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Learn about the history and administration of the Madras Presidency, a British colonial subdivision of India that covered most of southern India. Find out how it evolved from a trading post to a province and later a state, and what regions and rulers it included.
Learn about the origins, expansion and decline of Madras Presidency, a British colonial subdivision in southern India. The article covers the wars, treaties, administrators and regions that shaped the history of this presidency from 1684 to 1947.
Learn about the history and evolution of the Madras Presidency, one of the three key provinces under the East India Company and later the British government. Find out how it was established, expanded, and divided into modern states of India.
Learn about the Madras Presidency, a former British-controlled region in South India that became the state of Madras after Indian independence in 1947. Find out its history, geography, culture, and more from Britannica.
Aug 22, 2023 · It was carved out of the larger Madras presidency that had covered parts of other South Indian states. In 1969, the state was officially renamed Tamil Nadu and in 1996, the capital city of Madras became Chennai.
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
Aug 14, 2017 · Published - August 14, 2017 07:38 pm IST. Venkatesh Ramakrishnan. READ LATER. The Egmore Railway station photographed in August 1947. Seventy years have passed since that momentous date. One that...
Sep 21, 2009 · A chapter from a book that examines the political development of the Madras Presidency in India from 1870 to 1920. It describes the geography, economy, society and administration of the region, and the emergence of provincial politics and communalism.
Indians joined the British in the highest offices of state; government greatly increased its activity through legislation and through the trebling of taxation; elective institutions and legislatures steadily replaced the discretionary rule of bureaucrats; a nationalist movement of great size and force appeared; the means of communication—through...
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.
