pg=PP7 ''Regulations and Acts in force within the Madras Presidency''] by Richard Clarke 1848 Google Books | |
*''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...'' | *''Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...'' | ||
:[http://books.google.com/books?id=_oAZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1862-63] 1864, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 1864-65] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1865-66] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TRUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1867-68] 1868, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vhUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1868-69] 1869 Google Books; [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00statgoog#page/n4/mode/2up 1869-70] 1870, [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00goog#page/n4/mode/2up 1870-71] 1872 Archive.org | :[http://books.google.com/books?id=_oAZAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1862-63] 1864, [http://books.google.com/books?id=5iUbAAAAYAAJ&pg=PR1 1864-65] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vUQbAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1865-66] 1866, [http://books.google.com/books?id=TRUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1867-68] 1868, [http://books.google.com/books?id=vhUTAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover 1868-69] 1869 Google Books; [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00statgoog#page/n4/mode/2up 1869-70] 1870, [http://www.archive.org/stream/reportonadminis00goog#page/n4/mode/2up 1870-71] 1872 Archive.org | ||
Revision as of 11:39, 5 May 2011
An adminsitrative subdivision of British India. The Madras Presidency covered the southern half of India and Ceylon (now called Sri Lanka).
See Presidencies in the Beginners' Guide
External Links
Madras Presidency 1611-1755 Google Books
Madras Presidency Wikipedia
Historical books online
- A Geographical Account of Countries Round the Bay of Bengal, 1669 to 1679 by Thomas Bowrey, edited by Sir Richard Carnac Temple 1905 Archive.org. Includes Madras, the Coromandel Coast
- Madras District Gazetteers Archive.org
- Madras District Gazetteers: Godaveri 1915
- Madras District Gazetteers: Madura 1906
- Madras District Gazetteers: The Nilgiris 1908
- Madras District Gazetteers: Salem Volume 1-Part 1 1918, Madras District Gazetteers: Statistical Appendix for Salem District 1932
- Madras District Gazetteers: Trichinopoly 1907
- Madras District Gazetteers: Vizagapatam 1907
- Many editions for additional districts are available to read online on the Digital Library of India website, under the title Madras District Gazetteers
- A Handbook for India: Being an Account of the Three Presidencies, and of the Overland Route; intended as a guide for Travellers, Officers and Civilians. Part I Madras by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 1859 Google Books
- Handbook of the Madras Presidency by Edward B. Eastwick, published by John Murray 2nd edition, (almost entirely rewritten) 1879 Archive.org
- Regulations and Acts in force within the Madras Presidency by Richard Clarke 1848 Google Books
- Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency for the Year...
