Who lived in the “white” areas in cities such as Madras?

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Who lived in the &#x201C;white&#x201D; areas in cities such as Madras?

Philoid · Accepted Answer

In colonial cities the living spaces of Indian and the British were sharply separated. British and Europeans lived in the well laid out “White” areas in cities like Bombay, Calcutta and Madras (now Chennai). Indians lived in “black” areas.