AS, 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 THOME 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. THOME CATHEDRAL 106

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CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES

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 In