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Madras Presidency

Coverage of Madras Presidency in the Nexus archive.

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POLITICSJul 20 · 10:22 UTCTHE HINDU NATIONAL
On the approach and outlook of Tamil Nadu’s Scheduled Caste leaders in late 1940s
In the 1946 provincial elections, the Congress outperformed the Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) founded by B.R. Ambedkar in the Madras Presidency, winning 27 of 30 seats allocated to Scheduled Castes.
POLITICSJul 20 · 10:22 UTCTHE HINDU NATIONAL
170 years ago, a debate in Britain parliament on torture in Madras
A 170-year-old debate in the British parliament addressed torture practices in the Madras Presidency. The article describes a method where individuals were tied by the hair to an ass's tail and paraded through public markets.