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After India became independent in 1947, the city became the administrative and legislative capital of Madras State, which was renamed as Tamil Nadu in 1968. During the reorganisation of states in India on linguistic lines, in 1953, Telugu speakers wanted Madras as the capital of Andhra Pradesh [ 9 ] and coined the slogan " Madras Manade ...
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.
Jun 28, 2024 · Chennai, known as Madras until 1996, is situated on the Coromandel Coast in southeast India and is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu. The name change was purely symbolic, aimed at shedding the remnants of British colonial rule and reclaiming the city’s indigenous heritage.
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Aug 22, 2023 · In 1969, the state was officially renamed Tamil Nadu and in 1996, the capital city of Madras became Chennai. Why the British came to Madras. The British arrived on Indian shores in the early 17th Century, in the form of the East India Company.
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For example, the change of Madras (Tamil: மதராஸ்) to Chennai (Tamil: சென்னை) was reflected in many of India's languages, and incidentally in English, while the Tamil endonym had always been Chennai and remained unaffected by the change.
Jul 7, 2024 · Madras, the capital city of the state of Tamil Nadu, was officially renamed Chennai in 1998, along with some other Indian cities that underwent name changes during that period. The origin of the name Chennai can be traced back to the 17th century when the settlement around Fort St. George was known as Chennapatanam.
After India gained independence in 1947, Madras continued as the capital city of the Madras State and present-day Tamil Nadu. The city was officially renamed as Chennai in 1996.
