Francis Day and Andrew
Cogan were known as the founders of Madras (Chennai). Nayaka of Wandiwash, giving over to the East India Company a
three-mile long strip of land, a fishing village called Madraspatnam, On 22 August 1639, They began construction of
the Fort St George ,on 23 April 1640 East Indian traders start settling in and
around the fort , more than19,000 persons occupy's , they start to expanded
Fort St. George, which including its citadel also included a larger outside
area surrounded by an additional wall. This area became the Fort St. George
settlement. As stipulated by the Treaty signed with the Nayak, the British and
other Christian Europeans were not
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Fort St George |
allowed to decorate the outside of their
buildings in any other color but white. As a result, over time, the area came
to be known as 'White Town' and there were another town near were called as 'Black Town' place occupied by local
and native craft men and weavers, later this both parts were become as st.george town
in 1,702 mogul invades the
madras , in 1,741 Marathis invades followed by French's in 1,746
then it get back to there
britisher hands. 1,758 itself French captured, but soon it's
came back to Britisher until 1947 they hold the madras in their control until the independence
of India in 1,968 madras presidency name changed as Tamil nadu through the state
legislative and also madras changed into Chennai , in 1997 at the time just
being with population of 30 thousand people ,stunningly now it cross nearly 60
lakhs ,still chennai spreading it's boarders
Madras day
Chennai cross the mail
stone of 375 year old , from the day it founds till today it looks young and grow
in ultimate way, this city holding pride
of having itself very first lighthouse , primer schools ,
college in India, first fine art institute's in Asia where also in its belt ,
city runs with a past and present prides we also join together and run along with
this wonderful city toward future
Am happy to be the part of this wonderful city