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	Fort st. George. The St. George Fort was built in 1653 by the British East India Company at Chennai.
		The fort was first completed in 1654 but owes its present shape to the remodelling work that was undertaken in 1749.
		The fort was attacked by Daud Khan, general of Emperor Aurangzeb, in 1701, by the Marathas in 1741 and by Hyder Ali on several occasions in the late 18th century.
		Glimpses of early Chennai are preserved in Clive Corner, Wellesley House, Fort Museum and St. Mary's church.
	www.hotelschennai.com /places/saintgeorge.htm (182 words)

	Fort St George - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Today, the Fort serves as the administrative headquarters for the legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu state, and still houses a garrison for troops in transit to various locations at South India and the Andamans.
		Fort St. George was also the name of the military fort built by the British in Bombay around the Casa da Orta, the old castle or keep of the Ortas, the Jewish tenants of the Portuguese king.
		Fort St. George was also the name of a fort built by the British in St.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fort_St_George (425 words)

	Chennai Fort, Fort St. George, Fort India, South India Forts, Forts and Monuments, South India Tour, Travel to ...
		Fort St. George is located on the Rajaji Salai road in Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
		The fort was one among the first few bastions that were built by the East India Company in 1640 to protect its interests in India from rival companies.
		St. Mary's was the venue for the marriage of Lord Clive.
	www.indiantravelportal.com /tamil-nadu/forts/fort-st-george.html (420 words)

	St. George's - Fortifications (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		George’s Island on the northeast tip of Bermuda, is vulnerable because of a narrow navigable stretch through the treacherous reef.
		Fort St. Catherine is now a museum containing period weapons, colourful dioramas, a wax figure of Queen Elizabeth II, and replicas of Britain’s crown jewels.
		This fort was built during the 1650s to guard the narrow passage between the Castle Island and the Bermuda mainland.
	www.bermudatourism.com /stg_forts.html (1079 words)

	Walking down the Colonial lane (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort St. George occupies a place of pride and prestige in Chennai and unfolds the history dating back to the colonial period.
		Fort St George went on to become the birthplace of the modern Indian army.
		Fort St George houses a small quaint museum which is known as the Fort Museum.
	www.chennaionline.com /toursntravel/placesofinterest/fortmuseum.asp (2082 words)

	FORT GEORGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort George, which overlooks St James and much of western Port of Spain, was initially built in 1804 as part of a complex of fortifications that protected the island and its main harbour of Port of Spain.
		Fort George was a key military position in a network of fortifications and sea defences which included the York, Princess Charlotte, Abercromby and Cambridge on the lower slopes as well as the Cumberland to the North - just above the Fort.
		Fort George ceased to be a military establishment in 1846 and was converted into a signal station in 1902, which continued to be in operation until 1964.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Places/places_FortGeorge.htm (635 words)

	Adventure in Grenada - Points of Interest
		Founded in the early 18th century by the French, St. George's still possesses something of the character of a French town, particularly in the red tile roofs and pastel colors of its traditional architecture.
		Fort George is situated on an elevated peninsula that commands the harbour entrance, a position that has given the fort enormous strategic importance since the French constructed it in the first decade of the 18th century.
		Fort George still maintains a battery of old cannons, which are used on special occasions to fire off a resounding salute.
	www.geographia.com /grenada/gdpnt01.htm (1273 words)

	A Short History of Fort George
		At least the patients at the Fort George Hospital were safer from enemy fire than from rum, as the outside wall of the fort was used for the rear wall of the hospital.
		Given the fear of renewed violence or invasion and the lack of space in the Artillery barracks in the fort proper, a brick barracks with a tile roof was erected behind the fort in 1796-98.
		Fort George was made the Headquarters of the People’s Revolutionary Army and renamed Fort Rupert in memory of Rupert Bishop, the father of Grenada’s new Prime Minister Maurice Bishop.
	www.forts.org /history.htm (3561 words)

	St George fort, george fort chennai, for museum chenai, chennai sightseeing, madras sightseeing.
		St George fort, george fort chennai, for museum chenai, chennai sightseeing, madras sightseeing.
		St. Mary's Church the oldest Anglican church in India built in 1680 and the tombstones in it's courtyard are the oldest British tombstones in India.
		South of the Fort is the War Memorial, a graceful monument built in 1939 in memory of the warriors who sacrificed their lives during the First World War.
	www.chennai-hotels.com /fort.htm (354 words)

	Fort St. George \| Monument \| Travel \| Chennai \| India \| My City Pedia
		Fort St George is an important monument holding the secrets of historical events in the city.
		The establishment of Fort St. George marked the birth of the new city, that is Madras, in the year 1640.
		The fort was named after St George who is believed to have preached in the region.
	www.chennailine.com /travel/fortstgeorge.html (367 words)

