Fort St. George

E30583

colonial fort fortress historic site

Fort St. George is a historic coastal fortress in Chennai, India, that served as the British East India Company’s first major stronghold and a key center of colonial administration in South India.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Fort St. George canonical	18
Fort St. George complex	6
Fort St. George, Madras	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial fort ⓘ fortress ⓘ historic site ⓘ
architecturalStyle	European colonial architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	British India ⓘ surface form: British Raj East India Company rule in India ⓘ Madras Presidency ⓘ
builtBy	British East India Company ⓘ
constructedFor	British East India Company ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1640 ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentCityName	Chennai ⓘ
currentUse	location of Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ⓘ location of offices of the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ⓘ seat of the Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
formerNameOfCity	Chennai ⓘ surface form: Madras
garrisonedBy	British East India Company forces ⓘ surface form: British East India Company army British Indian Army ⓘ
hasPart	Clive House ⓘ Fort Museum, Chennai ⓘ Legislative Assembly building, Fort St. George ⓘ Secretariat building, Fort St. George ⓘ St. Mary’s Church, Fort St. George ⓘ Wellesley House ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected monument ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
historicalEra	British colonial period in India ⓘ
inception	1640 ⓘ
languageOfColonialAdministration	English ⓘ
languageOfLocalAdministration	Tamil ⓘ
locatedIn	Chennai ⓘ South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedNear	Bay of Bengal ⓘ
locatedOn	Coromandel Coast ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint George of Lydda ⓘ surface form: Saint George St George ⓘ surface form: St. George
nearbyPlace	Chennai ⓘ surface form: George Town, Chennai Marina Beach ⓘ
operator	Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
owner	Government of Tamil Nadu ⓘ
servedAs	administrative headquarters of Madras Presidency ⓘ
significance	first British fortress in India ⓘ first major British East India Company stronghold in India ⓘ key center of colonial administration in South India ⓘ origin of the city of Madras (now Chennai) ⓘ
usedFor	administrative center ⓘ military stronghold ⓘ trading post ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Madras Presidency → administrativeCentre → Fort St. George ⓘ

Chennai → hasMonument → Fort St. George ⓘ

Kamarajar Salai → hasLandmark → Fort St. George ⓘ

Chennai Central railway station → near → Fort St. George ⓘ

Madras Army → hadHeadquarters → Fort St. George ⓘ

Elihu Yale → workLocation → Fort St. George ⓘ

Presidency of Fort St. George → capital → Fort St. George ⓘ

Presidency of Fort St. George → hasAdministrativeCenter → Fort St. George ⓘ

Presidency of Fort St. George → namedAfter → Fort St. George ⓘ

Fort Museum, Chennai → locatedIn → Fort St. George ⓘ

Fort Museum, Chennai → locatedInFort → Fort St. George ⓘ

Fort Museum, Chennai → partOf → Fort St. George ⓘ