Madrashattaras

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  • mad as a hatter: a phrase first recorded in America in 1836 and later in William Makepeace Thackeray's novel Pendennis (1850), and which probably refers to the physiological effects of mercurious nitrate, which is used in the making of felt hats
  • The Mad Hatter: a character in Lewis Carroll’s Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865)
  • Maratha: an Indian Confederacy of Maharashtra which fought three Anglo-Maratha wars against the British: 1775-82, 1803-05 (in which Wellington was victorious at Assaye and Argaon) and 1817-18
  • Madras: a city and state in SE India; though not associated with Wellington, it was attacked by the Maratha Confederacy in 1741
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