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 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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

"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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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 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...

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)...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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....

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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'...

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

important center of Brahminism, Hindu religion and European education in the Madras Presidency. The opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 fostered trade contacts...

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...

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...

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

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 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 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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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

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...

(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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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 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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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 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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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...

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

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

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 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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

The Madras Bulls Motorcycling Club or Madbulls is an informal motorcycling club based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. The club was founded in April 2002...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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

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

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...

on 10 May 2026. Chandrasekaran Joseph Vijay was born on 22 June 1974 in Madras. His father, Chandrasekaran, is a film director and his mother, Shoba, is...

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....

The Diocese of Madras is one of the 32 dioceses of the Indian Orthodox Church with its headquarters at Chennai. H.G Kayalath Dr. Stephanos Mar Theodosius...

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

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...

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...

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...

her debut in the film Babai Abbai. Nethi Syamala was born in Amaravati, Madras State, India in 1951, into a Brahmin family. She lost her mother as a child...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

Sabha constituency in Madras. It ceased to exist after the delimination by Election Commission in 1961. Former Chief Minister of Madras K. Kamaraj won in...

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

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...

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)...

by incorporating territories from Andhra, Bombay, Coorg, Hyderabad, and Madras States, as well as other petty fiefdoms. It was subsequently renamed Karnataka...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.)...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

This is a list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Madras & Hyderabad in 1952. "Press Academy of Andhra Pradesh". pressacademyarchives...

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...

Complete list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Madras & Hyderabad in the year 1948. "1948 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved...

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

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;...

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...

been signed to play the female lead in the 2019 action crime film Gangs of Madras which was directed by C. V. Kumar. Priyanka played a dual role female gangster...

surgeon in the East India Company's Madras Army who was also a skilled and trained artist. In 1850 he founded the Madras School of Art, the first school of...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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)...

released in Tamil as Miss Madras by Sai Bhagyashree Films, and titled as such owing to the actress's triumph at the Miss Madras beauty pageant in 1994....

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

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...

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...

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...

Madras Pioneers was a regiment in the British Indian Army. 61st Pioneers which had the title in 1901, they later became the 1st Battalion, 1st Madras...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

T K Radhakrishnan (1919-2003) was a Carnatic classical flautist from Madras, India. Danielou, Alain. A Catalogue of Recorded Classical and Traditional...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Ramanathan and Smt.T. Muktha. She received the Sangeetha Kalanidhi title by Madras Music Academy in 2019 and the Isai Perarignar by the Tamil Isai Sangam in...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 :...

Coimbatore District was one of the districts of the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the areas of the present-day districts of...

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 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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

on 11 June. She stopped at Saint Helena and then arrived at Madras. She foundered at Madras Roads on 15 October 1782 in a monsoon while she lay at anchor...

commuted to life imprisonment in 2008. Shakereh was born on 27 August 1947 in Madras to an Indian-Persian Muslim family. The family were also residents of Singapore...

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

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...

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

Nambisan received the first All India Poetry Prize in 1988 for his poem "Madras Central". He wrote First Infinities in 2015, his first collection of poems...

in Burma into a new battalion with the title of 10th Madras Infantry. The original 10th Madras Infantry, one of the oldest battalions in the Indian Army...

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

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

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...

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

Complete list of films produced by the Tollywood film industry based in Madras & Hyderabad in the year 1947. "1947 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved...

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

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...

Madras Atomic Power Station (MAPS) located at Kalpakkam about 80 kilometres (50 mi) south of Chennai, India, is a comprehensive nuclear power production...

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...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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

– d. November 1921) was a landlord and the inaugural First Minister of Madras Presidency from 17 December 1920 to 11 July 1921. Subbarayalu Reddiar was...

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...

Minister of Agriculture in the Madras Presidency during a critical period in Indian history. Veeraswami ran in the 1946 Madras Presidency Legislative Assembly...

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...

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

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

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...

This is a list of films produced by the Telugu film industry based in Madras in 1951. "1951 Telugu Films". pedia.desibantu. Retrieved 4 January 2019. "Navvithe...

The Madras Institute of Development Studies (MIDS) is a research institute based in Chennai. It is a joint undertaking of the Governments of India 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...

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...

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...

Portrait of a Creole Woman with Madras Tignon (c. 1837) is an oil painting traditionally attributed to George Catlin but now understood to have been painted...

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

he worked as a Physics lecturer at the Madras Christian College. After serving in various positions in Madras and in various ministries of the Central...

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

was a British Indian Army officer, gazetted to the 21st Regiment of the Madras Native Infantry from 1837 to 1871. He was a well known surveyor of the early...

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

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

The Madras Bank (1683). It was started in 1720, and lasted until 1770. The bank is one of the three oldest Banks in India, along with The Madras Bank...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Daniel. It was published in Madras by Higginbotham's in 1969. It is based on the experiences of tea plantation workers in the Madras Presidency during the British...

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

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...

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...

degrees in health sciences in Tamil Nadu were awarded by the University of Madras. The chancellor and pro-chancellor of the university are the governor and...

Chingleput district was a district in the Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Kanchipuram, Chengalpattu...

(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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

was the 8th Chief Justice of Manipur High Court. He is a former Judge of Madras High Court. He was born on 22 May 1963 at Dharapuram and completed schooling...

Hindu. Chari, T. K. Srinivasa (July 2012). "The actor in the shadows". Madras Musings. 22 (6). Prince Frederick (28 February 2005), "Metro Plus Chennai :...

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

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...

