EducationEast India Company rule
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The Madras government founded a Board of Public Instruction in 1826 to oversee education in the Presidency.
In 1826 a Board of Public Instruction was founded at Madras. It was created during the governorship of Thomas Munro, who is credited with drafting an education policy for the Madras Presidency. The board was one of the first bodies of the colonial government in Madras concerned with public education.
Madras Regulation VII of 1817 on temple endowments
The Madras government passed Regulation VII of 1817, the first explicit Company legislation on the management of temple endowments.
Ryotwari system adopted in Madras Presidency
Under Thomas Munro the ryotwari land revenue system, dealing directly with cultivators, became the main settlement in Madras.
The first census of the city of Madras was taken in 1831.
Madras Pioneers renamed the Madras Sappers and Miners
The Madras Pioneers, raised in 1780, were renamed the Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners in 1831.
Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opens
Funded by the bequest of merchant Pachaiyappa Mudaliar, Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opened in Madras.
Samacheer Kalvi: uniform school education
Tamil Nadu introduced a common syllabus across state, matriculation and other school boards; the Supreme Court upheld it in 2011.