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The Madras Presidency, officially designated as the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937 and later known as the Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of the Company Raj, British Raj a
Silver Rupee of the Madras Presidency, minted in Arkat, struck in the name of Mughal emperor Alamgir II.
Annie Besant in 1922
The Indian National Congress came to power for the first time in 1937 with Chakravarti Rajagopalachari (pictured at a rally) as its Chief Minister
Madras province (North), 1909
The provinces of India, earlier presidencies of British India and still earlier, presidency towns, were the administrative divisions of British governance on the Indian subcontinent. Collectively, the
Madras Presidency
…The Madras Presidency, officially designated as the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937 and later known as the Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of the Company Raj, British Raj and its successor, the Dominion of India. At its greatest extent, the Presidency included most of South India, comprising…
A mezzotint engraving of Fort William, Calcutta, the capital of the Bengal Presidency in British India 1735.
The Indian peninsula in 1700, showing the Mughal Empire and the European trading settlements
The Indian peninsula in 1760, three years after the Battle of Plassey, showing the Maratha Empire and other prominent political states
Expansion of British Bengal and Burma