Chennai, also known as Madras, is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of...

The Madras Presidency, officially designated as the Presidency of Fort St. George until 1937 and later known as the Madras Province, was an administrative...

the erstwhile Madras Presidency and was formerly known as Madras State. The first legislature of any sort for the Presidency was the Madras Legislative...

Madras Manade was a movement launched by the Telugu people (Andhras) residing in Madras to create a separate state for their community with Madras (now...

The Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT-Madras or IIT-M) is a public institute of technology located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is recognized...

Look up Madras or madras in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Madras is the former name of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu state in India. Madras may also...

states of Kerala and Mysore State were carved out of Madras State. Under the Andhra Pradesh and Madras Alteration of Boundaries Act, 1959, with effect from...

Madras State was a state in the Indian Republic, which was in existence during the mid-20th century as a successor to the Madras Presidency of British...

Madras is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language political action drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. The film stars Karthi, Catherine Tresa (marking...

Madras Cafe is a 2013 Indian Hindi-language political action thriller film directed by Shoojit Sircar and produced by John Abraham and Ronnie Lahiri under...

The University of Madras is a public state university in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1857, it is one of the oldest and most prominent...

Madras is a lightweight cotton fabric with typically patterned texture and tartan design, used primarily for summer clothing such as pants, shorts, lungi...

The Madras Regiment is the oldest infantry regiment of the Indian Army, originating in the 1750s as a unit of the British East India Company. The regiment...

Madras Time was a time zone established in 1802 by John Goldingham, the first official astronomer of the British East India Company in British India when...

ships that have served the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Madras for Madras: HMS Madras (1795) was laid down as Lascelles, an East Indiaman being built...

Madras School is a system of education prevailing in the city of Chennai, India (formerly known as Madras) discovered in the early part of the 19th century...

Madras curry is a curry made with a sauce of onions and tomatoes, made spicy hot with chili pepper and a curry powder made from a mixture of other spices...

known as The Madras Mail till 1928, was an English-language daily evening newspaper published in the Madras Presidency (later Madras State, and then...

vowels or missing conjuncts instead of Indic text. Madras Bashai (Tamil: மெட்ராஸ் பாஷை, lit. 'Madras Language') is a variety of the Tamil language spoken...

Madras is an unincorporated community in Coweta County, in the U.S. state of Georgia. The railroad was extended to the site in 1849. Early variant names...

Madras (/ˈmædrʌs/ MAD-russ) is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, Oregon, United States. Situated in Central Oregon, it is located where...

state as a part of the Madras Presidency for two centuries. After the Indian Independence in 1947, the region became the Madras State of the Republic of...

costume. The cloth, known as the madras, is named after its place of origin, Madras, India. The origins of the madras lie in the pre-emancipation days...

Madras Matinee is a 2025 Indian Tamil-language family drama film written, co-produced and directed by debutant director Karthikeyan Mani and produced under...

The Madras High Court is an Indian High Court with appellate jurisdiction over the state of Tamil Nadu and the union territory of Puducherry. It also exercises...

The Madras Players are the oldest English-language theatre group in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. The Madras Players have staged over 240...

Madras, held by the British, was besieged between December 1758 and February 1759 by French forces under the command of Comte de Lally during the Seven...

The Madras Army was the army of the Presidency of Madras, one of the three presidencies of British India within the British Empire. The Madras Army was...

Diocese of Madras may refer to: Diocese of Madras of the Church of South India Madras Orthodox Diocese Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore...

the region was divided into the Madras Presidency (later, the Madras Province), Hyderabad State, Mysore, and the Madras States Agency (composed of Travancore...

Cartel Madras is a Canadian hip hop duo from Calgary, Alberta, consisting of sisters Bhagya "Eboshi" Ramesh and Priya "Contra" Ramesh. They characterize...

Madras Talkies is an Indian entertainment company, which was established by director Mani Ratnam and his brother G. Srinivasan as partners in 1995. Madras...

The Madras Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת במדרס) is a synagogue, located in Chennai (formerly known as Madras), in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Completed...

Karachi and Madras, marking the beginning of civil aviation in South India. A discussion initiated by pilot G. Vlasto led to the founding of Madras Flying...

"The Madras Song" is a song by Indian vocalist, Shakthisree Gopalan, and produced by the Murugappa Group as a tribute to the city of Madras (now known...

Bertha Kalifon Madras is a Canadian professor of psychobiology in the Department of Psychiatry at Harvard University. She also chairs the Division of Neurochemistry...

Madras Tramway was the former organization that was responsible for building the first tramways in India in the city of Madras. It was existent in the...

Rane (Madras) Ltd is a part of the Rane group of companies involved in the manufacture and distribution of steering and suspension systems. The main components...

The Bank of Madras was one of the three Presidency Banks of British India, along with the Bank of Bengal and the Bank of Bombay. It was established on...

Mr. Madras is a 1995 Indian Tamil language comedy film directed by P. Vasu. The film stars Prabhu, Sukanya and Vineetha. It was released on 8 September...

south and Southwestern India—the British-administered presidencies of Madras, Punjab, Bombay, and the princely states of Mysore and Hyderabad—for a period...

Madras College, often referred to as Madras, is a Scottish comprehensive secondary school located in St Andrews, Fife. It educates over 1,400 pupils aged...

Lutjanus madras, the Indian snapper, is a species of marine ray-finned fish, a snapper belonging to the family Lutjanidae. It is native to the western...

Madras Mail may refer to: The Mail (newspaper), known as The Madras Mail till 1928, an English-language daily evening newspaper Madras Mail (film), a 1936...

Madras Rouge (The Red Madras Headdress) is a painting by Henri Matisse from 1907. The woman depicted is the painter's wife, Amélie Noellie Parayre Matisse...

Madras Rediscovered: A Historical Guide to Looking Around Supplemented with Tales of Once Upon a City is a book on the history of Madras (now Chennai)...

Madras is the soundtrack album of the 2014 Tamil drama film of the same name written and directed by Pa. Ranjith and produced by Studio Green. Santhosh...

Madras Engineer Group (MEG), informally known as the Madras Sappers, is an engineer group of the Corps of Engineers of the Indian Army. The Madras Sappers...

Once Upon a Time in Madras is a 2024 Indian Tamil-language hyperlink thriller film written and directed by Prasadh Murugan. The film features an ensemble...

of the assembly, from amongst them. Madras Legislative Council, the first representative legislature for the Madras Presidency was established in December...

Kampung Madras (Madras Village), formerly known as Kampung Keling (Tamil: காலிங் கிராமம்), is the Little India of Medan, Indonesia, and one of the city's...

Madras Rajagopalan Radhakrishnan (14 April 1907 – 17 September 1979), better known as M. R. Radha, was an Indian actor and politician active in Tamil plays...

Madras Club, or Adyar Club, is a gentleman's club in the city of Chennai, India. Founded in 1832, it is the second oldest of its kind in India. The Madras...

The Madras Observatory was an astronomical observatory which had its origins in a private observatory set up by William Petrie in 1786 and later moved...

Madras Day is a festival organised to commemorate the founding of the city of Madras in Tamil Nadu, India. It is celebrated on 22 August every year, 22...

Cavalry 3rd Madras Light Cavalry, 7th Light Cavalry 4th Madras Light Cavalry; see Madras Army 5th Madras Light Cavalry; see Madras Army 6th Madras Light Cavalry;...

Madras Railway (Madras Railway Company) was one of the railway companies operating rail services in British India. In 1832, the proposal to construct the...

Madras is a town in Ehlanzeni District Municipality in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. "Main Place Madras". Census 2011. "Sub Place Madras"....

Khutbat-e-Madras (Urdu: خطباتِ مدراس) is a collection of eight sermons on the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by Syed Suleiman Nadvi, first published...

Minister of Education serves as the ex officio chairperson of the IIT Council. Madras Delhi Guwahati Kanpur Kharagpur Bombay Roorkee Varanasi Bhubaneswar Gandhinagar...

Madras to Pondicherry is a 1966 Indian Tamil-language road comedy thriller film, directed by Thirumalai–Mahalingam and written by Usilai Somanathan. The...

Madras, formerly the Grand Madras Hotel, is a boutique hotel in Singapore. Initially a Singapore Improvement Trust block, it became the Grand Madras Hotel...

Catholic Archdiocese of Madras and Mylapore (Latin: Madraspolitan(us) et Meliaporen(sis)) is an archdiocese based in the city of Madras (now Chennai), in India...

different times—as leader of the Indian National Congress, Premier of the Madras Presidency, Governor of West Bengal (he was serving in this post when appointed...

