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'''Madras''' (now Chennai) was the seat of the [[Madras (Presidency)Image:Madras1893.jpg|thumb|200px|Madras Presidency1893 [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Madras1893.jpg Rootsweb]] and the location of [[Fort St George]].
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'''Madras''' (now Chennai) was the seat of the [[Madras (Presidency)|Madras Presidency]] and the location of [[Fort St George]].
[[Image:Madras map 1862.jpg|thumb|280px|Madras in 1862, with churches, missions & schools]]
== History ==
*[[Image:Madras1893.jpg|thumb|200px|Madras 1893 [http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~poyntz/India/images/Madras1893.jpg Rootsweb]Loss of Fort St George]] 6-19 Sept 1746*[[Siege of Madras]] Dec 1758- Feb 1759
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*New buildings in [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/madras.htm Madras 1888-1896] from [http://www.higman.de/Henry%20Irwin/henry-irwin.htm Henry Irwin Architect in India 1841–1922]
====Historical books online====
*[http://www.archive.org/stream/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft#page/n5/mode/2up ''Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800 Index Volume''] by Henry Davison Love 1913 Archive.org. If you find a reference here you wish to follow up, ''Vestiges of Old Madras Volumes I, II, III'' are available through the [[Online books#Digital Library of India|Digital Library of India]]. Each volume is very informative, with over 600 pages.
*[http://books.google.com/books?id=b40BAAAAQAAJ&pg=PR1 ''Madras in the olden time: being a history of the presidency from the first foundation to the Governorship of Thomas Pitt, Grandfather of the Earl of Chatham 1639-1702''] by J Talboys Wheeler 1861 Google Books
