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A popular explanation is that the name comes from the name of Damarla Chennappa Naick, Nayaka of Chandragiri and Vandavasi, father of Damarla Venkatadri Naick, from whom the English acquired the town in 1639. The first official use of the name Chennai is said to be in a sale deed, dated 8 August 1639, to Francis Day of the East India Company. [13]
The name Chennai was derived from the name of Chennappa Nayaka, a Nayak ruler who served as a general under Venkata Raya of the Vijayanagara Empire from whom the British East India Company acquired the town in 1639. [12] [13] The first official use of the name was in August 1639 in a sale deed to Francis Day of the East India Company. [14]
Early 16th century: Ekambareswarar–Valluvar Temple is built on an older structure. [3] [4] [18]1516: Church of Our Lady of Light is built. [19]1522: The Portuguese occupy Mylapore and set up a colony which they name São Tomé de Meliapore.
Some of these local name changes were changes made in all languages: the immediate local name, and also all India's other languages. An example of this is the renaming of predominantly Hindi-speaking Uttaranchal (Hindi: उत्तराञ्चल) to a new local Hindi name (Hindi: उत्तराखण्ड Uttarakhand). Other changes ...
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Ever since the British left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu was no exception to this trend. Even the state and its capital, Chennai along with many other cities, towns, streets and organisations were renamed post Indian Independence .
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The University of Madras has a historical monument – Senate House – which is one of the landmarks of the city of Chennai. [26] The Senate House, the university's first building, inaugurated in the year 1879, is considered a masterpiece of Robert Fellowes Chisholm , an architect of the 19th century, who blended the Indo-Saracenic style with ...