Madras Vathiyar (/mɛdrɑːs vɑːðjɑːr/ transl. Teacher from Madras) is a 1984 Indian Tamil-language film directed by Vijaya Bhaskar and written by A. L....

capacity of the transportation network in major metropolitan cities including Madras, and developed plans for further expansion of transportation amenities....

The 1932 Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway strike was a general strike launched against the retrenchment policies of the Madras and Southern Mahratta...

first Legislative Assembly of Madras state was constituted in May 1952. This was following the first election held in Madras state after the Indian Independence...

Awards. He is nicknamed "Isai Puyal" (transl. Musical Storm) and "Mozart of Madras". Rahman has also become a humanitarian and philanthropist, donating and...

Chennai district, also known as Madras district, It is one of the 38 districts in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is the smallest and the most densely...

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central; station code: MAS) is a railway station in Chennai, India. It is...

were: Punjab States (formerly part of Punjab Province) Madras States (formerly part of Madras Presidency) Deccan States Agency and Kolhapur Residency...

Netherlands, and France. By the mid-18th century three Presidency towns: Madras, Bombay and Calcutta, had grown in size. During the period of Company rule...

The Madras Standard was an English language newspaper published from Madras. It was founded by the lawyer and journalist Barrister G. P. Pillai. A report...

Madras A. Kannan was a Mridangam exponent from Tamil Nadu, India. Due to his outstanding performances in the field of percussion, he is often called as...

located in Kerala, a coastal southern state of India. Paradesi Jews of Madras (now Chennai) traded in Golconda diamonds, precious stones, and corals....

Madras Fertilizers Limited (MFL) is an Indian public sector undertaking engaged in the manufacture of ammonia, urea and complex fertilizers in Manali,...

The Second legislative assembly of Madras state (1 April 1957 – 18 March 1962) was constituted in April 1957 after the assembly election which held in...

HMIS Madras (J237) was a Bathurst-class minesweeper that served in the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) during World War II. HMIS Madras was ordered in 1940, and...

Madras Presidency Association was a faction within the Indian National Congress which existed before indian independence. While Justice Party championed...

The Madras treeshrew (Anathana ellioti), also known as the Indian treeshrew, is a species of treeshrew in the monotypic genus Anathana found in the hill...

No. 20 Madras Mail is a 1990 Indian Malayalam-language comedy thriller film directed by Joshiy and written by Dennis Joseph from a story by Harikumar....

The Madras Times was an English-language newspaper which was published in the then Madras Presidency from 1835 to 1921. Madras-historian, S. Muthiah claims...

The Madras Symphony is a symphony by American composer Henry Cowell, the 13th of the 20 he finished. It was composed in 1958. It was composed after Cowell's...

Madras Chamber of Commerce and Industry is a non-governmental, industry-led and industry-managed organisation whose main purpose is to influence government...

Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and is India's fifth largest city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of...

abbreviation MRF comes from the company's initial days when it was called the Madras Rubber Factory. The company manufactures rubber products including tyres...

presidents of colonial Madras, initially of the East India Company, up to the end of British colonial rule in 1947. In 1639, the grant of Madras to the English...

uninhabited land. Thus, it is a feasible contention to say that the city (named Madras since before the arrival of the Europeans until July 1996) evolved around...

from the Madras government. The MCA changed its name to the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA), after the state was renamed from Madras to Tamil Nadu...

The Madras Art Movement, or The Madras Movement, was a regional art movement that emerged in Madras (now Chennai), South India, from the early 1960s through...

the Madras Province inherited majority of the erstwhile Madras Presidency. Following the adoption of the Constitution of India in 1950, the Madras State...

joint project undertaken in 1949 by the erstwhile Kingdom of Hyderabad and Madras Presidency when the construction began later, after India's constitution...

The Madras Pioneer is a weekly paper published on Wednesdays in Madras, Oregon, United States. It is published on Wednesdays. It is the newspaper of record...

The Treaty of Madras was a peace agreement signed on 29 March 1769 between Mysore and the British (Lord Harry Verelst) East India Company which brought...

(CEG, Guindy Campus), Alagappa College of Technology (ACT, Guindy Campus), Madras Institute of Technology (MIT, Chromepet Campus) and School of Architecture...

The 15th Madras Native Infantry can refer to the: 89th Punjabis which was the 1st Battalion, 15th Madras Native Infantry in 1798 90th Punjabis which was...

districts in Andhra Pradesh, India. The K. C. Canal was constructed by the Madras Irrigation and Canal Company between 1863 and 1870 as an irrigation and...

Madras Municipal Airport (IATA: MDJ, FAA LID: S33), formerly City-County Airport, is a public use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) northwest...

scholarship, Hindu religious institutions, and Western-style education within the Madras Presidency. The Tanjore district court was established in the town in 1806...

films. She made her acting debut in a supporting role with the Hindi film Madras Cafe (2013) and subsequently appeared in Telugu film Oohalu Gusagusalade...

Madras Mahajana Sabha was an Indian nationalist organisation based in the Madras Presidency. Along with the Poona Sarvajanik Sabha, Bombay Presidency Association...

Giridhar Madras is an Indian chemical engineer. He is currently a senior professor in the department of chemical engineering at the Indian institute of...

number is 3 of 39. It was formerly known as Madras South. It was created in 1957 through bifurcation of Madras Lok Sabha constituency. It is one of the most...

Regiment of Foot (Madras Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army. However, it was raised initially as part of the Madras Army, by the East...

The fourth legislative assembly of Madras state (3 March 1967 – 5 January 1971) was constituted in March 1967 after the assembly election which was held...

Madras Gazette was a weekly newspaper published in Madras, Madras Presidency, British India and one of the first in India. Madras Gazette competed with...

case of Madras Pioneers, with the Madras Sappers. (L-R) Madras Horse Artillery, Madras Light Cavalry, Madras Rifle Corps, Madras Pioneers, Madras Native...

All-India Muslim League was held on 10 March 1948 at the south Indian city of Madras (now Chennai). The party renamed itself as the 'Indian Union Muslim League'...

Bank of Madras in 1843. The Madras Bank (1683) was founded on 21 June 1683. The Madras Bank (1683) was the oldest bank founded in the Madras Presidency...

adds grapefruit juice), the Bay Breeze (which adds pineapple juice), the Madras (which adds orange juice), the Woo Woo (which adds peach schnapps), Sex...

of the 1930s, the legislature of the State of Madras passed the Entertainment Tax Act of 1939. Madras (now Chennai), then became a secondary hub for...

Madras Courier was an Indian English language newspaper that ran between 1785 and 1821. It was the first newspaper to be published in Madras, Madras Presidency...

An American in Madras is a feature-length documentary film directed by Karan Bali. The film highlights American-born Ellis R Dungan's pioneering contribution...

Tamil Nadu. It began its existence as Madras Legislative Council, the first provincial legislature for Madras Presidency. It was initially created as...

Hello Madras Girl is a 1983 Indian Malayalam-language action film produced, directed and filmed by J. Williams and written by K. Balakrishnan from a story...

The Madras Forest Act, 1882 (Act V of 1882), enacted by British colonial government, closed off large areas of the forest in the Gudem Hills of Madras Presidency...

The Sheriff of Madras was an apolitical titular position of authority bestowed for one year on a prominent citizen of Madras. The post was abolished in...

first Christian missionary in Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. De Nevers founded the first Christian mission in Madras on June 8, 1642, and was appointed...

Madras Christian College (MCC) is a liberal arts and sciences college in Chennai, India. Founded in 1837, MCC is one of Asia's oldest extant colleges....

Heads of various departments and 15 Zonal officers. The Corporation of Madras, the second oldest in the British Empire and the first outside the United...

factor of the Honourable East India Company who served as the Agent of Madras from 1658 to 1661 or 1662. His family background is reported as Wolsty in...

The Battle of Madras or Fall of Madras took place in September 1746 during the War of the Austrian Succession when a French force attacked and captured...

The 16th Madras Native Infantry may refer to: 91st Punjabis (Light Infantry) which formed the 1st Battalion, 16th Madras Native Infantry in 1800 92nd...

The District Grand Lodge of Madras is a Masonic organization under the jurisdiction of the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE), serving as the administrative...

Gangs of Madras is a 2019 Indian Tamil-language action crime film written, directed, and produced by C. V. Kumar. The film stars Sai Priyanka Ruth and...

11th Madras Native Infantry may refer to: 1st Battalion, 11th Madras Native Infantry which became the 81st Pioneers 2nd Battalion, 11th Madras Native...

The Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 is an Act of the Parliament of India that officially renamed Madras State to Tamil Nadu. The Act went...

Metropolitan Area of Tamil Nadu, India. Inaugurated as the Corporation of Madras on 29 September 1688, under a royal charter issued by King James II on 30...

Madras Musings is a fortnightly English-language newspaper founded by Chennai historian S. Muthiah in 1991. Published in tabloid format and comprising...

Madras Central Prison was one of the oldest prisons in India. It was located in Chennai (formerly Madras) in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It became...

The monitorial system, also known as Madras system, Lancasterian system/Lancasterism or the Bell system of instruction, was an education method that took...

politician, social reformer, and statesman who served as the Chief Minister of Madras from 13 April 1954 to 2 October 1963. He also served as the president of...

The Madras Presidency was a province of British India comprising most of the present day Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh along with a few districts and taluks...

The 102nd Regiment of Foot (Royal Madras Fusiliers) was a line infantry regiment of the British Army raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1742...

Mylapore was incorporated into the administration of the Presidency of Madras.[citation needed] Mylapore is located a few kilometres to the south of the...

The Madras Public Libraries Act, 1948, subsequently renamed as the Tamil Nadu Public Libraries Act, 1948, was enacted in Madras State, India, in 1948...

when the Madras State was renamed as Tamil Nadu in January 1969. Karuthiruman was elected to the Madras State Assembly after he won the 1952 Madras State...

originally raised in India on 4 April 1805 as The Troop of Madras Horse Artillery, part of the Madras Army of the Honourable East India Company. With the formation...

The 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election was held for 9 days from 2 January to 25 January 1952, and the votes were counted on 27 March 1952 to elect...

The Madras International Circuit (MIC, previously known as Madras Motor Race Track and Irungattukottai Race Track) is a permanent motor racing circuit...

The 14th Madras Native Infantry may refer to: 87th Punjabis and the 88th Carnatic Infantry both originated as the 1st Battalion, 14th Madras Native Infantry...

The Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway was a railway company that operated in southern India. It was founded on 1 January 1908 by merging the Madras Railway...

The Madras Presidency Match was an annual first-class cricket fixture played in Madras (now Chennai) from the 1915–16 season to 1951–52 between teams called...

The Madras Legislative Council was expanded by the Indian Councils Act 1892. The act increased the number of additional members of the council to a maximum...

Madras Medical College (MMC) is a public medical college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Established in 1835, it is one of the oldest medical colleges...

was born in Pattu, North Arcot district, on 8 October 1860. He studied in Madras and began his career as a journalist for The Hindu. In 1883, at the age...

Madras motor neuron disease is a rare motor neuron disease originating in South India. Two other forms of the disease have been found, Familial Madras...

Gwillim, to Madras, India (now Chennai), where Henry was appointed puisne judge to the newly created Supreme Court of Madras. She resided in Madras until 1808...

also chairman of the Madras Chamber of Commerce. He was a director on the board of the Bank of Madras. He member of the Madras Musical Association and...

Madras, also known as DoMS, IIT Madras is a business school affiliated with the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in Chennai, India. IIT Madras was...

The 12th Madras Native Infantry may refer to: 84th Punjabis which was the 2nd Battalion, 12th Madras Native Infantry in 1797 72nd Punjabis which was called...

eventually merged with the Bank of Madras in 1843. The British Bank of Madras was the second oldest bank founded in the Madras Presidency after the Carnatic...

sent back to his maternal grandparents, then living in Madras. He did not like school in Madras, and tried to avoid attending. His family enlisted a local...

The 9th battalion of the Madras Regiment (Travancore) is the oldest extant unit in the Indian Army. It has been in service for over 300 years. The battalion...

Vaishnavite family at Chikkamagalur of Mysore, he took his education in Madras. After obtaining a B.A. degree in science, he started his career as a school...

The second legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held for 5 days; 1, 4, 6, 8 and 11 March 1957. This was the first...

Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK). He served as the fourth and last chief minister of Madras State from 1967 until 1969, and then as the first chief minister of Tamil...

The Advocate-General of Madras was charged with advising the Government of the British-administered Madras Presidency on legal matters. The Presidency...

The 1943 Chennai floods occurred during the annual northeast monsoon in Madras (now Chennai) in India. Lying on the Bay of Bengal coast, Chennai is prone...

he resigned the day the UPA lost power. He is also the Chairman of the Madras School of Economics; former president of the Indian Statistical Institute;...

Aircraft Collection is an aviation museum located at the Madras Municipal Airport in Madras, Oregon. Jack Erickson, the founder of Erickson Air-Crane...

The 13th Madras Native Infantry may refer to: 73rd Carnatic Infantry which was called the 13th Madras Native Infantry in 1824 86th Carnatic Infantry which...

Home for the Madras Presidency in the Justice Party government of the Raja of Bobbili and as the first Indian acting Governor of Madras from 16 May 1934...

Jesuits. It is an autonomous Jesuit college affiliated with the University of Madras. Loyola College has more than 10,000 students studying as of 2023. The name...

The first census of the Madras Presidency was taken in the year 1822. It returned a population of 13,476,923. The second census conducted in 1836-37 returned...

of Madras was built. He served as the second Agent of Madras from 1643 to 1644. Along with Andrew Cogan, he is regarded as the founder of Madras. Francis...

of University of Madras people includes notable graduates, professors, and administrators affiliated with the University of Madras. Five heads of state...

Madras Government Press Harold A. Stuart (1895), Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-II), Madras Government Press Government of Madras (1905)...

Rajaji Hall, previously known as the Banqueting Hall, Madras, is a public hall in the city of Chennai, India used for social functions. The hall was built...

anti-colonial nationalist. During a demonstration against the Simon Commission in Madras, he exposed his chest to armed police and dared them to shoot. A major anti-colonial...

The Madras Literary Society is a learned society in Chennai (earlier called Madras), India which was founded in 1817 and in 1830 became associated with...

26 June 1906 of humble parentage in Salvankuppam in Thousand Lights of Madras City, to God –fearing Parents, Ponnuswamy and Sivagami a counterpart of...

Madras Presidency (also known as Madras Province and known officially as Presidency of Fort St. George) was an administrative subdivision (presidency)...

HMS Madras was laid down as Lascelles, an East Indiaman being built for the British East India Company (EIC). The Royal Navy purchased her on the stocks...

regiment of the British Indian Army. It was raised in 1788, as the 29th Madras Battalion. It was designated as the 82nd Punjabis in 1903 and became the...

the 1980s and 1990s. Suman was born in a Tulu-speaking Billava family in Madras of present-day Tamil Nadu. His mother, Kesari Chandra, was the Principal...

British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1799 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 90th Punjabis in 1903 and became...

The Madras Veterinary College, the college affiliated with Tamil Nadu Veterinary and Animal Sciences University, is a veterinary college in Vepery, a suburb...

(27 May 1761 – 6 July 1827) was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Madras from 1820 to 1827. Munro was born...

The Madras Sappers Military Band is one of the close to 50 Indian Army regimental bands, serving as part of the Madras Engineer Group in Bangalore. It...

responsible for the development of much of North Madras. It helped lay the foundations of major industry in Madras with the Buckingham and Carnatic Mills. Binny...

13°05′30″N 80°17′36″E / 13.0917°N 80.2934°E / 13.0917; 80.2934 The Royal Madras Yacht Club (RMYC) is a yacht club in Chennai, India. The RMYC was founded...

The first Indian Councils Act 1861 (24 & 25 Vict. c. 67) set up the Madras Legislative Council as an advisory body through which the colonial administration...

Indian Railways, running between New Delhi and Madras Central. From February 2024, the train starts from Madras Egmore. It is a historic train and is one of...

The third legislative assembly of Madras state (3 March 1962 – 28 February 1967) was constituted in March 1962 after the assembly election which was held...

British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 93rd Burma Infantry in 1903 and...

Madras Motor Sports Club is an Indian auto racing club founded in 1952 and based in Chennai, India. Madras Motor Sports Club with its history of over 50...

British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 92nd Punjabis in 1903 and became...

the Chief Justice of the Andhra Pradesh High Court, and previously of the Madras High Court. For 17 years he headed the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry...

The 105th Regiment of Foot (Madras Light Infantry) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised by the Honourable East India Company in 1766. Under...

Madras is a 2014 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Pa. Ranjith. It was produced by K. E. Gnanavel Raja under his production company...

The Tamil Nadu Archives and Historical Research, formerly known as the Madras Record Office is the official archival facility that holds the government...

