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, namely the states of Tamil Nadu, the Coastal Andhra and Rayalaseema regions of Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep Islands, the Malabar region of North Kerala, Koraput, Malkangiri, Nabarangapurand Gajapati districts of southern Orissa and Bellary, Dakshina Kannada, Ganjam, Rayagada and Udupi districts 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 George Stratton governed over the province as the President till 31 August 1777. He was succeeded by John Whitehall who was served as the Acting President of the province from 31 August 1777 to 8 February 1778. 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 |