Madras Coast

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• Madras Presidency — Madras Presidency, also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George, was a province of British India. At its greatest extent, Madras Presidency included much of southern India, including the present day Indian… …   Wikipedia

• Madras Institute of Technology — (MIT) சென்னை தொழில்நுட்ப நிறுவனம் Motto In the service of India Established 1949 Type …   Wikipedia

• Madras Medical College — Established 2 February 1835 Type Medical college and hospital Dean …   Wikipedia

• Madras Day — is a day of celebrations organised in the city of Chennai, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is celebrated on 22 August every year. It commemorates the founding of the modern city by establishing Fort St George on a small… …   Wikipedia

• Madras — • Archdiocese in India Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Madras     Madras     † Catholic En …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Madras High Court — Coordinates: 13°05′16″N 80°17′17″E / 13.08778°N 80.28812°E / 13.08778; 80.28812 …   Wikipedia

• madras — /mad reuhs, meuh dras , drahs /, n. 1. a light cotton fabric of various weaves, esp. one in multicolored plaid or stripes, used for shirts, dresses, jackets, etc. 2. a thin curtain fabric of a light, gauzelike weave with figures of heavier yarns …   Universalium

• Madras — /meuh dras , drahs /, n. 1. a seaport in and the capital of Tamil Nadu state, in SE India, on the Bay of Bengal. 3,169,930. 2. former name of Tamil Nadu. * * * ▪ India Tamil  Chennai        capital of Tamil Nadu state, India, on the Coromandel… …   Universalium

• Madras —    A port city, present day Chennai on India ’s southeast coast, Madras was founded by Francis Day, an English East India Company representative, in 1639. The East India Company had been granted a charter by Queen Elizabeth in December 1600 for a …   Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914

• MADRAS —    (35,630), one of the three Indian Presidencies, occupies the S. and E. of the peninsula, and is one half as large again as Great Britain; the chief mountains are the Ghâts, from which flow SE. the Godavari, Kistna, and Kavari Rivers, which, by …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Coromandel Coast — This article is about the Coromandel Coast of India. For the similarly named region in New Zealand, see Coromandel Peninsula. Districts along the Coromandel Coast …   Wikipedia