The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province)...
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Munnetra Kazhagam since 7 May 2021. The Madras Presidency, headquartered in Fort St. George, India, was a presidency of India that comprised present day Tamil...
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established as the Madras Preparatory School before being repurposed as a high school, and then a graduate college. The Presidency College is one of the...
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when Madras was made a Presidency once and for all. Streynsham Master is the best remembered and most renowned of the Agents of Madras. Madras was elevated...
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Madras Presidency Association was a faction within the Indian National Congress which existed before indian independence. While Justice Party championed...
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Madras Presidency (also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George) was an administrative subdivision (presidency)...
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Denmark, the Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century three Presidency towns: Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. During the period of Company...
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Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly (redirect from Madras Legislative Assembly)
the erstwhile Madras Presidency and was formerly known as Madras State. The first legislature of any sort for the Presidency was the Madras Legislative...
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in 1947, the erstwhile Madras presidency was integrated into the Union of India as Madras province. The province became Madras state following the adoption...
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The second legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of...
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The first legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency was held in February 1937, as part of the nationwide provincial elections in British...
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The Madras Presidency Match was an annual first-class cricket fixture played in Madras (now Chennai) from the 1915–16 season to 1951–52 between teams called...
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South Arcot District was a district in the Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Cuddalore, Kallakurichi...
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Chennai (redirect from Madras, Madras State)
Madras city and port, and built Fort St. George, the first British fortress in India. The city was made the winter capital of the Madras Presidency,...
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Zamindaris were established in the Madras Presidency by the government of the British East India Company starting from 1799 onwards. These settlements...
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The Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The presidency armies...
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The Madras Presidency was a province of British India comprising most of the present day Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh along with a few districts and...
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The first legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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Madras Mahajana Sabha was an Indian nationalist organisation based in the Madras Presidency. Along with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay Presidency...
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the discretion of the Governor. Headquartered in Fort St. George, Madras Presidency was a province of British India. It comprised present-day Tamil Nadu...
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the Madras Presidency during the British Raj affected close to 20% of the population. Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of...
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composed primarily of Indian sepoys. The presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army. Initially...
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Bengal Presidency and Madras Presidency were the three major centres of British power in South Asia. The first English settlement in the Presidency known...
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Ganjam district (redirect from Ganjam District (Madras Presidency))
Thanjavur and South Canara districts, as the three districts of the Madras Presidency where Brahmins were most numerous. As of 2011 it is the most populous...
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their origin from the erstwhile Madras Presidency army of the British Raj. This regiment has its HQ in Bengaluru. The Madras Sappers are the oldest of the...
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of the Madras Presidency. Prakasam subsequently became the first chief minister of the erstwhile Andhra State, created by the partition of Madras State...
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History of Andhra Pradesh (section Madras Presidency)
CE. Potti Sriramulu had campaigned for a state independent of the Madras Presidency, and Tanguturi Prakasam Pantulu social-reform movements led to the...
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The third legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act...
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Doji bara famine (section Madras Presidency)
and Marwar (then all ruled by Indian rulers). In regions like the Madras Presidency (governed by the East India Company), where the famine was less severe...
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South Canara (redirect from South Kanara District (Madras Presidency))
South Canara was a district of the Madras Presidency of British India, located at 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40. It comprised the...
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