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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. It was also one of the subsidiary trading stations of the [[French]] East India Company.
== Military history ==
== Spelling Variants ==
Modern name: Machilipatnam<br>
Variants: Masulipatnam, /Masulipatam, /Masulipatanam/Machhlipatan/Bandar<br>
== External links ==*[http://dsal.uchicago.edu/reference/gazetteer/pager.html?objectid=DS405.1.I34_V17_221.gif Masulipatam Town] Imperial Gazetteer<br>*[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 ====Historical books online====
*[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://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
** [http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi00mackgoog#page/n98/mode/2up "Annals of Masulipatam"] page 87
*[http://archive.org/stream/amanualkistnadi00mackgoog#page/n130/mode/2up Account of the storm and flood of the night of 1 November 1864] page 119
*[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
**[http://www.archive.org/stream/churchinmadrasbe02penn#page/176/mode/2up The military cemetery in the Fort] page 177
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