Madras Presidency

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former administrative division presidency of British India

Madras Presidency was a major administrative subdivision of British India, encompassing much of southern India and serving as an important center of colonial governance and trade.

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Observed surface forms (9)

Surface form Occurrences
British-controlled Madras Presidency 1
Government of Madras Presidency 1
Government of the Madras Presidency 1

Statements (58)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former administrative division ⓘ
presidency of British India ⓘ
administrativeCentre Fort St. George ⓘ
borderedBy Bay of Bengal ⓘ
capital Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras
colonialPower British Empire ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country British India ⓘ
economy based on agriculture ⓘ
endDate 1947 ⓘ
endEvent independence of India ⓘ
governingBody British Crown ⓘ
British East India Company ⓘ
surface form: East India Company
legalSystem British colonial law ⓘ
legislativeBody Madras Legislative Council ⓘ
majorCrop cotton ⓘ
indigo ⓘ
rice ⓘ
majorExport coffee ⓘ
spices ⓘ
textiles ⓘ
majorLanguage Kannada ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
majorPort Madras Port ⓘ
notableCity Bellary ⓘ
Coimbatore ⓘ
Guntur ⓘ
Chennai ⓘ
surface form: Madras

Madurai ⓘ
Salem ⓘ
Tanjore ⓘ
Trichinopoly ⓘ
Vizagapatam ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf British India ⓘ
surface form: British Raj
precededBy Madras Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Madras Province (East India Company)
presentDayLocation India ⓘ
presentDayRegion Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Laccadive Islands (Lakshadweep) ⓘ
surface form: Lakshadweep (parts)

Odisha (parts) ⓘ
Puducherry (parts) ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Telangana (parts) ⓘ
startDate 1650s ⓘ
startEvent elevation of Madras to a presidency of the East India Company ⓘ
successor Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Andhra State ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
surface form: Kerala State

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State

Karnataka ⓘ
surface form: Mysore State

Tamil Nadu ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
surface form: Travancore-Cochin State

Referenced by (58)

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

Odisha (parts) → administeredUnder → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Company rule in India → appliesToJurisdiction → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Advocate General of Madras → appointedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of the Madras Presidency
Carnatic region of India → associatedWith → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Fort St. George → associatedWith → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Augustus De Morgan → birthPlace → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Bihar and Orissa Province → borderedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Hyderabad State → borderedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Telangana (parts) → borderedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras Presidency core Telugu districts (historical)
Travancore → borderedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Nawab of the Carnatic → followedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: British-controlled Madras Presidency
Andhra State → formedFrom → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras State
British East India Company → foundedCity → Madras Presidency ⓘ
EIC → governedTerritory → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Second Anglo-Mysore War → historicalRegion → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Puducherry (parts) → historicallyPartOf → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Telangana (parts) → historicallyPartOf → Madras Presidency ⓘ
British India → includedTerritory → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Madras Legislative Council → jurisdiction → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Government of Madras Presidency
Madras Legislative Council → locatedIn → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Guntur → locatedInFormerState → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Advocate General of Madras → location → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → location → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Swadeshi movement → location → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Home Rule movement → mainRegion → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Madras Army → operatedBy → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army → partOf → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Madras Legislative Council → partOf → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Odisha (parts) → partOf → Madras Presidency ⓘ
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
C. Rajagopalachari → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
C. V. Raman → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
R. Venkataraman → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Srinivasa Ramanujan → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
T. T. Krishnamachari → placeOfBirth → Madras Presidency ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras Presidency, British India
Annie Besant → placeOfDeath → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Srinivasa Ramanujan → placeOfDeath → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Sri Vikrama Rajasinha → placeOfExile → Madras Presidency ⓘ
Madras Presidency → precededBy → Madras Presidency self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Madras Province (East India Company)