Presidency example sentences

For example, the Governor of the Bombay Presidency while dealing with an application from the Islam Gymkhana for land on Bombay s seafront wrote: we can be certain that in a short time we shall get a similar application from some Hindu Gymkhana I don t see how we are to refuse these applicants; but I will refuse any more grants once a Gymkhana has been established by each nationality .The strongest protests, however, came from the Telugu-speaking districts of what was the Madras Presidency.In the Telugu-speaking areas of the Madras Presidency, eerasalingam Pantulu formed an association for widow remarriage.In the late eighteenth century, Calcutta, Bombay and Madras rose in importance as Presidency cities.