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MADRAS--
a port, a town, a Presidency |
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*MAP*
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Section 13, top margin E, left margin c;
*a
city map from 1726* |
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Madras quickly established itself as a major,
and very multicultural, trading center |
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By the later 1600's, Madras minted its own
coins; one early Governor, Elihu Yale (1687-92), later used part of his
own profits to endow *a small
college* |
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A few early drawings |
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A few glimpses of the life of Sir John Dalling,
Governor of Madras, c.1785-86 |
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Early plans of Madras and Fort St. George,
from the 1700's and beyond: *the
best city overview* |
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Madras acquired its share of Victorian public
architecture |
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The harbor works at Madras were carefully
kept up to date |
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A look at the Supreme Court, c.1860 |
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Famine relief efforts, 1877 |
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The Municipal Corporation building (city
hall) of modern Chennai (the contemporary name for Madras) |
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*BL*
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A search for "madras" will produce over
a thousand images |
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