The bombardment of Madras was an engagement of the First World War, at Madras (now Chennai), British India. The bombardment was initiated by the German...

earning positive reviews for his second film, the political action-drama Madras (2014). He wrote and directed the action-drama films Kabali (2016) and Kaala...

infantry regiment of the British Indian Army raised in 1798 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 89th Punjabis in 1903 and became...

Major-General William Farquhar (26 February 1774 – 11 May 1839) was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the resident of Malacca...

Chathurbhujadoss was a Gujarati businessman from Madras. He was the owner of C. Kushaldoss and Sons and served as Sheriff of Madras. Chathurbhujadoss was the son of Chathurbhujadoss...

was an Indian historian and archivist who was served as curator of the Madras Record Office (now the Tamil Nadu State Archives) from 1934 to 1958. He...

The Madras Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947 (also called the Tamil Nadu Devadasis (Prevention of Dedication) Act, 1947 or the Madras Devadasi...

was a natural lake which was situated on the western frontier of the city Madras, India. Comprising two sections - the Mylapore Tank to the south and a feeder...

The bare-bellied hedgehog (Paraechinus nudiventris), also known as the Madras hedgehog, is a species of hedgehog that is endemic to dry arid regions and...

Madras College Former Pupils Rugby Football Club is a rugby union side based in St Andrews in Fife, Scotland. They play in Caledonia Regional League Division...

Secretary of the Madras Presidency from 1935 to 1939. Brackenbury was Chief Secretary when the first elections were held in the Madras Presidency as per...

was an onion seller, and his mother was a homemaker. In 1973, he moved to Madras and started a general provisions store in K K Nagar. He opened his first...

The 3rd Madras Regiment was an infantry regiment of the British Indian Army formed after the World War I reforms of the Indian Army. The infantry regiments...

of Madras State during the 1951 census (the first Indian to hold the post) and the Chief Election Commissioner of Madras Presidency (later Madras State)...

the council is Koyye Moshenu Raju. Madras Legislative Council, the first representative legislature for the Madras Presidency was established in December...

in 1952, demanding a separate state for Telugu-speaking people from the Madras Presidency. His death during the protest sparked widespread riots and public...

1916 but he did not complete his studies for a BA in UCD. He enrolled at Madras High Court in 1916 upon returning to India. Giri became a member of the...

outcome of a decades-long negotiation between the Kingdom of Mysore and the Madras Presidency over rights to the waters of the Kaveri — a dispute that continues...

Madras Flying Club is an aviation academy in Tiruchi, India. It offers courses on pilot training, aircraft maintenance, and cabin crew management, among...

years. He also served as Director of a Madras Co-operative Bank, Senator of Madras University and elected to the Madras Municipal Council. In 1927, British...

education in India. She was the founder of Queen Mary's College in Madras, Madras Presidency in British India in 1914. It is the third oldest women's...

College, commonly known by its former name Madras Law College, is a law school, located in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu, India. It is also referred to...

MCC Higher Secondary School (full name: Madras Christian College Higher Secondary School) is located in Chetpet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It was founded...

statesman who served as the Advocate-General of Madras from 1906 to 1910, on the High Court of Madras as a puisne justice from 1910 to 1915, and as India-wide...

Slavery in the Madras Presidency during the British Raj affected close to 20% of the population. Madras Presidency was an administrative subdivision (presidency)...

a unicameral legislature. The judiciary branch is led by a High Court (Madras High Court) led by a Chief Justice. The Governor is the de jure constitutional...

employment in Madras with another family company, W. A. Beardsell Ltd, which specialised in exports. He was a prominent rugby union player in Madras, playing...

The Government Museum, Chennai, or the Madras Museum, is a museum of human history and culture located in the Government Museum Complex in the neighbourhood...

Zamindaris were established in the Madras Presidency by the government of the British East India Company starting from 1799 onwards. These settlements...

building was funded by the Government of Madras, and placed under the Church of England in India, Diocese of Madras. The Church was closed after Indian independence...

The Diocese of Madras is one among the 22 dioceses of the Church of South India, a United Protestant denomination. The year 1640 marks the beginning of...

The Madras Youth Choir, based in Chennai, India, is a non-profit, voluntary organization, is the brainchild of the late composer and pioneer of Indian...

served as the last Premier of Madras Presidency from 6 April 1949 to 26 January 1950 and first Chief Minister of Madras State from 26 January 1950 to...

Chennai Port, formerly known as Madras Port, is the second largest container port of India, behind Mumbai's Jawaharlal Nehru Port also known as Nhava Sheva...

India, he was involved in establishing a botanical garden at Mambalam, Madras, originating from a nopalry or Opuntia garden where he made attempts to...

The second legislative council election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of...

in Madras (Present-day Chennai). The films all featured non-fictional subjects; they were mostly photographed records of day-to-day events. In Madras (present-day...

He established the first English language newspaper in South India, The Madras Standard. He drafted the Malayali Memorial in 1891. Pillai is the only Malayali...

excluding Acting Chief Justices. For Acting chief justices Transferred to Madras High Court Transferred to Calcutta High Court Transferred to Bombay High...

British Indian Army. The regiment was raised in 1800 as a battalion of Madras Native Infantry. It was designated as the 91st Punjabis in 1903 and became...

The third legislative assembly election to the Madras state (presently Tamil Nadu) was held between 17 and 24 February 1962. The Indian National Congress...

The Madras Sappers Museum and Archives depicts the history of the Madras Engineering Group, also known as the Sappers. The museum was established in the...

part of the South Asian article on Sivashankari. Sivasankari was born in Madras. Including herself, all the children in her family were educated in the...

collaborated with directors Mysskin and Pa. Ranjith, with whom he worked in Madras (2014) for which he received acclaim for his performance. Kalaiyarasan,...

The Madras Medical Mission is a hospital located in Chennai. The first unit of the hospital was set up in 1987. The hospital houses 300 beds including...

(India) (1921/22–1945/46), Madras (1926/27–1938/39), H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI (1931), Indian XI (1933/34) and the Madras Governor's XI (1941/42) and...

Alliance Française of Madras (French: L'Alliance Française de Madras) is an Indo-French cultural centre and non-profit association in Chennai, India, that...

zamindar of Kalahasti, a Justice Party leader and the First Minister of Madras Presidency from 11 July 1921 to 3 December 1926. Ramarayaningar was born...

life in the Indian city of Chennai (formerly known as Madras), Tamil Nadu (formerly known as Madras State). Aravind Srinivas, ceo and co-founder of Perplexity...

Madras Battalion 1796 2nd Battalion 5th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1824 16th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1885 16th Regiment of Madras Infantry...

Madras on Rainy Days is a 2004 novel written by Samina Ali. The books explores the life of Layla, a second generation Indian-American Muslim. Layla, torn...

Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from 1916 to 1920. He also served as a member of the bar council from 1912 to 1920, the law member of Madras Presidency from...

politician who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1903 to 1906. Markandan, K. C.. Madras Legislative Council: Its Constitution and...

wireless station was established in the early years of the 20th century. The Madras Aerodrome was opened at Pallavaram in 1929. In the 1951 census, Tambaram...

The Madras Sanskrit College is a government-aided Sanskrit college located in Mylapore, Chennai. The college was founded by an eminent jurist and philanthropist...

an Indian first-class cricketer who was born on 1 February 1930 during Madras presidency. M. Suryanarayan is the first son of M.Baliah Naidu and the Grandson...

John Fennelly was an Irish born Roman Catholic Bishop of Madras in India from 1841 until 1868. Fennelly was from Moyne, County Tipperary, studied for the...

Chairman of the Corporation of Madras from 1920 to 1923 and as president and Mayor in 1919. He also served as Member of First Madras Public Services Commission...

presidency armies were named after the presidencies: the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army. Initially, only Europeans served as commissioned...

British army officer who served as Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras, succeeding Edward Balfour, from 15 May 1859 to 7 August 1872. He was one...

Madras Musical Association was founded in 1893 in St Andrew's Church by European residents in Madras and an Italian Signor Aloysio was its first chair...

Madras Institute of Technology (MIT) is an engineering institute located in Chromepet, Chennai, India. It is one of the four autonomous constituent colleges...

State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan (AIR 1951 SC 226) is a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India. This judgement led to the First Amendment...

Madras Kali Bari is a Hindu temple located in the neighbourhood of West Mambalam in Chennai, India. Dedicated to the goddess Kali, the temple is constructed...

educationist who served as the first Principal of the Presidency College, Madras. Powell was born in 1819 to Eyre Burton Powell and educated at Pembroke...

jungle) to the local people. Born into a Telugu family in Pandrangi in Madras Presidency (present day Andhra Pradesh) as Alluri Rama Raju, he prefixed...

