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  • Journal of a Voyage in 1811 and 1812, to Madras and China
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  • Manual of the Administration of the Madras Presidency.3 Vols.
  • Major-General Sir Thomas Munro
  • History of Pudukkottai State
  • History of the Bucking-Ham Canal project
  • The Sivaganga Zamindary
  • A History of British India
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  • Ootacamund: A History
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  • Jail Diary
  • The Madras Presidency 1881-1931
 

Content last updated on 16-04-2024 at 15:05:35
Annals of Tamil Nadu Archives
2021 : Dirctor General of National Archives of India, New Delhi, Visit on 17.11.2021
Important Leaves
In G.O.No.521, Public (Spl.) Department,dated 06.02.1950,Proclamation announcing the inauguration of the Constitution of India on 26th January, 1950 was recorded.
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