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1 BIBLIOGRAPHY Holdings of Tamil Nadu Archives Secretariat records Military Department Public Department Government of India Gazette Revenue Department Marine Department Railway Department Irrigation Department Public Works Department Public Department Military Department (Consultations) Revenue Department (Consultations) Marine Department (Consultations) Public Works Department Financial (Railway Department) Board of Revenue (Consultations) Revenue Settlement Secret Sundries: Signals and Instructions, Sailing Directions Almanac Census 1871, District Records Guide to the District Records Tanjore , Vol. I, II, III, IV Guide to the District Records South Arcot Guide to the District Records Tinnevelly, Guide to the District Records of the Chingleput Guide to the District Records of the Trichirappalli Guide to the District Records of the Madras

2 282 Reports Report on the administration of the Madras Presidency, From Report on District Roads, 1855 Report on important Public Works for 1853 Report on important Public Works for 1854 Report of Wrecks and Casualties in Indian Waters for 1813 A.D. Log Book of a ship, Report of Vaccination Report of Madras municipality Report on Railway Department for 1854 Construction of the Madras Harbour Selection of the government of India, Public works Department. No. CCVI-papers connected with the Calcutta Ceylon Further report, Paumban ship Canal, presented to the House of Commence by command of Majesty. May London. Hazards of Cyclones heavy rainfall, strong winds and storm surges,indian Meteorological Department, Government of India, Auguest Jayanthi. N. and Sen Sarma A.K, A catalogue of storm surges in India, Published Scientific Report NO.86/1 Regional Meteorological Centre, Madras, Guide lines for Design and Construction of Buildings and structures in Cyclone prone Areas, Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR campus, Taramani, Chennai. Guidelines for mitigating damages to dwelling due to cyclones, Structural Engineering Research Centre, CSIR CAMPUS, Taramani, Chennai. Draft Report Evaluation study of Rehabilitation &Reconstruction Process in Post Super Cyclone, Orissa, Delhi. Published works Pre-Independent District Gazetteers Francis, W. Madurai District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, South Arcot District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press The Nilgiris District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, 1908.

3 283 Hemingway, F.R. Thanjavur District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Tiruchirappalli District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press,1906. Pate, H.R. Tirunelveli District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Richards, F.J. Salem District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Post - Independent District Gazetteers Baliga, B.S. Thanjavur. Madras: Government Press, Madurai District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, South Arcot District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Coimbatore District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Gopalakrishna Gandhi. Pudukkottai District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Gopalakrishnan, M. Kancheepuram and Thiruvallur (Erstwhile Chengalpattu). Madras: Government Press, The Nilgiris District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Pulney Andy Senji, P. Dharmapuri District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Ramasamy, A. Ramanathapuram District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Salem District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Sinnakani, R. Thoothukudi District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, Velmani, K.S.K. Composite Tiruchirappalli, (Tiruchirappalli, Karur and Perambalur). Madras: Government Press, Tirunelveli District Gazetteer. Madras: Government Press, 2002.

4 284 District Manuals Antony, Francis Cyril. Gazetteer of India, Union Territory of Pondicherry,Vol Cox, Arthur F. Manual of the North Arcot. Madras: Government Press, Crole, C.S. Manual of the Chengalpattu. Madras: Government Press, Francis, W. Manual of the Gazetter of South India. 1855, Garstin, J.H. Manual of the South Arcot. Madras: Government Press, Hunter and William Wilson. Imperial gazetteer of India, vol.i. Oxford Clarendon Press, Moore, Lewis. Manual of the Tiruchirappalli. Madras: Government Press, Nelson, J.H. Manual of the Madras District. Madras: Government Press, Nicholson, F.A. Manual of the Coimbatore. Madras: Government Press, Stuart, A.J. Manual of the Tirunelveli. Madras: Government Press, Stuart, H.H. Manual of the North Arcot. Madras: Government Press, Venkataswamy, T. Manual of the Thanjavur. Madras: Government Press, Journals and Magazines Journals Asiatic Journal and monthly Register Madras Journal Literature and Science Meteorological Society

5 285 The Madras Monthly Journal of Medical Science, Vayu Mandel Mausam Nature Magazines Madras Christian College Magazine. Vol. 8, Proc. Int. Quat. Seminar on INQUA Shoreline India Ocean Sub- Commission Articles Jayanthi, N. Cyclone Hazard, Coastal Vulnerability and Disaster Risk Assessment along the Indian Coast. Meteorology beyond Tropmet-99. Koteswaram, P. Movement of Tropical storms over the Indian Ocean. Regional Seminar on Tropical Cyclones, Tokyo, Marlene Bradford. Historical Roots of Modern Tornado Forecasts and Warnings. Weather and Forecasting. Vol.14, Murthy, K.S.R. (ed. al). Some geodynamic aspects of Krishna Godavari basin, east coast of India. Continent. Vol.15, Piddington, H. A seventeenth memoir on the law of storms in India; being storms of the China Seas from , and some of the northern Pacific Ocean from Journal of Asiatic Society of Bangal. vol.18, 1849 Piddington, H. A twenty first memoir on the law of storms in the Indian and China Seas. Journal of Asiatic Society of Bangal. vol.21, Puri, J.K. Role of armed forces in disaster relief measures. Vaumandal