Officer Commanding II corps. He is also the Colonel of the Regiment of the Madras Regiment. The general officer is an alumnus of Uttar Pradesh Sainik School...

Madras High School is a public high school in Madras, Oregon, United States. In 2008, 71% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 231...

This is a list of notable alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. "Director". Indian Institute of Technology Mandi. Archived from the original...

The Madras Regiment Band (MRC Band) is an Indian Army regimental band. It is an active duty band that serves as part of the Madras Regimental Centre in...

Rau (17 September 1874 - 12 May 1952) was an Indian politician from the Madras Presidency. He belonged to the Indian National Congress. He was a medical...

later filed a writ petition in the Madras High Court citing inactivity of the police. On 28 February 2014, the Madras High Court ordered the Joint Secretary...

of a state. Born in a Bengali family in Hyderabad, Naidu was educated in Madras, London and Cambridge. Following her time in Britain, where she worked as...

Kashmir - A M Tariq - INC ( ele 16/04/1962 term till 1966 res 04/03/1965) Madras - K Santhanam - INC ( ele 17/04/1962 term till 1964 ) Uttar Pradesh - Krishna...

GBA. It is 15 km (9.3 mi) from Bengaluru City Railway Station. The Old Madras Road passes through this locality. A lake called 'Vengayyana Lake' is in...

(or panam in the local language of Tamil) was a currency issued by the Madras Presidency until 1815. It circulated alongside the Indian rupee, also issued...

Qube Cinemas, a digital cinema technology company. He is an alumnus of the Madras Film Institute. Apart from his work as a cinematographer, Sreeram was much...

12°44′38″N 80°14′24″E / 12.743875°N 80.240107°E / 12.743875; 80.240107 The Madras Crocodile Bank Trust and Centre for Herpetology (MCBT) is a reptile zoo...

examinations. It is the successor of the Madras Service Commission, which came into being under an Act of the Madras Legislature in 1929 and was the first...

Madras Music Season (more recently known as the Chennai Music Season) is a music festival hosted every mid-November to January in Chennai (formerly known...

The first legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency was held in February 1937, as part of the nationwide provincial elections in British...

Palakkad) on 15 January 1947, just before India's independence, in the then Madras Presidency. His father Challa Raghunath Reddy was from Chittoor, while his...

The Madras Gymkhana Club (MGC) is an elite social club in Chennai, India, which was founded in 1884 to promote sports and social and cultural activities...

lead. The film was shot extensively at Newtone Studios, Kilpauk, during Madras Presidency. Rao's 1940 film, Viswa Mohini, is the first Indian film, depicting...

Pentapadu village of West Godavari district, Andhra Pradesh (at that time in Madras Presidency). She entered the film industry as a child actress, credited...

practitioner of herbal medicine. He worked in Madras and was the posthumous author of the Materia Medica of Madras. He was known for his expertise and knowledge...

1996 – 1996 Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place) 1996 – Champions Trophy, Madras (3rd place) 1997 – Champions Trophy, Adelaide (1st place) 1998 – World Cup...

to Tuticorin to work in shipping business. He was born in Thoothukudi, Madras Presidency, British Raj (present-day Tamil Nadu, India). Varadarajan was...

old Madras Presidency. He started from humble beginnings in the village of Marayur and moved to Chennai as a small boy. He was educated at the Madras Christian...

Secretary, and Education Secretary of the Madras Presidency, as well as in the Legislative Council of Madras, and as Collector of Tinnevelly, and of Tanjore...

The Madras States Agency was a colonial agency for the indirect rule of princely states associated with British India. Founded in 1923, it consisted of...

1887. Raghavaiyangar served as Inspector General of Registration in the Madras Presidency and later, Diwan of Baroda. Rangaswami was Raghavaiyangar's fourth...

Minister of the T. Prakasam government of the Madras Presidency in 1946. He was a Member of the Madras Legislative Assembly from 1937-46 and 1946-51,...

C.N. Annadurai and its ally Swatantra Party, led by C. Rajagopalachari. Madras was the first and one of few states, where a non-Congress Party won more...

Agastheeswaram, and Sengottai were transferred from Travancore-Cochin to Madras State in 1956. The Malayalam-speaking regions of the Travancore–Cochin merged...

The Tamil Nadu District Gazetteers (previously Madras District Gazetteers) are a series of district encyclopedias published by the Government of Tamil...

Madras and the Madras Presidency College The early history of Christ Church is recorded by Rev. Frank Penny, LL.M, in his book, The Church in Madras :...

Diarchy was established in Madras Presidency based on the recommendations of the Montague-Chelmsford report. Five elections were held during the period...

The restaurants at the hotel include Kitchen, a multi-cuisine restaurant, Madras, a South Indian delicacies restaurant, Madera, a lounge bar, Up North, the...

born in Rajamadam village in Tanjore district, Madras Presidency. He studied law and practised in the Madras High Court and the Supreme Court of India. In...

2-Shoreline evolution of north-east Char Fasson (Madras union)..." ResearchGate. Retrieved 2020-06-13. "Char Madras Union (Water), Bhola". www.thebangladesh.net...

at the Presidency College, Madras. Nannan was born in 1923. He lived in Saidapet then in the Chingleput district of Madras Presidency. After graduating...

Silva of Madras, assisted by the Bishop of Dhaka, Peter Joseph Hurth. In 1521, the Portuguese in Goa and Bombay-Bassein sent missionaries to Madras (now Chennai)...

Madras Naturalists' Society is a non-governmental organization that promotes appreciation, education and conservation of Nature. It was founded by bird...

classical guitarist from India. Samuel founded the Madras Guitar Society in 1988 which became the Madras Guitar String Ensemble in 1991. The Calcutta Classical...

hospital is associated with the prestigious Government General Hospital and Madras Medical College, Chennai and is affiliated to the Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R....

Minister for Forests of Tamil Nadu, who was disqualified in 2023 after the Madras High Court convicted him in the disproportionate assets case. He was the...

and Germany he joined the service in Madras (1901) becoming District Forest Officer (1903), Principal of the Madras Forest College (1913), and Assistant...

6th Madras Battalion 1796 1st Battalion 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1824 6th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry 1885 6th Regiment of Madras Infantry...

Chennai Egmore (also known as Chennai Ezhumbur, formerly Madras Egmore) (station code: MS), is a major railway station in Chennai, India. It is classified...

The Senate House is the administrative centre of the University of Madras in Chennai, India. It is situated in Wallajah Road, along Marina Beach. Constructed...

January 1809 as 2nd Troop, Madras Horse Artillery, a horse artillery battery of the Honourable East India Company's Madras Army. On 5 August 1825, it...

category of Madras piece goods exported by the East India Company. Piece goods of various qualities and dimensions were produced in and around Madras. Callawapore...

(90 ft) high, which were used to accurately determine the local time. In 1802 Madras Time was set up by John Goldingham and this was later used widely by the...

Madras War Cemetery is located in Nandambakkam, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. It was created to receive Second World War graves from civil and cantonment...

the Indian nation." It recommended the reorganisation of the provinces of Madras, Bombay and Central Provinces and Berar primarily on the basis of geographical...

his work. She obtained her Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Madras University and master's degree in Public Administration from Annamalai University...

Pillai, K. N. (1932). The Chronology of the Early Tamils. University of Madras. p. 120. Ca. Vē Cuppiramaṇiyan̲, Ka. Ta Tirunāvukkaracu. Historical Heritage...

served as First Mayor of Madras city (1933) and Minister of Excise and Education (1936–37) in the provincial government of Madras Presidency. Muthiah Chettiar...

Tirunelveli district was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of...

1966) is an Indian judge currently serving as the 47th Chief Justice of Madras High Court since March 2026. He also served as a Judge of the Kerala High...

Presidency of Madras ((Vol II) ed.). Madras: E.Keys at the Government Press. p. 444. Retrieved 5 December 2020. Presidency, Madras (India (1915). Madras District...

Indian actor who works in Tamil-language films. He is known for his role in Madras (2014). Prior to acting, Hari Krishnan worked on several mime scripts in...

of Royapuram and the historical town of Thiruvottiyur beyond which North Madras gives way to a series of fishing hamlets, individually known as kuppam in...

the Madras Legislative Council, Madras Legislative Assembly and Diwan of the Carnatic state. In 1935–36, he served as the first Muslim mayor of Madras city...

South Canara (South Kannada) was a district of the Madras Presidency of British Raj, located at 13°00′N 75°24′E / 13.00°N 75.40°E / 13.00; 75.40. It...

