What was Madras Presidency?
Q: What was Madras Presidency?
A: Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.
Q: What area did Madras Presidency cover at its greatest extent?
A: Madras Presidency covered most of southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh and parts of Odisha, Kerala, Karnataka, Telangana, and the union territory of Lakshadweep.
Q: Which city was the winter capital of Madras Presidency?
A: The city of Madras was the winter capital of Madras Presidency.
Q: Which place was the summer capital of Madras Presidency?
A: Ooty or Ootacamund was the summer capital of Madras Presidency.
Q: Which significant movement hailed from Madras in the early decades of the 20th century?
A: Many significant contributors to the Indian independence movement came from Madras in the early decades of the 20th century.
Q: What was the population of Madras Presidency according to the 1822 census?
A: The population of Madras Presidency according to the 1822 census was 13,476,923.
Q: Which languages were spoken by a majority of people in Madras Presidency according to the 1871 census?
A: According to the 1871 census, the majority of people in Madras Presidency spoke Tamil and Telugu, with 14,715,000 and 11,610,000 speakers respectively.
