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Pallavaram has a long history and has been inhabited since the Paleolithic Age. The town derives its name from the Pallava settlement of Pallavapuram of which it used to form a part. The cantonment and aerodrome were established during British rule. The British also carried out charnockite mining activities on Pallavaram Hill.
Marian Matriculation Higher Secondary School is an English medium, co-educational senior secondary school from lower kindergarten (LKG) to class 12. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] St. Thomas Academy is an English medium, co-educational higher secondary school started in July 2017 and by 2022 had about 400 students.
1846: Pachaiappan School is founded; later becomes Pachaiyappa's College. 1851: Museum is formed. [44] 1854: Zoo is formed. [45] Imperial Hotel is opened, which later becomes the Taj Connemara, the oldest functioning hotel in the city. [46] 1855: University Board is formed. 1856: First Railway line from Royapuram to Arcot is built. [47]
Chennai schools fall into two administrative categories - government schools called corporation schools, and privately run schools. Private schools fall under the following categories: schools with central board syllabus, schools with state board syllabus, schools with matriculation syllabus, schools with Anglo-Indian syllabus and schools with Oriental syllabus.
The total area of Pallavaram was 100 km 2 including Kundrathur and Mangadu Firkas forming a largest taluk. Since 2019, Kundrathur and Mangadu Firkas are carved out from Pallavaram Taluk to form the new Kundrathur Taluk under Kancheepuram District. So, the total area of Pallavaram Taluk was shrunk to 62 km 2 covering Pallavaram and Pammal ...
Peaceful little Portuguese chapel of St. Thomas who was martyred on top of the mount made up of Charnockite rock formations. One of the earliest memorials in Chennai is the peaceful little Portuguese chapel on top of the hill (a flight of 132 steps leads to the summit) and built at the site where St. Thomas, the Apostle of India, was martyred in 72 A.D. and thereafter the hill has been ...
Keelkattalai enjoys a well connected road network to major hubs in the city through two arterial roads connecting namely the Medavakkam Main Road and Pallavaram-Thoraipakkam Radial Road (SH 109). The area is served well by buses serviced by the Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) to major locations inside the city.
During the 17th century, Pallavaram neighborhood of the city remained dependent upon the Portuguese colony of San Thome. Later, the British established a cantonment at Pallavaram, supplementary to the one at St. Thomas Mount. A wireless station was established in the early years of the 20th century. The Madras Aerodrome was opened at Pallavaram ...