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History of Chennai

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British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)

University of Madras

state public university in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Madras Presidency

administrative unit in British India

Fort St. George

fort in Chennai, India

Welsh merchant, slave trader and philanthropist (1649–1721)

Great Famine of 1876–1878

famine in India under Crown rule

William Denison

British colonial administrator (1804-1871)

history of Chennai

aspect of history

Siege of Madras

1758 part of Seven Years' War

St. Mary's Church, Chennai

building in India

St. George's Cathedral

cathedral in Chennai, India

George Pigot, 1st Baron Pigot

British governor of Madras

Treaty of Madras

1769 peace agreement between Mysore and the British East India Company

former railway company of India

The Madras Courier

Indian English-language newspaper, 1785-1821

time zone established in 1802 by John Goldingham; approximately UTC+5:21

Nayaks of Kalahasti

line of rulers of the Kalahasti and Vandavasi principalities