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    and a fort. The fort was completed on 23 April 1644 at a cost of £3,000, coinciding with St. George's Day, celebrated in honour of the patron saint of England...
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  • government from Fort St. David, near modern-day Porto Novo. In 1752, when Madras had been returned to the British, the then President of Madras, John Saunders...
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    maintenance. It was named for the patron saint of Wales because the governor of Madras at the time, Elihu Yale, was Welsh. Fort St David, situated on the mouth...
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  • for the Madras fort Fort St. George, a 1607 fort of the Popham Colony in Maine Fort St. George (Thomaston, Maine), a 1719 British Colonial fort in Maine...
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    George Town is a neighbourhood in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is near the Fort Saint George, Chennai. It is also known as Muthialpet and Parry's corner...
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    settlement was designated Fort St. George, the British applied the name Madras to a new large city which had grown up around the Fort including the "White...
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    May 1806 some sepoys who protested the new rules were sent to Fort Saint George (Madras then, now Chennai). Two of them – a Hindu and a Muslim – were...
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    1642: Madras Capuchin Mission founded by French Capuchin Missionary Fr. Ephrem de Nevers was Established as Prefecture Vicariate of Fort Saint George This...
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  • lands in Chennai and made On 22 August 1639 as Madras Day. A year later, the English built Fort St. George, the first major English settlement in India...
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    Elihu Yale (category Presidents of Madras)
    and India. He became a clerk for the East India Company at Fort St. George, later Madras, and eventually rose to the Presidency of the settlement. He...
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    1862 under the new Indian Penal Code. Madras Presidency, or the Presidency of Fort St. George, also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision...
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  • works as a writer at Fort St. George. 1746: The French Admiral La Bourdonnais capture Fort St George. 1749: The French return Madras to the English through...
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  • shrine of a Sufi saint within the fort further adds to its historical and religious importance. It is also noteworthy that the fort was used as the office...
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    the post-independence Indian Army. The town of Madras was founded in 1639 and the first Fort Saint George in 1644. In August 1758, they were formed into...
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    locality in Mylapore in Chennai city (formerly Madras) in India. The word Santhome or San Thome is derived from Saint Thomas. The tradition is that he was martyred...
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  • at Madras again on 28 November before returning to Kedgeree on 2 February 1783. She was at Calcutta on 12 July. A dispatch from Fort Saint George (Madras)...
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    building was funded by the Government of Madras, and placed under the Church of England in India, Diocese of Madras. The Church was closed after Indian independence...
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    most important fortified post in the Madras Presidency (after Fort St. George and Fort St. David). The rectangular fort was built to enclose the Rock, one...
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  • who. Lok Sabha. p. 397. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Madras (India : State) (1960). Fort Saint George Gazette. p. 41. Retrieved 13 December 2020. India....
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  • Census Handbook. Series 19: Tamil Nadu: Kanyakumari. Madras (India : State) (1964). Fort Saint George Gazette. "Amrita Institutions". www.amrita.edu.in....
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    Act was passed enacting that the three presidencies of Fort William in Bengal, Bombay and Madras along with a new "Presidency of Agra", were to be a part...
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    the Madras Government Gazette in Chapter XI, page 213, with the caption "Manchali Adoni Taluka". This order is still preserved in Fort St. George and...
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    of the port, together with HMS Minerva. Triton had sailed from Fort Saint George (Madras) as escort to Admiral Lord Cornwallis, then Governor General of...
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    Bekal Fort is a medieval fort built by Shivappa Nayaka of Keladi in 1650 AD, at Bekal. It is the largest fort in Kerala, spreading over 40 acres (160...
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    Index to the proceedings of the Madras Government of Fort Saint George, in the Public department, for the year 1837. Madras : The Government Press , 1887...
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    Apostle. It is known as National Shrine of Saint Thomas Cathedral Basilica in Chennai. Built in 1639, Fort St George, used to house the Tamil Nadu Legislative...
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  • Coleman & Company. p. 983. Retrieved 24 December 2020. Madras (India : State) (1960). Fort Saint George Gazette. p. 65. Retrieved 24 December 2020. Official...
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  • motto of the school is Virtue is our strongest shield. Madras (India : State) (1964). Fort Saint George Gazette. p. 80. Retrieved 16 March 2023. The Catholic...
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  • Sabha Secretariat. p. 148. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Madras (India : State) (1961). Fort Saint George Gazette. p. 174. Retrieved 3 April 2018. Sir Stanley...
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  • Secretariat. 1962. p. 517. Retrieved 15 April 2018. Madras (India : State) (1961). Fort Saint George Gazette. p. 42. Retrieved 15 April 2018. "1962 India...
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