Madras Presidency
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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
Ooty
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Ooty is a town and seat of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is located at an altitude of 2,240 m, in the Nilgiri Mountains, which forms part of the Western Ghats, and is kno
Madras Presidency
…addition to Sri Lanka, from 1793 to 1815. The city of Madras (present-day Chennai) served as the official and winter capital of the Presidency, while Udhagamandalam (present-day Ooty) served as its summer capital. In 1639, the East India Company purchased the village of Madrasapatnam and one year later it established…
Ooty lake
Pykara Falls
Government Botanical Garden Ooty India
Ooty is located in the Nilgiri hills