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Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fifth largest city. [1] It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal . With an estimated population of 12.05 million (2024), the 383-year-old city is the 31st largest metropolitan area in the world.
1924: School of Indian Medicine is founded. Radio broadcasting begins (31 July). [66] 1925: Loyola College is founded. [67] First bus transport begins. 1928: Tambaram TB Sanatorium is established (9 April). [68] 1930: First broadcasting station is founded at Ripon Buildings complex. 1931: Suburban electric train services start (from Chennai ...
The history of railway in Chennai began in 1832, when the first railway line in India was proposed between Little Mount and Chintadripet in the city which became operational in 1837. [323] The Madras Railway was established later in 1845 and the construction on the first main line between Madras and Arcot started in 1853, which became ...
India successfully launches its first mission to the moon, the uncrewed lunar probe Chandrayaan-1. [59] 26–29 November: The 2008 Mumbai attacks (often called the 26/11 attacks) kill 174 people, including 9 of the 10 terrorists from Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic terrorist organisation based in Pakistan. India decides not to attack Pakistan in ...
1912 – Founded as Province of Bihar and Orissa; 1936 – Divided to form Province of Orissa by Government of India Act 1935; 2011 – Renamed as Odisha by Orissa (Alteration of Name) Act, 2011 [20] Punjab: Punjab Day: 1 November Reorganisation (1966) 1947 – Founded as East Punjab Province from Undivided Punjab Province; 1950 – Renamed as ...
Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) [2] is a local government for the City of Chennai in the Chennai Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India.Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II of England on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain.
The Gazette of India is dated in both the Gregorian calendar and the Indian national calendar. The Indian national calendar, also called the Shaka calendar or Śaka calendar, is a solar calendar that is used alongside the Gregorian calendar by The Gazette of India, in news broadcasts by All India Radio, and in calendars and official communications issued by the Government of India. [1]
The following is a chronological overview of the history of the Tamil people, who trace their ancestry to the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, the Indian union territory of Puducherry, the Northern and Eastern Provinces of Sri Lanka and the Puttalam District of Sri Lanka. [1] [2]