6 286 Raghavan, S and Veeraragavan, K. Radar-Synoptic study of the Nagapattinam cyclone of Mausam Rao, V.K.R. and Murty. L.K. Human response to cyclone warning. Vaumandal Ray, T.K. I.M.D s telecommunications network in the aid of cyclone warning system. Vaumandal Thiyagarajan, P.M. Impact of cyclone disaster on soil Resource and management strategies, a paper presented in the National Interactive workshop or Cyclone Disaster Management, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu. Books Arasarathanam, Sinnappah. Merchants, Company and Commerce on the Coromandel Coast, Delhi: OUP, Baldeo Sahai. Indian Shipping A Historical Survey. Madras: Rajaji Bhavan April, Ballard, G.A. Rulers of the Indian Ocean. London: Braudel, Fernard. Civilization and Capitalism 15 to 18 centuries. London: Fontanna Press, Brebner, C. W. The New Handbook for the Indian Ocean, Arabian Sea and Bay of Bengal, with miscellaneous subjects for sail and steam, Mauritius Cyclones and Currents, Moon Observations, and Sail-Making. Bombay: Times of India Press, Chandra, Sathish. (ed). The Indian Ocean : Exploration in History Commerce and Politics. New Delhi: Sage Publications, The Indian Ocean: Explorations in History, Commerce and Politics. New Delhi: 1982.

7 287 Choudhuri, K.N. Trade and Civilization in the Indian Ocean, An Economic History from the Rise of Islam to 1750 A.D. Cambridge: CUP, Eliot, J. Cyclone Memoirs Part III. Calcutta: Government Press, Eliot, J. Hand-Book of Cyclonic Storms in the Bay of Bengal: For the Use of Sailors, 2 Vols. Calcutta: Government Press, Fenny, F.E. The Coromandel Coast Frederick Price, J. Rungachari. E. K. (ed.). The private diary of Ananda Ranga Pllai Diary, Vol III. New Delhi: Asian Education Services, Frederick K. Lutgens, Edward J. Tarbuk. The atmosphere an introduction to Meteorology. London: Prentice-Hall International, Geddes, A.E.M. Meteorology A Introductory Treatise. Bombay: Blackie An Son Ltd, Hardy, A.C. Seaways and Sea Trade. London, Hodson, G.H. Thomas Parry: Free Merchant Madras. Madras, Hornell, James. Water Transport Origins & Early Evolution. London: Cambridge University Press, Ingram. M. J, Farmer. G., Wigley T. M. L. Past Climate and their Impact on man: a review, Climate and History. New York: Cambridge University Press, Katiyar, V.S. The Indian Monsoon and its frontiers. New Delhi: Inter-India Publications, Khan, Shafar Ahamad. The East India Trade in XVII century in its Political and Economic aspects. Kimball, James H. Cloud and weather Atlas New York: McCann, Inc., 1994.

8 288 Love, Henry Davison. Vestiges of Old Madras , Vol.I. New Delhi: Mittal Publication, Lyall Watson, Hodder and Stoughton. Heaven s Breath, A Natural history of the Wind. London: Mackenzie, A.T. Papers connected with the Construction of the Madras harbour. Madras: Government press, Maclean, C.D. Manuel of the Administration of the Madras presidency Vol II. Madras: Govt. Press, Menon, P.A. Our weather. New Delhi: National Book Trust, Mohamad Raja, J. Maritime History of the Coromandel Muslims. Chennai: Government Museums, Northcote Parkinson, C. Trade in the Eastern Seas London: Cambridge University Press, Palaniyappa Pillai, T.P. Kappal Sarittiram. (Tamil). Madras: Government Oriental Manuscript Library, Piddington, Henry. The Sailor s Horn-Book for the Law of Storms being practical exposition of the theory of the law of storms, and its uses to mariners. of all classes, in all parts of the world, shown by transparent storm cards and useful lessons. New York: 1848, Pisharoty. Tropical Cyclones. Bombay: Bharatiya Vidhya Bhavan, Qasim, A.Z. Glimpses of the Indian Ocean. Hyderabad: University Press, Rasu, S. (ed.). Puyal kaththu pattum pncha kummiyum. (Tamil). Tanjaur: Kongu Research Centre, Rennell, James F.R.S. Memoir of a Map of Hindustan (or) The Moghal Empire, with an introduction, illustrative of the geography and Present Division of that Country. London: 1793.

9 289 Robert H. Simpson and Herbert Riehl. The Hurricanes and its Impact. Louisiana: Oxford University Press, Russel, A.S. History of the Buckingham Canal Project. Madras: Goverenment Press, Tannehil, I.V. Hurricanes. Princeton University Press, White, G.F. (ed.). Natural Hazards: Local, National & Global. New York: White, Gilbert F. Natural Hazards Local, National Global, London: Oxford University Press, Wijkman, A and Timberlake, L. Natural Disaster: Act of God or Acts of Man?. London: Russell Press, 1985.

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