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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.
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... move to sidebar hide. This is a timeline of major events in the history of Chennai . Prehistory. Around ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects Wikimedia Commons; ... Pages in category "History of Chennai" The following 47 pages are in this category, out ...
Madras Rediscovered: A Historical Guide to Looking Around Supplemented with Tales of Once Upon a City is a book on the history of Chennai (previously known as Madras) authored by Chennai historian S. Muthiah. Originally titled Madras Discovered, the first edition was published in 1981.
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. [319] 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 ...
St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica, Chennai: Gothic revival architecture: 1896 Caption J. A. Power Santhome: Built over the reputed tomb of Saint Thomas the Apostle by Portuguese explorers in 1523, and later rebuilt by the British in 1893. It is considered to be the oldest church in Chennai. 59 Bharat Insurance Building: Indo-Saracenic: 1897 Anna Salai
"The History of Reservations in India From The 1800s to the 1950s" (PDF). Cynthia Stephen. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2009 "The Global Dimensions of Conflict in Sri Lanka" (PDF). Rajesh Venugopal, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2006
The Madras Record Office, currently known as Tamil Nadu Archives (TNA), is located in Chennai and is one of the oldest and largest document repositories in Southern India. . Documents stored and archived in TNA are invaluable to researchers working on post-independence Tamil Nadu or British-era Madras Presiden