India’s first modern city celebrates its 375th birth anniversary today
- 5 years ago
22. The southern city has already begun celebrating Madras Week from Sunday by dedicating seven days to the history, culture and traditions of the city.
Chennai, then Madras was born when a small piece of land was handed over by the local Nayak rulers to the British East India Company. Today, Fort St George marked the foundation where the first city of modern India was built.
Historian S Muthiah said, "Kolkata is 50 years younger than Madras and Bombay is about 35 years younger. The East India Company when it first established itself nearly 150 years ago, Madras was the chief settlement of the British and of the Company when it was a trading unit. It was only when they began to look at expanding that they moved the capital to Kolkata."
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Chennai, then Madras was born when a small piece of land was handed over by the local Nayak rulers to the British East India Company. Today, Fort St George marked the foundation where the first city of modern India was built.
Historian S Muthiah said, "Kolkata is 50 years younger than Madras and Bombay is about 35 years younger. The East India Company when it first established itself nearly 150 years ago, Madras was the chief settlement of the British and of the Company when it was a trading unit. It was only when they began to look at expanding that they moved the capital to Kolkata."
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