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I am looking for a particular piece of information. Madras Presidency 1838-a novelist description of the era/buildings/streets/way of life etc, etc.

Perhaps, some reader might have caome across that information in some novel they may have read.

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Perhaps, this may be a starting point.

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I.) Madras Presidency under the Administration of the East India Company

Madras Presidency was established as an administrative unit of East India Company rule in (1652) 1684. By 1801 it roughly reached the territorial extent it was to maintain for over a century. In 1845 Trankebar (Tranquebar) was annexed, when Britain purchased Danish India.

II.) Madras Presidency part of British India

In 1858 the E.I.C. assets were transferred to the British government. In 1936 Ganjam District and half of Visagapatam District were split off Madras Presidency and merged with newly-formed Orissa Province. In 1953 the Telugu-speaking parts of Madras State were split off, and constituted as Andhra State. In 1956 Malabar District was annexed by newly-formed Kerala State, the South Kanara District and Coorg by Mysore State. In 1969, Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu.

Successor States : Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu

See also East India Company-ruled India 1759-1858, British India 1858-1947, Republic of India since 1947

Students' Papers : Myeong Do Hyeong, The Clash of Cultures in Malabar : Encounters, Conflict and Interaction with European Culture, 1498-1947 (2012)

seignetSenior Member

That was exceptionally quick. I have reviewed all of that already. Thank you.

I am looking for a novelist depiction of the era. I am sure, it is not going to be lengthy. It is going to be short with excellent prose.

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Filed under: Madras (India : Presidency) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century

<cite>Letters From Madras, During the Years 1836-1839</cite> (London: J. Murray, 1846), by Julia Charlotte Maitland (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

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Filed under: Madras (India : Presidency) -- Catalogs

<cite>A calendar of the Madras records, 1740-1744 / by H. Dodwell, Curator of the Madras Record Office.</cite> ([Madras] : Madras Govt. Press, 1917), by Madras (India : Presidency). Record Office (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Madras (India : Presidency) -- Description and travel

<cite>Letters From Madras, During the Years 1836-1839</cite> (London: J. Murray, 1846), by Julia Charlotte Maitland (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

Filed under: Madras (India : Presidency) -- History

<cite>French correspondence ....</cite> (Madras : Printed by the Superintendent, Govt. Press, 1914-), by Madras (India : Presidency) (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Botany -- India -- Madras (Presidency)

<cite>Flora of the presidency of Madras [by] J. S. Gamble ... Published under the authority of the Secretary of state for India in council.</cite> (London [Adlard & son, limited], 1915-36), by J. S. Gamble (page images at HathiTrust)

Filed under: Forests and forestry -- India -- Madras (Presidency)

<cite>Nature and uses of Madras timbers. Arranged in categories containing similar woods, and critically compared with corresponding European and Philippine timbers. (Completely rev. and remodelled from the work issued for the Madras exhibition, 1917, with copious useful additions.) By A. W. Lushington ...</cite> (Vepery, Madras, Printed and sold at the S. P. C. K. press, 1919), by Alfred Wyndham Lushington (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
<cite>Annual administration report.</cite> (Madras.), by Madras (India : Presidency). Forest Dept (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
<cite>Suggestions regarding forest administration in the Madras Presidency / by D. Brandis ... with one map. : dated Madras, the 10th January 1883.</cite> (Madras : Printed by E. Keys, at the Government press, 1883), by Sir Brandis Dietrich (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

Filed under: Maitland, Julia Charlotte, -1864 -- Travel -- India -- Madras (Presidency)

<cite>Letters From Madras, During the Years 1836-1839</cite> (London: J. Murray, 1846), by Julia Charlotte Maitland (HTML at Celebration of Women Writers)

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seignetSenior Member

Thank you. I will go through the sites. Will keep me busy for a while.

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