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Madras is a town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. References
One common approach categorizes Africa directionally, e.g., by cardinal direction (compass direction): North Africa lies north of the Sahara and runs along the Mediterranean coast. West Africa is the portion roughly west of 10° east longitude, excluding Northern Africa and the Maghreb. West Africa contains large portions of the Sahara Desert ...
The following article covers the name changes in South Africa by province since the 1994 South African general election. National place names, such as towns, suburbs, and natural landforms, are decided by the South African Geographical Names Council (SAGNC), and provinces have their own geographical names committees. [1]
Madras State was a state of India which was in existence during the mid-20th century. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu , Kerala and parts of neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka .
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Madras was the capital of the Madras Presidency, also called Madras Province. Bazaar at Madras, from The Graphic, 1875 By the end of 1783, the great 18th century wars which saw the British and French battle from Europe to North America and from the Mediterranean to India, resulted in the British being in complete control of the city's regional ...
The Madras States Agency was a colonial agency for the indirect rule of princely states associated with British India. Founded in 1923, it consisted of these five princely states (by precedence) : Travancore , ruled by a Maharaja with a hereditary salute of 19-guns;
Middelburg (Afrikaans pronunciation: [ˈmədəlbœrχ]) is a town in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, in the Great Karoo. It lies in the Upper Karoo, 1,279 m above sea level, with a population of 19,000. [3] It falls under the Inxuba Yethemba Local Municipality, in the Chris Hani District Municipality.