	The Tiger and The Thistle - Tipu Sultan and the Scots in India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Fort itself, Fort St George, built in 1644, was the nucleus from which the city grew.
		St Mary's Church (1678-80) are a reminder of the threats of bombing, siege and cyclone.
		George Pigot (d.11.5.1777), twice Governor of Madras, and arrested by his own quarrelsome and corrupt Council, during the arguments over the enormous debts of the British ally, Mohammed Ali.
	www.natgalscot.ac.uk /tipu/india58.htm (280 words)

	St. George's Parish in Bermuda
		St. George's Island - then referred to as King's Island because it was where the British King's representative was based - was the first to be colonized.
		Sometimes called Fort St. Catherine Beach because it is next to the fort, this is where the first colonists waded ashore in 1609 from the wreck of the flagship "Sea Venture." From here, they saw wild boars and promptly pigged out with a vengeance.
		The fort, overlooking the beach where Bermuda's first involuntary settlers came ashore from the shipwrecked Sea Venture flagship in 1609, is nearly two miles north east of the town of St. George.
	www.bermuda-online.org /seestgeo.htm (7570 words)

	Fort St. George Chennai India, Must See Tourist Places in Chennai, Fort St. George
		Fort St. George, a creation of the British in the year 1640 marks the beginning of developing Madras (Chennai) as a modern city.
		Fort St. George houses the tallest towering flagstaff in India.
		St. Mary's Church - the first English Church built in 1678-80 is the oldest surviving British church in India.
	tourism-of-india.com /fort-george-chennai.html (305 words)

	Taj Hotels - Chennai
		Fort St. George occupies a place of pride and prominence in Chennai.
		The flag -staff at Fort St. George is the tallest in India.
		South of the Fort is the War Memorial, a graceful monument built in 1939 in memory of the soldiers who sacrificed their lives during the First World War.
	www.tajhotels.com /Cities/CHENNAI/sightseeing.htm (521 words)

	Monuments in Chennai - www.chennaibest.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		But the establishing of Fort St George in 1639, for all practical purposes, marks the birth of the city.
		And inside are relics of the founders and leaders of the fort.
		One of the greatest Tamil poets, Subramanya Bharathi was born in Ettayapuram (around 600 kms from Chennai), in 1882.
	www.chennaibest.com /discoverchennai/sightseeing/monuments02.asp (326 words)

	Elihu Yale in Asia Wed
		Fort St. George was important as an independent base for commerce and diplomacy with the Indian rulers, particularly with a Mogul Emperor.
		His main concerns were the expansion of trade, negotiations of treaties and the maintenance of good relations with the Mogul and foreign ambassadors in the face of their traditional enemies the Dutch and the French.
		On 4 November 1680, the first entry in the register of the new Church of St. Mary in Fort St. George was the marriage of Elihu Yale to Catherine Hynmer, a widow with four children whose husband had been the 'second' member of the Council.
	www.wrecsam.com /yale3.html (986 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort St. George Fort St. George is south of George Town, towards the estuary of Cooum Creek, marks the first settlement of the Company.
		George's Cathedral in Anna Salai (Chennai) is a more elaborate building: three side rows of column pairs and a tower with two stages, and a steeple that rises 42.5 m.
		An altarpiece of St. George, sculptures ofJames Lushington and the Reverend Daniel Corrie and a memorial to the Bishop Heber are among the attractions here, as is the picturesque cemetry accessed through a domed gate.
	www.indiaheritage.com /newlet/contmar/TRAVEL3.doc (4428 words)

	Estelle Reyna: Lead Generation, Web Site Marketing, Web Content
		USA, FLORIDA, ST. GEORGE ISLAND: St. George Island is a part of Franklin County, Florida and is an island in the northern Gulf of Mexico.
		George Island is adjacent to Cape St. George Island.
		Following the War of 1812, the United States Army Corps of Engineers proposed that a fort be built on Hog Island Ledge, in Casco Bay at the entrance to the harbor at Portland, Maine.
	www.estelle.tv (484 words)

	Tour Packages Chennai: Make My Trip Tours India
		Fort St George - Fort St. George was built in the 1640 A.D. The first fortress of British power in India, the fort has undergone much alteration.
		The fort is now used by the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly and the Secretariat office.
		George Town - It is the centre of Chennai's commercial activity.
	us.makemytrip.com /destination/chennai/tour-packages-chennai.htm (738 words)

	Government Museum Chennai
		He was the Governor of Fort St. George during the period from (1842-1848), Madras presidency.
		It is an oil painting painted by George smith in 1900 in India.
		George during the period from 1886-1890, Madras presidency.
	www.chennaimuseum.org /draft/gallery/03/02/british.htm (141 words)

	Monuments of South India, South India's Fort by the Sea, Fort St. George, South India's Fort, Journey to India, ...
		River Kayum creates the boundary on the north of George Town, i.e., Fort St. George or the administrative and commercial complex of the city.
		Fort St. George marks the beginning of development of Madras (Chennai) as a modern city.
		South of the Fort is the War Memorial, a graceful monument built in 1939 in memory of the warriors who sacrificed their lives during the First World War.
	www.indiaprofile.com /monuments-temples/fortgeorge.htm (691 words)

