PRESIDENCY  , an administrative unit of the See also:

• INDIAN

Indian See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . The word is derived from the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president or See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council of a See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal factory under the See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• COMPANY

Company —a title which lasted until See also:

• GOVERNORS

governors were appointed under See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament in 1784 . It thence came to be applied to the three See also:

• ORIGINAL

original provinces of See also:

• BENGAL
• BENGAL, BAY OF

Bengal, See also:

• MADRAS

Madras, and Bombay . It is now restricted to Madras and Bombay, in distinction to the See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-governorships .