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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 ==
====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
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