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Title : Collection of historical objects and documents
Level : collection / Reference : fmfsg
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Notice types :
- Composite
Organization :
Chennai Fort Museum (Chennai, INDIA)
Language :
English
Material Lang 1 :
English
Material Lang 2 :
Multiple languages
Scope content :
The Fort Museum has a collection of objects from the tenure of the East India Company in Chennai including letters from Robert Clive.
Extract from : Natasha Garyali, Walking down the Colonial lane
"...The Fort Museum has ten galleries...in the first gallery are seen the arms and armour of the East India Company ...The second gallery gives a glimpse of the East India Company's ceremonial uniforms...The sixth and the seventh gallery consist of letters and documents handwritten by Lord Robert Clive and Lord Cornwallis. The documents carry their seal and signature. The eighth gallery, located on the third floor, is known as the Indo-French gallery and tells the saga of the French establishment in India...."
Extract from : Natasha Garyali, Walking down the Colonial lane
"...The Fort Museum has ten galleries...in the first gallery are seen the arms and armour of the East India Company ...The second gallery gives a glimpse of the East India Company's ceremonial uniforms...The sixth and the seventh gallery consist of letters and documents handwritten by Lord Robert Clive and Lord Cornwallis. The documents carry their seal and signature. The eighth gallery, located on the third floor, is known as the Indo-French gallery and tells the saga of the French establishment in India...."
Geognames :
- Madras (Chennai) [other] (Chennai])
- St George (Fort) [other]
Subject :
- 940-23 - european indian companies
- 940-23-1 - exportation and importation of textiles
- 940-23-2 - european trade factories
- 941-942 - history of England
- 941-942-1 - English East India Company
- 941-942-2 - english private trade
- 944 history of France
- 944-1 - French East India Company
- 944-2 - french private trade
- 954 - history of India, South Asia after 647 AD
- 954-1 - indian trade factories
- European textile export to India
- Indian textile export to Europe
- Reguations and organization of the textile trade
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Date created :
08/03/2009 09:29:34
Last update :
08/04/2009 18:16:24
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Chennai Fort Museum
collection : Collection of historical objects and documents (Ref : fmfsg)
