The Madras Presidency, also known as the Presidency of Fort St. George and Madras Province, was an administrative sub division of British dominated India. The territory included most of southern India, such as the modern states of Tamil Nadu, the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep Islands, the Malabar region of North Kerala, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangapur and Gajapati districts of southern Orissa and the Bellary, Ganjam, Dakshina Kannada, Rayagada and Udupidistricts of Karnataka. Madras (now Chennai) was the winter capital of the province and Ootacamund (now Ooty) was the summer capital of the British presidency. Sir John Holland served in office until 13 February 1790 and was succeeded by Sir William Medows, who acted as the Governor of Madras Province from 20 February 1790 to 1 August 1792. This article is a stub. You may enrich it by adding more information to it. You can send your write-up at content@indianetzone.com |