CHENNAI DAY

CHENNAI DAY !

    A)The first city of modern India, Chennai, is celebrating its 382 nd birthday today, as Chennai, then Madras was founded on 22 August, 1639.  Rechristened as Chennai in 1996, the capital of Tamil Nadu is now home to more than 6 million people.  The idea of Madras Day was born when a group of Madras lovers got together 12 years ago to celebrate the city, its history, traditions and culture.  

    Madras is one of the oldest cities.  Kolkata is 50 years younger than Madras and Bombay is about 35 years younger.  And it was here that almost virtually everything in modern India began - the first municipality, as early as in 1688, the first technical college - Guindy engg college in 1794, first shopping mall Spencer's in 1863,  the first cricket club in India set up here in 1846, and the list of firsts continue with first big library in Connemara, first big book store in Higginbothams, country's oldest railway station in Royapuram, first public zoo in the country in Vandalur etc. 400 temples, 200 churches n 200 mosques are here, 35000 people get employed newly every year in the city;  Asia's biggest IT park is here in Tidal park, Asia's biggest bus stand is here in Koyamedu ; it's one of the safest cities to live with excellent medical facilities; 

    New York Times in its survey of best places to visit included only Chennai in its list of 52 cities in South Asia, Forbes magazine reports Chennai as one of the top 10 cities which grows fast.  It's the place where people claim to be not mine or yours or his/her - but " ours " - namma Ooru Chennaiku oru periya whistle podunga😤😤;

B)1)Madras Day is celebrated on August 22, 2021. Madras Day is a day of celebrations organised in the city of Madras, the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is named after Madras. It commemorates the founding of the modern city by establishing Fort St George on a small piece of land acquired from the last King of Chandragiri in 1639 by the British East India Company. The celebrations include several events organised including citizens and students and lasts for a week. (With material from: Wikipedia)

        2)Madras Day started off as a small citizen initiative. Three citizens- Historian S Muthiah, Journalist Sashi Nair and Publisher Vincent D' became the first ones to come up with the idea to honour this day with a festival in 2004.

       .3)Chennai formerly known as Madras is celebrating its 382nd birthday this week

• Like every year, Madras day is celebrated on 22 August as it is widely believed that Chennai (Madras) was founded on this date in the year 1639
• The celebrations run for a week with a number of people participating in the events organized to promote and highlight the good in the city and to remember its rich history.

4)History of city:

·        A deal was struck between British administrator Francis Day and the Nayak rulers to buy a sliver of land — where Fort St. George stands now — to establish the East India Company.

·        As per an article in Hindustan Times: "The deal was struck by Francis Day, his 'dubash' Beri Thimmappa, and their superior, Andrew Cogan, with the local Nayak rulers. It is believed that this deal was made on August 22, 1639."

·        The Fort St. George, which was the British built fortified factory, today houses the Tamil Nadu Assembly. Rechristened Chennai in 1996 to get rid of the colonial tag, the capital of Tamil Nadu is now home to over four million. Even though the city's official name is Chennai, locals still call the celebrations 'Madras Day' or 'Madras Week' perhaps out of nostalgia.

·        The city was initially called Madrasatnam and Chennapattinam, which soon became Madras and then Chennai.

5)How it is being celebrated:

·        The celebratory events generally begin a fortnight before and a fortnight after the anniversary on 22 August. A number of people participate in the events organised to promote and highlight the good in the city and to remember its rich history.

 

·        This year, the celebrations will run between 18 and 25 August. As per The Times of India, among the events will be an audio tour of George Town by the Urban Design Collective on 17 August; a talk on the Tamil stand-up by Vinodhini Vaidyanathan, theatre and film actor Annamalai L of Tanglish Comedy, Jagan Krishnan and Guru Nicketan on 19 August at Amethyst; a quiz on Madras, its sporting and film history by Partab Ramchand on 21 August; and a talk on 'Women, Sports and Madras' by veteran golf player Jayshree Bhagath on 24 August.

 

  C) *Why Chennai is called SuperKing*

Chennai is the 2nd city in the world to become a municipal corporation next to London, in the year 1688.

Chennai is the only city in India which will have 2 international ports, Chennai port, Ennore port,

Chennai has the longest beach in india, 12kms urban beach, 2nd longest in the world.

Chennai is the only city which houses a national park within city limits. The Guindy national park.

Chennai is the only city which has three rivers flowing through it, Adyar, Covum river, kosasthalai river.

Chennai's Old Mahabalipuram Road is the single largest IT corridor in india.

Chennai is the single largest automobile manufacturer in Asia. Fondly called the Detroit of Asia.

Chennai houses the largest bus terminus in Asia at Koyambedu.

Chennai is the birth place of 'Chicken 65' @ Hotel Buhari.

Chennai has the largest library in Asia, Arignar Anna centenary library.

Chennai's Vandalur zoo is the largest zoo in India.

Chennai's Guindy engineering college the oldest in india, 1794.

Two of the top ten engineering colleges in India located in a single road, IIT Madras, CEG(college of engineering — Guindy/Guindy engineering college), at Sardar Patel road, Chennai.

Chennai houses the oldest shopping mall in India, Spencer plaza, 1863

The Madras High court is the world's second largest court complex.

Chennai is the only Indian city attacked during World War.

Chennai, city of flyovers, largest number of flyovers in india.

Kathipara flyover, is the largest clover leaf flyover in Asia.

Chennai is the Indian city with most number of foreign visitors annually.

Chennai is the health capital of India, with most number of foreign and domestic foot falls.

Royapuram railway station, is the oldest functioning railway station in india.

Integral Coach Factory(ICF), Chennai is the world's largest rail coach manufacturer.

Madras Medical college, the oldest medical college and oldest hospital in india, 1664.

The first ever flight in Asia flew in and around Chennai, 1910.

Oragadam is the largest automobile hub in South Asia, with 22 Fortune 500 companies.

Chennai has the highest number of Cinema theatres in India. Quite obvious, Tamil film industry has given 4 Chief ministers to the state.

Chennai has the oldest race tracks in india, both horse race, motor race.

Madras school of art is the oldest fine arts institute in india(1850).

Higginbothams, Mount road, chennai is the oldest book store in India(1844).

EID parry, chennai is the oldest company in India (1780).

MRF, chennai is the largest tyre manufacturer in india.

Madras regiment is the oldest Infantry Regiment of Indian army(1750).

AVM studio is the oldest surviving film production house in India.

St. George's Anglo Indian higher secondary school is the oldest school in India(1715).

Chennai is also the only city in the world where all forms of surface transport are manufactured... From bicycles, 2 wheelers, cars, trucks, armored personal carriers, locomotives, railway coaches, main battle tanks... the entire range of surface transport. Not even Detroit can boast of this wide range of surface transport.

*Namma* *Chennai*  !!!  CSK

Happy Birthday Chennai, love u loads😍😍

RB Kishore,

PATRON,AIRIEF,

ED(Retd),LIC

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