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'''Masulipatam''' was one of the early [[East India Company Factories]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast Coromandel Coast].
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'''Masulipatam''' was one of the early [[East India Company Factories]] on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coromandel_Coast Coromandel Coast]. It was the headquarters of the [http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?volume=15&objectid=DS405.1.I34_V15_325.gif Kistna District] of Madras during the British period.
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It was also one of the subsidiary trading stations of the [[French]] East India Company.
  
 
== Military history ==
 
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Modern name: Machilipatnam<br>
 
Modern name: Machilipatnam<br>
Variants: Masulipatnam, Masulipatam, Masulipatanam<br>
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Variants: Masulipatnam/Masulipatam/Masulipatanam/Machhlipatan/Bandar<br>
  
==Historical books online==
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== External links ==
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*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_221.gif Masulipatam Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>
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*[http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-in-school/portuguese-cemetery-discovered-near-machilipatnam/article4387480.ece Portuguese cemetery discovered near Machilipatnam] G.V.R. Subba Rao  February 7, 2013 ''The Hindu'' Machilipatnam. There is a brief mention that Europeans were buried in " St. John Burial yard at Bandar Kota",  "St. Mary’s Church at Englishpalem" and the Dutch Cemetery at Valandapalem
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*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA45 Masulipatam] page 45, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
 
*[http://books.google.com.au/books?id=rBNPAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA45 Masulipatam] page 45, ''The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal Volume 68 1847''. Google Books. The cantonment was classified as one of the "Stations on the sea coast"
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*[http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi01mackgoog#page/n9/mode/2up ''A Manual of the Kistna District in the Presidency of Madras''] by Gordon Thomson Mackenzie 1883 Archive.org
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** [http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi00mackgoog#page/n98/mode/2up "Annals of Masulipatam"] page 87
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*[http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi00mackgoog#page/n130/mode/2up Account of the storm and flood of the night of 1 November 1864] page 119
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*[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/174/mode/2up  St John’s and St Mary’s Churches,  Masulipatam] ,  page 175 ''The Church in Madras, Volume II'' by Rev Frank Penny 1912 Archive.org
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**[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/176/mode/2up The military cemetery in the Fort] page 177
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Latest revision as of 23:09, 1 February 2014

Masulipatam
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Presidency: Madras
Coordinates: 16.17°N, 81.13°E
Altitude: 14 metres (46 ft)
Present Day Details
Place Name: Machilipatnam
State/Province: Andhra Pradesh
Country: India
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places of interest during the British period
[xxxxx Masulipatam]


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Masulipatam was one of the early East India Company Factories on the Coromandel Coast. It was the headquarters of the Kistna District of Madras during the British period.

It was also one of the subsidiary trading stations of the French East India Company.

Military history

Battle of Masulipatnam 1759

Spelling Variants

Modern name: Machilipatnam
Variants: Masulipatnam/Masulipatam/Masulipatanam/Machhlipatan/Bandar

External links

Historical books online