	Fort St Catherine Bermuda
		If you arrive in Bermuda by cruise ship at St George this may be one of the first sights you will see.
		Since then Fort St Catherine has been rebuilt several times, with most of the current structure dating from the late 19th century.
		Fort St Catherine is located north of the town of St George and is not on a major bus route.
	www.bermuda4u.com /Attractions/bermuda_attractions_fort_st_catherine.html (291 words)

	indiainformation-St. George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fort St. George was among the first few basitons built by the East India Company to protect its interests in India.
		Presently the legislative assembly and the secretariat,St. Fort George was built somewhere around 1635 by the British East India Company.
		Within the fort premises is the oldest surviving British church in India, St. Mary's Church.
	www.indiainformation.com /forts/st.george.htm (292 words)

	Madras (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The fort itself growing over the year and is one of the finest examples in India of British military construction.
		This rabbit's warren of straight and narrow, criss-crossing streets is the Indian town that developed as Fort St. George grew.
		Rajaji Salai (North Beach Road) separates George Town from the Harbour and, along one side of it, starting with the earliest British commercial house, Parry's, are several of the major commercial institutions in Madras and many a building of 18th and 19th century architectural splendour.
	www.imsc.ernet.in /Madras/mad-f1.html (625 words)

	Bermuda's World Heritage Town of St. George
		This is why St. George is most often shown wearing a white tabard with the red cross of the crusaders and is the patron saint not only of England but also Boy Scouts (as St. George was a hero of Lord Baden - Powell), various places in Spain and elsewhere.
		George's Parish in Bermuda; Georgetown in the Cayman Islands, Georgetown of Guyana in South America and St. George's of Grenada in the Caribbean.
		George's in particular, became the second-largest, after Nassau, Bahamas, transshipment base for large British-built but not British-approved (because Britain was officially neutral) ships crossing the Atlantic and smaller but faster, also mostly British-built but Confederate-owned fleet of blockade runners.
	bermuda-online.org /seetown.htm (5031 words)

	Athena Review 3,2: Maine's Popham Colony
		Fort St. George sank quietly back into the cold Maine soil, leaving a thin stain in the earth, and all but vanishing from history.
		President George Popham sent to James I a report that the Native Americans say “there are nutmegs, mace and cinnamon in these parts” and that just seven days away lies “none other than the Southern Ocean, stretching towards the land of China:” the fabled and sought-after northwest passage.
		Georges fort’ In Context and Where Was The Pinnace VIRGINIA Built?" Paper written for the Virginia Project, Inc., Phippsburg, Maine.
	www.athenapub.com /popham.htm (3826 words)

	Tucker, St. George (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		With a substantial population of slaves, there was little work for established families and St. George Tucker, the youngest of four sons (there were also two daughters) would begin the study of law in Bermuda but left in 1771 at age nineteen to finish his studies at the College of William and Mary.
		The Tucker family produced a long line of jurists and scholars, including St. George Tucker's sons, Henry St. George Tucker (1780-1848) and Nathaniel Beverley, and a grandson, John Randolph Tucker (1823-1897), all lawyers, and Nathaniel and John Randolph poets as well.
		Robert M. Scott, St. George Tucker and the Development of American Culture in Early Federal Virginia 1790-1824 (Dissertation, George Washington University, 1990) (Examination of Tucker's relationship to the culture of federal Virginia drawing on his poems, essays, and plays and his identification with Jeffersonian republicanism and the republican ideal.
	www.wvu.edu /~lawfac/jelkins/lp-2001/tucker_st_g.html (1504 words)

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		Fort St George is the first fort to be built by the British on Indian soil.
		One of the most important monuments of the fort, St. Mary's Church was built by East India Company in the 17th century.
		Fort St. George Museum housing the relics of the British period in South India is located within Fort St. George.
	mod.nic.in /samachar/aug1-02/html/nd.htm (939 words)

	AllRefer.com - George Popham (U.S. History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		George Popham[pop´um] Pronunciation Key, c.1550–1608, early colonist in Maine, b.
		In consequence of the colonization project of his uncle, Sir John Popham, and Sir Ferdinando Gorges, George Popham, in the Gift of God, with Ralegh Gilbert in the Mary and John, set out in 1607 from Plymouth, England, to plant a colony in North America.
		A fort was erected, called Fort St. George, and Popham became president of the colony.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/P/Popham-G.html (232 words)

	fortstgeorge
		"Fort of St. George on the Coromandel Coast," in the mid-1700's
		Before the creation of the corporation, the company's agent/president/Governor ministered to the needs of the population of Fort and Town with the assistance, in the 1650s, of an Adhikari (headman), Kanakkapulle (accountant) and Pedda Nayak (head of watch and ward).
		The Town Hall was a long building just South of St. Mary's Church in the Fort and is today the Tamil Nadu-Kerala area headquarters of the Army.
	www.columbia.edu /itc/mealac/pritchett/00routesdata/1600_1699/madras/fortstgeorge/fortstgeorge.html (612 words)

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