Madras, also known as Fort St George, was founded in 1640. It was the first territorial acquired by East India Company and it was the oldest among all the three presidencies (Madras, Bombay and Bengal). Madras Presidency was also known as Madraspatinam or Chinapatinam. The company obtained a small piece of land just outside the walls of Fort St George and started building a mint on March 1, 1640.
On this post I publish some of my European mint madras presidency coins, I will post more madras presidency coins in near future
Excellent Coin Of Madras Presidency XX Cash (20 Cash) European Mint Style Year 1808
Excellent Coin Of Madras Presidency X Cash (10 Cash) European Mint Style Year 1808
Excellent Coin Of Madras Presidency X Cash (10 Cash) European Mint Style Year 1803 Rare Year
On the last day of 1600AD the company of the Merchants of London trading into East Indies, got the royal charter from Queen Elizabeth to monopoly for trade for 15 years. In 1608 AD the English company made its first attempt to establish a factory in India. But in 1618 East India Company got permission to establish a permanent factory at Surat and gradually in later years, it established factories at different parts of India. These East India Company traders gradually got involved in local politics and ultimately succeeded in becoming the rulers of India. Thus whole of India was under their control by 1834 AD. In 1857 AD the Indian People revolted against East India Company’s rule. It resulted in transfer of power from East India Company to British Monarchy. This rule resulted in the end of East India Company in India. The struggle for Independence continued by people of India till they succeeded in 1947 AD, when India got independence from British rule.
COINAGE DURING EAST INDIA COMPANY RULE
1) In the very early stages the EAST INDIA COMPANY imported special coins from England for the use in their factory and trades with other European Companies.
2) Later, EAST INDIA COMPANY got royal permission to mint their coins locally with English inscription for the local use of these coins with the people near by factories East India Company.
3) For the company’s trade, far away from their factories they got the coins minted by Moghul Emperors. These coins were in Moghul style with Persian inscriptions. They were minted at Moghul mints from the bullion supplied by East India Company.
4) From 1716 AD to 1835 AD as the EAST INDIA COMPANY became politically strong, they minted their own coins in EAST INDIA COMPANY mints, but in Moghul style. Those EAST INDIA COMPANY coins were almost similar to Moghul coins. The borderline to separate EAST INDIA COMPANY coins or distinguish them from Moghul coins is blurred and hence difficult.
5 )From 1835 AD uniform coinage in European style, with the effigy of British monarch, replacing the Moghul emperor’s name were issued
6)From 1862 to 1947 AD coins were continued to issued with effigy of succeeding British Monarchs, till India got independence in 1947 AD
Some of my collections
East India Company 4 Pies Coins Year 1824 Very Rare
East India Company 4 Pies Coins Year 1825 Very Rare
East India Company 2 Pies Coins Year 1825 Very Rare
Chand Baori, in the village of Abhaneri near Bandikui, Rajasthan. Stepwells, also called bawdi or baoli are in essence wells in which the water can be reached by descending a set of steps. They may be covered and protected, and are often of architectural significance.
Built back in the 10th century, the incredible well of Chand Baori, India was a practical solution to the water problem in the area. The arid climate forced the locals to dig deep for a dependable water source, one that would last throughout an entire year. Chand Baori well is 30 meters deep, it has 13 floors and 3,500 steps. Legends say that ghosts build it in one night and that it has so many steps to make it impossible for someone to retrieve a coin once it’s been dropped in the well.
Namitha (Tamil: நமிதா கபூர் ; born as Namitha Vankawala on May 10, 1980 in Surat, Gujarat, India) is an Indian actress, who has appeared in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Hindi, Malayalam & English films.
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Namitha was born in Surat, Gujarat, India in a Punjabi family. She is the only daughter in this family, which consists of her father, a businessman while her mother is a homemaker. She has a degree in English Literature.Ironically, she recently confessed that she was not allowed to represent India in the Miss World Contest 2000 because she wasn't good at speaking english and that Priyanka Chopra was chosen over her.
She then stepped into acting by making her debut in the Telugu film Sontham. Subsequent to that, She starred in Tamil film "Yei" the song "Arjuna Arjuna" along with actor Sarath Kumar.She is so hot.
Nisha Kothari was born Priyanka in the Bengali-speaking Kothari family on November 30, 1989 in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Her dad is a chemical businessman, mom is a home-maker, and she has an elder sister who is married. As a child she grew up in Calcutta, but most of her teen years were spent in Delhi where the family re-located subsequently. She is a Science Graduate from Dayal Singh College, which is an affiliate of Delhi University. She comes from a very conservative background but had always wanted to become an actress. She speaks English, Bengali, Hindi, and even a little bit of Rajasthani.
She modeled initially in Mumbai, and when actor Madhavan came there for a Pepsi commercial shoot, she met with him, showed him her photographs, he arranged an audition for her in Chennai, and she was signed for a Tamil movie titled 'Jay Jay' during the year 2003. She then also appeared in a Telugu movie 'Madhyanam Hatya' during 2004. In both the Tamil and Telugu movies she had a screen name of Amoha. She has also modeled with Indian Cricketer Kapil Dev.
This exposure got Bollywood movie-maker Ram Gopal Varma to approach her and sign her up in 'James' 'Sarkar' and subsequently in the Sholay re-make 'Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag' in which she plays Ghunghroo, which was originally played by Hema Malini with a character name of Basanti. Her screen name is Nisha Kothari for all of the Bollywood movies.
