The Story of Madras. Glyn Barlow

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Frontispiece PAGE Map of Madras, about 1710 10 Corresponding Map, 1921 11 Clive's House 16 A bit of the Black Town Wall 26 Central Gate of the Black Town Wall 28 A Magazine in the Black Town Wall 30 'The Old and the New' 32 Map of Madras 36 San Thomé Fort 42 Egmore fort (side view) 44 Remains of the Egmore Fort 46 St. Mary's, Fort St. George 49 Government House, Madras 74 The Sea Gate 80 The Company's Flag 81 Surf-Boat 83 University Senate House 96 Pachaiyappa's College 97 Doveton Protestant College 98 St. George's Cathedral 102 St. Andrew's (The 'Kirk') 104 St. Thomé Cathedral 106

CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES

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The East India Company established	a.d. 1600
First English settlement, at Masulipatam	1611
Site of Madras acquired by Mr. Francis Day	1639
The acquisition confirmed at Chandragiri by the Hindu 'Lord of the Carnatic'	1639
The Hindu lord of the Carnatic (the Raja of Chandragiri) dethroned by the Mohammedan Sultan of Golconda	1646
The Company secure from Golconda a fresh title to their possessions
The Sultan of Golconda dethroned by the Moghul Emperor, Aurangzeb, who appoints a 'Nawab of the Carnatic'	1687
The Company secure from a representative of the Emperor a fresh title to their possessions
Da-ud Khan, Nawab of the Carnatic, invests Madras for three months, and is finally bought off	1702
In Europe, England and France are engaged in the War of the Austrian Succession	1740–1748
Dupleix, who is possessed with the idea of making France politically influential in India, is appointed Governor of Pondicherry	1742
In the war in Europe he sees an opportunity for fighting the English in India, and French forces under LaBourdonnais capture Madras	1746
Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, by which Madras is restored to the English	1748
Two Carnatic princes quarrel for the Nawabship	1749
The French and the English in South India join in the quarrel on opposite sides. In the name of the claimant whom the English supported, Clive captures Arcot, the capital of the Carnatic, and then defends the town against the rival claimant and his French supporters	1749
The French are defeated in the open field, and the struggle is at an end	1752
In Europe, England and France are engaged in the Seven Years' War	1756–1763
In India, Count Lally besieges Madras unsuccessfully for more than two months	a.d. 1758–1759
The English defeat the French at Wandiwash	1760
The English capture Pondicherry	1761
Treaty of Paris, by which Pondicherry is restored to the French	1763
(The town was captured again in 1786 and in 1803).
Haidar Ali makes himself Sultan of Mysore Скачать книгу