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    The bombardment of Madras was an engagement of the First World War, at Madras (now Chennai), British India. The bombardment was initiated by the German...
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    Chennai (redirect from City of Madras)
    known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal...
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    an enemy since the bombing of Dutch Harbor two weeks earlier. World War I Bombardment of Madras World War I Bombardment of Orleans World War II German...
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    (formerly known as Madras) Tamil Nadu. Spanning some 9 weeks, it comprises top-flight professional and amateur musicians . The traditional role of the Music Season...
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    The High Court of Judicature at Madras is a High Court located in Chennai, India. It has appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union...
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    Karl von Müller (category Politicians from the Province of Hanover)
    victims of a bombardment of Madras that targeted British oil tanks and a merchant ship, despite the care Müller had taken to establish lines of fire that...
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    Thus, it is a feasible contention to say that the city (formerly named Madras) evolved around the fortress. The fort currently houses the Tamil Nadu legislative...
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  • Campus), Alagappa College of Technology (ACT, Guindy Campus), Madras Institute of Technology (MIT, Chromepet Campus) and School of Architecture and Planning...
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  • (1942) Bombardment of Fort Stevens (1942) Bombardment of Genoa (1684) Bombardment of Kagoshima (1863) Bombardment of Madras (1914) Bombardment of Papeete...
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    Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of...
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    Madras Music Academy is one of the earliest established music academies in South India. Before the concept of infrastructure was introduced to India in...
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    The city of Chennai in Tamil Nadu, India, is managed by the Corporation of Chennai. Established as Madras Corporation in 1688, it is the oldest municipal...
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    The Bank of Madras was one of the three Presidency Banks of British India, along with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay. It was established on...
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    India. In the last quarter of 1906, Madras (now Chennai) was hit by the worst financial crisis the city was ever to suffer. Of the three best-known British...
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    The Battle of Madras or Fall of Madras took place in September 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a French force attacked and captured...
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    Madras, held by the British, was besieged between December 1758 and February 1759 by French forces under the command of Comte de Lally during the Seven...
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    some of the most commercially successful actors, directors and films of Indian cinema. By the end of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed...
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    England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain. It is the largest...
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  • University of Madras. Loyola commerce association celebrated its 75th year in 2019. Loyola College has more than 10,000 students studying as of 2023. The...
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    Madras Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1835, it is one of the oldest medical colleges...
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    Chennai (Madras) on 3 April 1905. The Three Objects of the Theosophical Society are as follows : To form a nucleus of the universal brotherhood of humanity...
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    Chennai Metro (redirect from Madras Metro)
    the capacity of the transportation network in major metropolitan cities including Madras, and developed plans for further expansion of transportation...
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    St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai (category Tombs of apostles)
    Portuguese in Goa and Bombay-Bassein sent missionaries to Madras (now Chennai) in search of the tomb of Thomas the Apostle, who by local tradition had come...
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    known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fifth largest city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal...
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    Station, formerly Madras Central) (station code: MAS), is an NSG–1 category Indian railway station in Chennai railway division of Southern Railway zone...
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    Indian Overseas Bank (category Companies listed on the National Stock Exchange of India)
    IOB started up simultaneously at three branches, one each in Karaikudi, Madras, and Rangoon (Yangon). It quickly opened a branch in Penang, Kuala Lumpur...
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    the Madras Presidency acquired the Chepauk palace from the Nawab of Carnatic. In 1865, a new pavilion was constructed and it became the home of the Madras...
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    Mylapore (redirect from Mylapore, Madras)
    intellectual hub of Madras city and home to British-educated lawyers and statesmen, the most elite of whom formed the Mylapore clique. Some of the luminaries...
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  • population of Madras in 1639, the year of its founding have been calculated as 7,000. Captain Thomas Bowrey in his 1670 book Countries around the Bay of Bengal...
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    ceremony to commemorate the 110th anniversary of the Battle of Penang. Bombardment of Madras Battle of Cocos Weeratunge Edward Perera Bunich, Igorʹ (2003)...
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