Kodambakkam was incorporated into the Madras city and formed the Kodambakkam-Saligrammam-Puliyur district of Greater Madras along with other localities to the...

Madras School of Economics (Institute of Special Importance) is an institution of higher education in economics, located in Chennai, India. Madras School...

 1662 – 10 May 1709) was a Dutch Jewish jeweller and diamond merchant of Madras, India. Originally from Holland, Abendana moved to India in 1702. Due to...

who later served as the governor of Mysore until 1964 and as governor of Madras from 1964 to 1966. Wadiyar ascended the throne upon the sudden demise of...

Dhinakaran was born on 1 July 1935 at Surandai in Tirunelveli district of Madras Presidency (today Tamil Nadu), British India. He attended St. John's college...

1971. It was formed as the nodal Town planning authority for the city of Madras (now Chennai) and its suburbs and became a statutory body in 1974. It is...

The 1995 South Asian Games (or 7th SAF Games) were held in Madras, India between 18 and 27 December 1995.   *   Host nation (India)  Athletics (details)...

Aerospace Engineering, Madras Institute of Technology (MIT), Chromepet, Anna University. Students and faculty members of Madras Institute of Technology...

published from Madras (now Chennai). It was established by C. R. Krishna Pillai in 1947 in order to encourage Malayalam writers both in Madras and Kerala...

attended the Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School in Egmore, Madras and later received a degree in commerce from Loyola College, Chennai. Prior...

Research Centre during the Bangladesh War. Born in Rishiyur in the then Madras Presidency, he was educated in Board High Schools, Erode and Bhavani; Government...

She subsequently played a war correspondent in the political thriller Madras Cafe (2013), and starred in the commercially successful comedies Main Tera...

Resonance is an album by the Madras String Quartet led by violinist V.S. Narasimhan. The album consists of several compositions in Carnatic Music that...

political party in the Madras Presidency of British India. It was established on 20 November 1916 in Victoria Public Hall in Madras by Dr C. Natesa Mudaliar...

Partridge in Madras. A member of the Madras Cricket Club, Partridge was instrumental in allowing for the indigenous members of the Madras Union Club to...

assistant at the Madras-based firm Best & Co. There, he was heavily involved in cricket in the city, playing club cricket for the Madras Cricket Club, the...

sculpture and is one of the pioneers of the Madras Metaphor (the contemporary sculpture movement in Madras). He specializes in sheet metal sculpture. His...

name Madras State. On 14 January 1969, Madras State was officially renamed to Tamil Nadu. After Indian Independence on 15 August 1947, the Madras Presidency...

Ghulam Kassim (birth date unknown, died Madras 1844) was an Indian chess player and author of the early 19th century, best known today for a variation...

film written and directed by Susi Ganesan in his debut, and produced by Madras Talkies. The film stars newcomers Prasanna, Kanika, Krishna, Sandhya, Mangai...

The Madras Stock Exchange (MSE) was a stock exchange in Chennai, India. The now defunct MSE was the fourth stock exchange to be established in the country...

the British Raj, when the Madras Police was established in 1859. After Indian Independence in 1947, it came under the Madras Province, and was renamed...

in the "Chidakash Gita". Nityananda was born in Koyilandy (Pandalayini), Madras Presidency, British India (now in Kozhikode district, Kerala). Details about...

Himachal Pradesh High Court on 5 August 1991. The Kerala High Court and the Madras High Court have each had the highest number of female chief justices, with...

and their families worshipped here as also the viceroys when they visited Madras. The church was opened in 1815. It is stated that the church was completed...

and 1971 elections. He was first elected to the Madras Corporation in 1958 and was the Mayor of Madras in 1965. He was arrested under the Maintenance of...

the 4th Madras Battalion 1784–1796, 1st Battalion, 4th Madras Native Infantry 1796–1824, the 4th Madras Native Infantry 1824–1883, the 4th Madras Native...

in 1879 in Madras city and studied at Wesley College High School and Presidency College, Madras before qualifying as a lawyer from the Madras Law College...

the Madras High Court who served as Advocate-General of Madras Presidency from July 1945 to 1950. He was educated at the Presidency College, Madras. Rajah...

The first legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act 1919...

The Madras Boat Club (Adyar Boat Club) is one of the oldest rowing centres in India, located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The area adjoining it is the most...

The Madras Red Sheep is an indigenous breed of sheep native to the northeastern parts of Tamil Nadu. The breed is characterized by medium size, reddish...

Lieutenant General Ross Lang was Commander-in-Chief of the Madras Army. Lang was commissioned into the Madras European Regiment. He commanded a battalion at the...

uniflorum (horsegram, also known as horse gram, kulthi bean, gahat, hurali, or Madras gram) is a legume native to tropical southern Asia. Known for its distinct...

The second legislative assembly election for the Madras Presidency after the establishment of a bicameral legislature by the Government of India Act of...

Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia, Paivia), a Paradesi Jew of Madras, was a Portuguese Jewish diamond and coral merchant from Amsterdam belonging to the...

and IIT Indore jointly and for 2025, it was held at IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras and IIT Tirupati. Tournaments are held in 15 different sports, namely: Athletics...

Ayyangar [and A. Rangaswami Sarasvati], The Madras University Historical Series, 1 (Madras: University of Madras, 1919), pp. 284–302 [no. 91], https://archive...

Mission in Madras, instead of helping the Danish Mission at Tharangambadi. The Madras Governor gave permission to work in the Black Town of Madras. They rented...

University of Madras in 1905. Kuppuswami Sastri was appointed Principal of the newly established Madras Sanskrit College in 1906. He headed Madras Sanskrit...

Chengalpattu. He moved to Madras (now Chennai) after school, where he finished his pre-university at Madras Christian College. At Madras Christian College, he...

the fort creating a wide beach between the land and the sea. Before the Madras harbor was built, the beach was just a strip of mud, teeming with mudskippers...

Ezuttaccan and His Age. Madras: University of Madras. p. 55. Menon, Chelnat Achyuta (1940). Ezuttaccan and His Age. Madras: University of Madras. pp. 45–46. Menon...

popular in Chennai, India. Manuel was the first Indian conductor of the Madras Musical Association. He also served for over 50 years as the organist and...

performance of the police personnel. In 1659, when Chennai (then called Madras) was just a group of fishing villages, Pedda Naik formed a group of peons...

The fourth legislative assembly election of Madras State (later renamed as Tamil Nadu) was held in February 1967. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) led...

born on 17 April 1932 in Otteri, in the erstwhile North Arcot district of Madras Presidency, into a Tamil-speaking family of Nagappa Mudaliar and Kamakshamma...

Pithecellobium dulce, commonly known as Manila tamarind, Madras thorn, monkeypod tree or camachile, is a species of flowering plant in the pea family,...

Thiaga Rajan (12 April 1892 – 25 September 1974) was the First Minister of Madras Presidency from 4 April 1936, to 24 August 1936 (143 Days). He was also...

first-class cricket for Madras from 1962 to 1969. George Thomas was a prominent schoolboy fast bowler who represented Madras Schools and South Zone Schools...

During the 1990 Madras riots, violence broke out between Muslims and Hindus during a Hindu religious procession near a Mosque in September 1997 in Triplicane...

Madras Government Press Harold A. Stuart (1895), Madras District Manuals – South Canara (Volume-II), Madras Government Press Government of Madras (1905)...

Manual (Volume-I). Madras Government Press. Charles Alexander Innes (1908). Madras District Gazetteers Malabar (Volume-I). Madras Government Press. Duarte...

in the Madras Presidency during the Indian independence movement. P. M. Audikesavalu Naicker was born on 9 September 1898 in Korukkupet, Madras (now Chennai)...

(105 ft) above sea level. Tambaram Sanatorium railway station lies on the Madras Beach—Tambaram suburban section of the Chennai Suburban Railway, which was...

The Victoria Technical Institute was opened in Pantheon Road, Egmore, Madras in the year 1889 in commemoration of the golden jubilee celebrations of...

made his debut with Maari (2015). Prasanna did his under-graduation at the Madras Christian College, before doing his diploma in editing and sound design...

University of Madras J. Sturrock (1894), Madras District Manuals - South Canara (Volume-I), Madras Government Press Harold A. Stuart (1895), Madras District...

Pudukkottai state from 1899 to 1909. He was the Chief Secretary and Magistrate of Madras Presidency Siram Venkataramadas Nayudu was appointed Diwan by the Raja,...

Dempster sailed from The Downs on 21 February 1787, bound for Madras and China. Rose reached Madras on 2 June and arrived at Whampoa anchorage on 19 September...

