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Breaking with the tradition of the closed and almost wholly British controlled system of the English East India Company, The Madras Chamber of Commerce was founded in 1836 by Fredrick Adam, Governor of the Madras Presidency (the second oldest Chamber of Commerce in the country).
Aug 22, 2023 · After the British rule ended in 1947, the state and the city continued to be referred to as Madras. It was carved out of the larger Madras presidency that had covered parts of other South Indian states. In 1969, the state was officially renamed Tamil Nadu and in 1996, the capital city of Madras became Chennai.
Aug 22, 2017 · On 22 August 1639, English official Francis Day obtained a grant of a 3-mile-long strip of land for the East India Company from the local ruler, Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, the Nayaka of Wandiwash. This land was a fishing village called Madraspatnam.
Jul 17, 2018 · O n July 17 1996, the city of Madras was officially christened as Chennai by the state government of Tamil Nadu; and in doing so, it broke free from the centuries-old legacy stamped by British colonisers who acquired the coastal region and made it their southern headquarters in the mid-sixteenth century.
The Madras Presidency or Madras Province, officially called the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937, was an administrative subdivision (province) of British India and later the Dominion of India.
Aug 23, 2023 · Introduction to Madras Day. Madras Day is celebrated on August 22 to commemorate the founding of Madras (now Chennai). The city’s inception dates back to 1639 when the East India Company (EIC) purchased Madrasapatnam from local kings.
Jul 11, 2024 · Chennai was previously called Madras. Madras was the shortened name of the fishing village Madraspatnam, where the British East India Company built a fort and factory (trading post) in 1639–40. Tamil Nadu officially changed the name of the city to Chennai in 1996.
Stinger Lawrence who established the Madras Army with Mohamed Ali Khan Walajan, the Nawab of Carnatic. Madras Presidency (also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George) was an administrative subdivision (presidency) of British India.
May 21, 2018 · Madras was founded by Francis Day of the English East India Company in 1639. It stood north of the Portuguese settlement of São Tomé on a strip of the Coromandel coast famous for its textiles. A fortification (named after St George) was built and became the headquarters of company activities.
Oct 25, 2021 · The oldest infantry regiment in the Indian Army is the Madras Regiment, whose origins are credited to Major Stringer Lawrence aka ‘the father of the Indian army’. In charge of defending Fort St David, the British factory at Cuddalore, Major Lawrence built a native infantry force in 1748.
