LC control no. | n 92088954 |
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Geographic heading | Madras (India : Presidency) |
Geographic subdivision usage | India--Madras (Presidency) |
Variant(s) | Madras (Presidency) Fort St. George (India : Presidency) Fort Saint George (India : Presidency) Presidency of Fort St. George (India) Presidency of Fort Saint George (India) Madras Presidency (India) |
See also | Madras (India : State) |
Found in | Copies of papers relative to the restoration of the King of Tanjore, the arrest of the Right Hon. George Lord Pigot, and the removal of His Lordship from the government of Fort St. George, by sundry members of the council, 1777. LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Madras (Presidency); officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George but commonly referred to and better known as above hdg.; in 1937 Madras received provincial autonomy; State of Madras created by 1950 Constitution of India; includes more territory than the Presidency of Madras) Ency. Brit.: under Tamil Nadu (from 17th century to 1946 the area was known as the Madras Presidency) |