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The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India.
Madras Presidency (also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George) was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.
The presidencies in British India were provinces of that region under the direct control and supervision of, initially, the East India Company and, after 1857, the British government. The three key presidencies in India were the Madras Presidency, the Bengal Presidency, and the Bombay Presidency.
After Indian independence in 1947, the Madras Presidency became Madras state. The state’s Telugu-speaking areas were separated to form part of the new state of Andhra Pradesh in 1953. In 1956…
Madras Presidency was reconstituted as Madras state soon after India's independence in 1947. In 1953 the Rayalaseema and coastal Andhra regions became the new state of Andhra Pradesh, and Bellary district became part of Mysore state.
Sep 21, 2009 · Summary. By 1800, the British had acquired most of what was to become their presidency of Madras. They found themselves in possession of a collection of territories which covered about 140,000 square miles and which, between 1870 and 1920, came to contain a population of some 30 to 40 millions.
Aug 8, 2023 · A recent talk featuring some of the oldest maps of Madras traced the evolution of Chennai through war, economical advancements and a fast-growing population
Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and the union territory of Lakshadweep.
Madras Presidency – districts; Christopher John Baker; Book: The Politics of South India 1920–1937; Online publication: 27 October 2009; Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511563584.004
MADRAS, a presidency of British India - officially styled Fort St George - occupying, with its dependencies, the entire south of the Indian peninsula. The north boundary is extremely irregular.