Thoressa honorei, commonly known as the Madras ace, is a skipper butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae found in south India. Female. Upperside;...

appropriately named initially as "Mahajana College" affiliated to the University of Madras. And later it was then renamed as Chikkaiah Naicker College (as a Government...

battling metastatic breast cancer. Srividya was born on 24 July 1953 in Madras (now Chennai) into a Tamil family. Tamil film comedian Krishnamurthy and...

Legislative Assembly from 2021 to 2026. Ezhilan was born on 27 June 1979 in Madras (now Chennai), the capital of Tamil Nadu. Both his mother, Santhi, and father...

severe losses to the Madras economy. It also created a rift in the ruling Justice Party forcing many Dalit leaders to leave. The Madras Labour Union was one...

The Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (Act No. 56 of 1959), enacted by the Parliament of India under the provisions of article...

Association (also known as Tamilnadu; abbreviated as TNFA), formerly the Madras Football Association, is one of the 36 Indian state football associations...

Madras Mail is a 1936 Indian Tamil-language action film directed by C. N. Trivedi. The film stars Battling Mani and T. N. Meenakshi. It is recognised as...

based on the seats and votes won and polled in Tamil-speaking areas of Madras (only) during general elections held in 1951 Independent parties are local...

to mobilise in the Madras Presidency in 1936, Thevar joined their ranks. Ahead of the 1937 elections to the assembly of the Madras Presidency, Thevar...

Stuart reached Madras on 4 February 1802, and arrived at Calcutta on 5 March. Homeward bound, she was at Kedgeree on 1 September, and Madras again on 29...

Indian civil servant, writer and politician who served as Commissioner of Madras city from 1925 to 1928. Naidu joined the civil service after obtaining a...

Benjamin Minge Duggar discovered chlortetracycline in 1945. A student of Madras Medical College, his elder brother and younger brother both died due to...

IndOS) is a closed-source, Android-based operating system developed by IIT Madras. It is funded by the Indian government, which intends to use it on government...

Nugent Grant was a notable Madras lawyer of British origin who served in the Madras High Court. He served as the Public Prosecutor for the government and...

Affairs (1874–80, 1885–86), Governor of Madras (1886–90) and District Grand Master of District Grand Lodge of Madras (1888-1890). Bourke was born into an...

(2004). Madras Rediscovered. East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd. p. 125. ISBN 81-88661-24-4. "The last family of Pardesi Jews in Madras « Madras Musings...

democratic national election held in India after Independence, and the polls in Madras state were held for 62 constituencies with 75 seats. This State had the...

Madrasapattinam (transl. Madras Town) is a 2010 Indian Tamil-language historical romance film written and directed by Vijay. The film stars Arya with Amy...

and engineering at IIT Madras. Krithivasan is originally from Tamil Nadu, where she was born in 1948. After studies at Madras Christian College in Chennai...

Ayyangar [and A. Rangaswami Sarasvati], The Madras University Historical Series, 1 (Madras: University of Madras, 1919), pp. 284–302 [no. 91], https://archive...

the Reconfigurable Intelligent Systems Engineering (RISE) group at IIT Madras to develop the first indigenous industrial-grade processor. The aims of...

lead character. She continued working as a model, notably winning the Miss Madras 2015 and Queen of India 2016 pageants. In 2021, she appeared on the celebrity...

The Chennai Football League, formerly known as the Madras Football League, is the group of state-level football leagues in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu...

The Muslim Educational Association of Southern India (MEASI), formerly Madras Executive Committee of Mohamedan Educational Conference and Mohamedan Educational...

from the Presidency College, Madras and Madras Law College. On completion of his education, Krishnamachari joined the Madras Civil Service in 1903 as Deputy...

formed the 2nd Madras Cavalry. This new regiment would eventually become the 7th Light Cavalry. The title was first changed to that of 3rd Madras Native Cavalry...

Hussain, Amin Jung Bahadur, KCIE, CSI, LLD (Osmania), MA, BL (Madras) was born in Madras on 11 August 1863 in the family of a leading businessman. In 1893...

congestion. On 4 May 2015, the state government of Tamil Nadu informed Madras High Court that the bridge should be opened for public in 3 months. The...

photographs of India. In February of the following year he took part in the Madras Exhibition of Raw Products, Arts, and Manufactures of Southern India, displaying...

served as the Revenue member of the executive council of the Governor of Madras from 1925 to 1930. Moir was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh and Wadham...

in Madras and became operational in 1837. The Madras Railway was established later in 1845 and the construction on the first main line between Madras and...

graduated in arts and studied law from Madras Law College. Govindaraghava Aiyar became a non-officiating member of the Madras Legislative Council on January 9...

native Indians. He is considered to be the 'Father of Madras Cricket'. He founded the annual Madras Presidency Matches, the first of which was held shortly...

November 1847) was a British military officer in the East India Company's Madras Army. He was born in St. Helena, the son of Jonathan Doveton, a planter...

and especially Japan, but claims of its usage lack reliable evidence. A "Madras civilian", in his travel description from 1820s India, referred to this...

in Tanjore District. In 1956, Swami founded V. D. Swami and Company in Madras along with M. V. Subramaniam and T. S. Narayanaswami of Sanmar Group. V...

to serve as commissioner of police, Madras, appointed in 1919. He was educated at Pachaiyappa’s College, Madras. Naidu began his government service as...

Indarbela campbelli is a moth in the family Cossidae. It is found in India (Madras). Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin...

the United States for two months before his death at the Apollo Hospital, Madras.[citation needed] Director & Actor Producer Puttadi Bomma Poornamma (1981):...

was historically split between the Nizam-ruled Hyderabad State and the Madras Presidency of British India. The region comprises Bidar, Yadgir, Raichur...

Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore. On 30 January 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed Augustine as the Auxiliary Bishop of Madras and Mylapore to assist...

Latha filed a petition in the Madras High Court challenging the decision of the Greater Chennai Corporation. The Madras HC dismissed the petition filed...

After the defeat of Congress, in Madras, in 1967, Congress sought help and allied with local parties, to get seats in Madras/Tamil Nadu. Elections in Tamil...

A.K. Gopalan v. State of Madras, AIR 1950 SC 27, was a landmark decision of the Supreme Court of India in which the Court ruled that Article 21 of the...

that created a sensational scandal in colonial Madras. Love, Henry Davidson (1913). Vestiges of Old Madras, 1640-1800. Vol. 3. London: John Murray. p. 564...

charged for. Accepting this suggestion, the first Madras Post Office with fixed postal charges—the Madras GPO—was established by Governor Sir Archibald Campbell...

the Madras State, 18 years after its formation and 10 years after it had first entered electoral politics. This began the Dravidian era in the Madras province...

pioneering entrepreneur, eminent industrialist, and the founder of the present Madras Institute of Technology of the Anna University, Chennai. The late Dr. C...

newspaper Madras Musings and the principal organizer of the annual Madras Day celebrations. Muthiah was also the founder-President of the Madras Book Club...

graduated from Madras Christian College. He started his industrial life with a toy balloon manufacturing unit from a small shed near Madras (now Chennai)...

into 40 seers of smaller grade. The maund of Southern India, fixed by the Madras government at 25 lbs. avoir. There are, however many other varieties of...

and 13 may be additionally appointed. Currently, it has 38 judges. The Madras High Court sits at Chennai and has jurisdiction over the state of Tamil...

language films. He made a breakthrough as an actor with his performances in Madras (2014) and Vil Ambu (2016), while also serving as the producer in the latter...

Puttur Assembly constituency was an Assembly constituency of the Madras Legislative Assembly until States Reorganisation Act, 1956 transferred it to the...

Justice K. Chandru (born 1951) is an Indian advocate and former judge of Madras High Court who disposed of 96,000 cases during his tenure as a judge. Chandru...

No. 264 Squadron RAF, also known as No. 264 (Madras Presidency) Squadron, was a squadron of the Royal Air Force. No. 264 Squadron was first formed during...

Anglo-Indian soldier, businessman and philanthropist who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1879 to 1883. Coleman was born in 1824 in India...

was an Indian politician who served as member of the Madras Legislative Assembly and mayor of Madras during 1967–68. He belonged to the Muslim League. He...

was an Indian lawyer who served as a judge of the Madras High Court. Lakshmana Rao was born in Madras on 15 December 1887 in a Goud Saraswat Brahmin family...

February 2007. Retrieved 15 June 2012. Pillai, Swarnavel Eswaran (2015). Madras Studios: Narrative, Genre, and Ideology in Tamil Cinema. India: SAGE Publications...

