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The evidence comes from writings of Henry Davison Love, whose monumental three-volume history Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640–1800 is a prime reference source for Madras' early history, which states that "The Naik's grant, erroneously styled a farman, which was probably drafted by Day, was delivered to Andrew Cogan at Masulipatam on September 3 ...
Madras Manade was a movement launched by the Telugu people residing in Madras to create a separate state for their community with Madras (now known as Chennai) as its capital city. Though the demand for a separate state existed as far back as 1913 (and possibly earlier), [ 1 ] it gained momentum in the 1940s and 1950s.
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. The city of Madras in 1909
Madras possessed Tamil and Telugu cultures. In the early 1920s, Madras Presidency Chief Minister Panagal Raja said that the Cooum River should be the boundary between the Andhra and Tamil regions. In 1953 Telugu speakers in the former Madras Presidency sought to make Madras the capital of Andhra Pradesh, adopting the slogan Madras manade ...
Madras State was a state of India which was in existence during the mid-20th century. The state came into existence on 26 January 1950 when the Constitution of India was adopted and included the present-day Tamil Nadu , Kerala and parts of neighbouring states of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka .
The East India Company established the St.George fort in the present day Chennai, for which the permission was granted by Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, the local polygar of that area, under the condition that the area is to be named in the honour of his father from Chennapatnam, which was a nearby town named by Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka in honour ...
Madras Province Andhra State from 1953 to 1956 (Marked in Blue). In an effort to protect the interests of the Telugu people of Madras State, Potti Sreeramulu attempted to force the Madras State government to listen to public demands for the separation of Telugu-speaking districts (Rayalaseema and Coastal Andhra) from Madras State to form Andhra State.
The present day city of Chennai, then Madras was given as a grant by the Kalahasti Nayak on Francis Day in 1640. [3] [4] Madras was an important battle site during the Carnatic Wars between the English and the French. [5] For a long time, Madras was the administrative capital of the Presidency.