1864 Machilipatnam cyclone

thumb|right|300px|1864 Machilipatnam Cyclone MemorialA tropical cyclone hit the coastal town of Machilipatnam (Masulipatam in old records) on 1 November 1864 causing heavy casualties and damaging properties.Mackenzie Gordon https://archive.org/details/dli.ministry.04156/page/119/mode/1up?view=theater A manual of the Kistna district, in the presidency of Madras 1883 Lawrence Asylm Press, Madras 119Historical Perspective CWD https://rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.in/historical-perspective-cwd.php 2025-04-28 rsmcnewdelhi.imd.gov.inEdgar Thursion https://archive.org/details/TheMadrasPresidency/page/n61/mode/2up?q=1864+cyclone+masulipatam&view=theater The Madras Presidency 1913 50 EnglishWm H Allen and Co. London (Publisher) https://archive.org/details/allensindianmail1865jan/AllensIndianMail1865Jan/page/140/mode/1up Allen's Indian Mail and Official Gazette 1865 Jan.-Dec. Volume 23 1865 7,34,48,92,209,231 https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.91015/page/n372/mode/1up Report On The Administration Of The Madras Presidency(1864-65) 1866 372–420 A memorial was erected in Machilipatnam to the memory of an estimated 30000 deaths. History During October 1864, a tropical cyclone impacted Kolkata leading to loss of life and properties. Few weeks later on 1 November, another severe cyclone impacted Machilipatnam. The day started with overcast skies and by afternoon it started raining and wind picked speed.https://books.google.com/books?id=A-Y4_8tNeBQC The Cyclone at Masulipatam. Reprinted, with Additions, from the Madras Observer of December 3, 1864, Etc 1864 en Coinciding with the high tides resulted in a 13-foot high storm surge that went 17 miles inland devastating everything on its path while receding as well. Eye-witness accounts of the night describe the cyclone impact in detail during and after the impact.John Noble https://archive.org/details/amemoirrevrober00noblgoog/page/n344/mode/2up A Memoir of the Rev. Robert Turlington Noble: Missionary to the Telugu People in South India 1868 Seeley, Jackson and Halliday Harvard University EnglishChurch Missionary Society https://archive.org/details/1865TheChurchMissionaryGleanerNewSeriesVol15/page/76/mode/2up 1865 The Church Missionary Gleaner New Series Vol 15 1865 18–20, 76–78 Impact The village of Gilakaladindi and the English/Dutch fort were heavily impacted that resulted in an estimated death of 30,000 people. The impact was felt up to Vijayawada and Guntur leading to loss of lives.https://archive.org/details/dli.bengal.10689.4714/page/n285/mode/2up Annals Of Indian Administration - Vol.10 1866 Marshall D’Cruz, Serampore 276–2781865-01-27 FRIGHTFUL CYCLONE AT MASULIPATAM. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/1267528/51432 2025-05-08 Brisbane Courier After hearing the news of the disaster, the Madras presidency sent rescue boats with relief aid and medical personnel. A vessel named Arabia sent from Madras reached Masulipatam port on 17 November and returned with some of the surviving European and East Indian Company personnel. The East India government started the 'Masulipatam Relief Fund' in order to aid the rescue and rehabilitation efforts of the people impacted by the cyclone. An official report from the health officer mentioned how the inroads of sea water contaminated fresh water wells that triggered diarrhea and fevers. Further the disaster made agriculture lands uncultivable for years and destroyed the vegetation.Dickens Charles https://archive.org/details/allyearround13dick/page/106/mode/2up All the year round; from January 28 to July 22 1865 New York, J. M. Emerson & co. University of Buckingham 1865 xiii London 106–109 Queen of England in her parliament opening speech in 1865 made a mention about the cyclones. This cyclone along with the 1864 Calcutta cyclone prompted the British East Indian Company to develop a cyclone warning system in India.Mohapatra M. Sharma M. Pattanaik D. R. 2025-01-16 Evolution of Cyclone Monitoring and Forecasting System in India: A review https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/6940 MAUSAM en 76 1 103 10.54302/mausam.v76i1.6940 2025Mausa..76..103M 0252-9416 https://web.archive.org/web/20250214091806/https://mausamjournal.imd.gov.in/index.php/MAUSAM/article/view/6940 2025-02-14 free 2025-04-28 live Memorial Manuel Fruvall who lost his brothers' family in the disaster and Thornhill, the then district magistrate of Machilipatnam built a memorial to commemorate the disaster and the loss of lives. This memorial is inside the Catholic burial ground close to Bandar kota in Machilipatnam and as of 2024, it is in dilapidated state.Cotton Julian James https://archive.org/details/ListOfInscriptionsOnTombsOrMonumentsMadrasVol2Cotton/List%20of%20Inscriptions%20on%20Tombs%20or%20Monuments%20%20Madras%20Vol%202%20%28Cotton%29/page/n148/mode/1up LIST OF INSCRIPTIONS ON TOMBS OR MONUMENTS IN MADRAS POSSESSING HISTORICAL OR ARCHAEOLOGICAL INTEREST Superintendent Government Press, Madras 1905 Madras 235–236 thumb|right|300px|1864 Machilipatnam Cyclone Memorial Inscription References Category:1864 in India Category:Meteorological events in 1864 Category:November 1864 Category:Natural disasters in India Category:Tropical cyclones in India Category:1864 disasters Category:1860s disasters in Asia Category:19th-century disasters in India July 2025