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Bellary Cantonment, was a cantonment area in Madras Presidency in the British Raj. Bellary, today in Karnataka, came under British administration in 1800, and was the headquarters of the Bellary District, in the Southern Division of Madras, in 1840.
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.
Sep 21, 2009 · The province was certainly the most artificial of all those held by the British in India. Its administrative and formal political unity masked enormous economic, linguistic and cultural diversities. The presidency was composed of seven clearly distinct geophysical regions, each with its own economy.
Oct 24, 2021 · Soon after Bellary became part of the Madras Presidency, Sir Thomas Monroe, (27 May 1761 – 6 July 1827), a popular Scottish soldier and colonial administrator was the first collector of Bellary district in 1800.
THE EAST INDIA COMPANY AND THE BRITISH ARMY: THE CRISIS AT MADRAS IN 1783 By Dr. G. J. Bryant The East India Company founded the British Raj in India, but could not have done so without substantial help from the Royal Navy and the British Army. Initially, neither the Company nor the British Government had
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...