"Statistical Report On General Election, 1951 to the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). eci.nic.in. New Delhi: Election Commission of India. Archived from...

November 1910) was a Scottish industrialist who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council from 1865 to 1867. He was born in Kilrenny, Fife, Scotland...

patterns Multan, Peshawar, and Sindh. The collection includes works of the Madras, Bombay, and Jaipur schools. In the process of supplying samples to the...

In 1778, he travelled along with Day to the city of Madras for an official inquiry. At Madras, a violent argument broke out between Day and Popham forcing...

online edn, May 2009 Boag, GT (1933). The Madras Presidency (1881–1931) (PDF). Madras: Government of Madras. p. 63. Chandran, VP (2018). Mathrubhumi Yearbook...

Hemidactylus subtriedrus, also known as Jerdon's gecko or Madras blotched gecko, is a species of gecko found in India and Sri Lanka. Head large, oviform;...

be published from Madras. The newspaper was purchased by Gantz and Sons and merged with The Madras Times in 1859. In 1921, The Madras Times ceased publishing...

1861) was a Madras Army officer. Welsh, son of John Welsh, a Scotsman, was born on 12 March 1775. He obtained a commission as ensign in the Madras Army on...

Complete list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Madras in 1950. "1950 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved 23 December 2019...

Company, in the Madras Civil Service, from 1778, and became Collector of Trinchinopoli. He was Senior Judge of Appeal, in the Madras Presidency. "List...

the state of Kerala in South India, built post-independence by the then Madras state. Situated in the scenic hills of the Western Ghats in the background...

Barkudia insularis, commonly known as the Madras spotted skink, is a critically endangered limbless skink which was described in 1917 by Nelson Annandale...

December 1806 – 11 September 1855) was an East India Company official in the Madras Presidency who served as a District Collector of Malabar. He took an active...

family in Scotland. They traveled to India during 19th century and landed in Madras. They started the business of bailing cotton and established the first cotton...

Chunampet in Chingleput district and politician who served as a member of the Madras Legislative Council for three consecutive terms from 1904 to 1907. His son...

self study report. p. 6. Ayyvu Kovai Madras (India : State). Legislature. Legislative Assembly 1938 (1938). Madras Legislative Assembly. p. 22.{{cite book}}:...

activist from the Madras Presidency. Surendranath Arya was born Ethiraj to Dhanakoti Raju Naidu in a Telugu-speaking family of the city of Madras. On completion...

Kolkata, with a first rank. She then earned an MBA from the University of Madras with first rank. She has also completed a Ph.D. in Mohiniyattam from the...

Madras University in Hindu Law and joined Madras Bar in 1917 and had his apprenticeship under Justice Ramesam. He was a practising advocate of Madras...

Boag served as the Municipal Commissioner for Madras from 1923 to 1925. He was the Chief Secretary of Madras Presidency from 1925 to 1928 and 1934 to 1938...

– 3rd Madras Native Cavalry 1784 – 1st Madras Native Cavalry 1786 – 4th Madras Native Cavalry 1788 – 2nd Madras Native Cavalry 1819 – 2nd Madras Light...

1824 – 13 February 1911), was an Irish born Roman Catholic Archbishop of Madras, India. Born on 1 April 1824 in Donore, County Westmeath, he studied in...

co-op, where members are all Irula people, is located on the campus of the Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, a reptile zoo and herpetology research station located...

journals like The Bible Translator. After graduate studies in sciences from Madras Christian College, Tambaram leading to B.Sc., John Philipose joined the...

Pudukkottai District on 5 January 1940. He was educated at University of Madras. Mohideen entered public life with Muslim Students Federation, the student's...

sailed from Portsmouth on 10 March 1812, bound for Madras and Bengal. Prince Regent reached Madras on 14 July and arrived at Diamond Harbour on 1 August...

races. The Madras Race Club was officially constituted in 1837. The club functioned till 1875, when the Prince of Wales Edward VII visited Madras. Racing...

toilets now. If one approaches the madras from the crossroads in the north, one hardly recognizes the old building. The madras building itself is wallpapered...

(1891–1949) was an Indian lawyer and politician who served as mayor of Madras city in 1946-47. He was the first mayor of the city after India's independence...

Lawson (20 January 1840, Seaton Carew, County Durham – 14 February 1896, Madras) was a British botanist. Lawson matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge...

in a prominent land-owning Iyengar family of the Madras Presidency. He had his education in Madras and graduated in law. He practised successfully as...

starting with the governorship of Bombay and then the governorship of Madras, before he was in 1926 appointed as the Governor-General of Canada to replace...

Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Madras 23 December 1995 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Madras 25 December 1995 Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Madras 25 December 1995 Jawaharlal...

of Maniyammai at funeral at Periyar thidal in 1978. S. Muthiah (2008). Madras, Chennai: A 400-year Record of the First City of Modern India. Palaniappa...

"wealth" (punch marked coins). It may specifically refer to: Madras fanam, a currency issued in Madras Presidency, now part of Tamil Nadu, India Travancore fanam...

Swaraj Party was victorious in provincial council elections in Bengal and Madras, and also made gains in Bihar and Orissa. However, at the national level...

the Madras Artillery Major W. J. Butterworth, of the Madras Infantry Major John Purton, of the Madras Engineers Major John Cameron, of the Madras Infantry...

philanthropist, socialite and administrator. He served as a judge of the Madras High Court and Agent for Berar. Venkatasubba Rao was born in Akividu Village...

Thanjavur. He had his education in Madras and graduated in arts. He served as the Inspector General of Registration in the Madras Presidency during the 1880s...

from Portsmouth on 30 March, bound for Madras and Bengal. Sovereign was at São Tiago on 21 April, reached Madras on 27 August, and arrived at Calcutta...

at the Wayback Machine Official website of Indian Coffee House (Note: This is not the original coffee house that was set up by the British in Madras.)...

1976 in Madras, Tamil Nadu 24th Filmfare Awards South, held on 14 August 1977 in Madras, Tamil Nadu 25th Filmfare Awards South, held on in Madras, Tamil...

obtained from Queen Mary's College, Madras. She obtained an honours degree in botany from Presidency College in Madras (present-day Chennai) and then moved...

George Town is also known as Muthialpet. Muthiah, S. (2004). Madras Rediscovered. East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd. p. 330. ISBN 81-88661-24-4. v t e...

from the separate Bengal, Bombay and Madras presidency armies in 1895 to be replaced by the Bengal, Bombay, Madras and Punjab commands. The localisation...

promote Sanskrit learning. Several Sanskritic organisations, including the Madras Sanskrit College, were founded in the first quarter of the 20th century...

Subbulakshmi, while her grandfather, T.S. Rajam, served as president of the Madras Music Academy. In interviews, Ratnam has described growing up in a traditional...

introduced in the East India Company's presidency armies (the Bengal Army, the Madras Army and the Bombay Army) to make it easier for British officers to communicate...

college in Madras (now known as Chennai), India was murdered. It led to a highly sensationalized trial known as the De La Haye murder case or Madras murder...

Census Commissioner for the Madras Presidency during the 1911 India census. Molony served as president and Mayor of the Madras Corporation from 1914 to 1919...

to Bharatanatyam. Alladi Sarada (later Sarada Hoffman) was born in Madras, Madras Presidency, British India in 1929. She grew up in the Theosophical Society...

Chennai Beach (formerly known as Madras Beach) (station code: MSB) is a railway terminus of the Southern Railway network in Parry's Corner, Chennai, India...

sound ranging systems. The Rocket Troop Madras Horse Artillery was formed in 1805, at the request of the Madras Government and East India Company and it...

Appanaickenpatti Pudur, near Coimbatore in Coimbatore district of the erstwhile Madras State. His father was a farmer and his mother was a housewife, who took...

was defunct as its members quietly dissolved into the Congress fold. The Madras Province Swarajya Party was established in 1923. S. Satyamurti and S. Srinivasa...

The third legislative council election to Madras Presidency after the establishment of dyarchical system of government by the Government of India Act,...

of the noted social reformer Raghupathi Venkataratnam Naidu. He moved to Madras (now Chennai) at the age of 18, where he began his career as a commercial...

Shotham (born May 7, 1948 in Madras, Tamil Nadu, India) is a percussionist and drummer. Ramesh Shotham was born in Madras, South India. He graduated with...

murder case was a high-profile criminal trial that was conducted in the then Madras Presidency of British India between November 1944 and April 1947. The cause...

G. R. Swaminathan is an Indian judge of the Madras High Court. Having been a practicing advocate since 1991, he was appointed as the assistant solicitor...