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INDIA - TAMIL NADU
- CHENNAI |
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Date-wise Events |
- January 14, 1969: On this
day, the Madras state of India was renamed as such.
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Description |
- Chennai (originally known as Madras) is the capital city
of Tamil Nadu, India.
- Aug 22, 1639 is the widely agreed date
for the purchase of the village of Chennaipattanam by East
India Company factors Damerla Venkatadri Nayaka, the viceroy
of the Vijayanagar Empire.
- Chennai is a shortened form of Chennaipattanam,
the name of the town that grew around Fort St. George, which
was built by the British in 1639.
- The state government officially changed the name of
Madras to Chennai in 1996.
- Fort St. George housed the Tamil Nadu Assembly
until the new Secretariat building was opened in 2010.
- In 1746, Fort St. George and Madras were captured by the
French who plundered the town.
- The British regained control in 1749. By the late 18th
century, the British had conquered most of the region around
Tamil Nadu and the northern present–day states of Andhra
Pradesh and Karnataka, establishing the Madras Presidency
with Madras as the capital.
- Gradually, the city grew into a major naval base
and became the central administrative centre for the British
in South India.
- After India gained its independence in 1947, the city
became the capital of Madras State, which was renamed as
Tamil Nadu in 1969.
- Today, Chennai is one of the most important and proud
cities of India.
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