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

The Tamil Nadu football team, also earlier the Madras football team, is an Indian football team representing Tamil Nadu in Indian state football competitions...

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...

the Attingal Outbreak took place 13 and 14 November, the 1721 Madras cyclone struck Madras (now Chennai) Nazarbaug Palace, a Gaekwad palace built in Vadodara...

Museum, Bombay (1954) Returned to Madras Government Museum as Curator (1956–1957) Promoted to Assistant Superintendent, Madras Government Museum (1958-1960)...

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...

(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...

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

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

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...

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...

Rao and served as member of the Madras Legislative Assembly from 1962 to 1967, in the panel of Chairmen of the Madras Legislative Assembly from 1963 to...

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...

at Tellicherry Brennen College and Mohammedans College, Madras. He was elected to the Madras Legislative Council from a Muslim seat in 1923. He was re-elected...

include Evans Middle School, Smokey Road Middle School, and Madras Middle School. Madras also feeds into the nearby Northgate High School. Founded in...

Lekshmana Chandra Victoria Gowri is an Additional Judge of the Madras High Court.Her selection engendered controversy after lawyers alleged her to have...

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...

1916 in Victoria Public Hall in Madras which is seen as the start of the Dravidian Movement. She was a member of the Madras Legislative Council in 1931....

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

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...

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 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...

 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...

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

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,...

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

October 1931) was an Irish engineer, noted for his work in India on the Madras Railway. Edward Waller Stoney was born on 10 February 1844 at Arran Hill...

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...

Entertainment. He followed it a year later with the political action thriller Madras Cafe (2013). His next film Piku (2015) received widespread critical acclaim...

place) 1996 – Summer Olympics, Atlanta (4th place) 1996 – Champions Trophy, Madras (3rd place) 1997 – European Indoor Nations Cup, Lievin (1st place) 1997...

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...

diocese located in the city of Coimbatore in the ecclesiastical province of Madras and Mylapore in India. 1845: Established as Apostolic Pro-Vicariate of Coimbatore...

for Preston and, later, Willesden East. He also served the Governor of Madras from 1929 to 1934 and as Acting Viceroy of India in 1934. The sixth son...

DSO (1878–1963) was a British Army officer and Olympic fencer. Born in Madras, India, on 14 September 1878, Ronald Bruce Campbell was educated at Bedford...

of her acting, apart from the lyrics and music. Devika was admitted to Madras Hospital when she complained of chest pain and after a few days she died...

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...

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...

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...

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...

rotary type interchange flyover that connects GST road (NH 45) with the Madras Institute of Technology gate in Chennai, India. "10-student gang held for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

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...

V. R. Ramanatha Iyer served as mayor of Madras. Civic Affairs. P. C. Kapoor at the Citizen Press. 1956. v t e v t e...

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

master's degree in economics from Loyola College and completed law from Madras University. His leadership skills were noticed by C. N. Annadurai and the...

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...

fullback and has captained the Indian team. He also serves the Madras Engineering Group (Madras Sappers corps of engineers) Indian army as a commissioned officer...

graduated from Madras Christian Law College in 1916. After doing an apprenticeship under Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer, he started practicing at the Madras High Court...

Varadachari. He graduated from the Stanley Medical College in Chennai (Madras) in 1950. He was the recipient of the Padma Shri award (1981) for his contributions...

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

Battalion, Madras Pioneers 1759–1930. Andrews UK Limited. p. 42,51. Love, Henry Davidson (1913). Indian Records Series Vestiges of Old Madras. London: Government...

Tea (1969), which delves into the plight of tea plantation workers in the Madras Presidency during the British Raj. After going through a couple of auditions...

Padma Bhushan award recipient. Muthulakshmi Reddy was appointed to the Madras Legislative Council in 1926. This nomination marked the beginning of her...

General Sir John Low GCSI KCB FRSE (13 December 1788 – 10 January 1880) was a Madras Army officer and colonial administrator. Born at Clatto House, near Cupar...

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...

Mahé de La Bourdonnais landed off Madras with a naval squadron and laid siege to the port city. The defenses of Madras were weak, and the garrison sustained...

India. She studied Chemistry at the University of Madras, and at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, and then moved the Indian Institute of Technology...

April 1987) is an Indian former professional cricketer. He was born in Madras; his father is cricketer Kris Srikkanth. He has played for Chennai Super...

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

began in Madras in 1932. It was formed after two rival bodies — the Indian Cricket Federation and Madras Cricket Club — merged, becoming the Madras Cricket...

Mayor of Madras. He also served as the first speaker of the Madras Legislative Assembly after India's independence. Shivashanmugam was born Madras (now Chennai...

the 6th Madras Native Infantry (died 19 April 1868 at Marseille on the way back to Scotland, has a memorial stone at the St. Andrew's Kirk, Madras), it was...

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

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

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...

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...

Tanjore District was one of the districts in the erstwhile Madras Presidency of British India. It covered the area of the present-day districts of Thanjavur...

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

Mission and American Madras Mission. He also established the American Arcot Mission, in North Arcot, South India (then under Madras Presidency). Henry Martyn...

species (C. elegans) is found in India (Madras). Cladospongia, a new member of the Craspedomonadaceae from Madras. Iyengar, M.O.P. & Ramanathan, K.R., 1940...

Madras Export Processing Zone (MEPZ) is a special economic zone in Chennai, India. It is one of the seven export processing zones in the country set up...

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

volunteered for the foreign missions in India, proceeding with Bishop Carew to Madras in 1845. Subsequently, he was appointed coadjutor to Bishop Fennelly, successor...

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

Program. He is also the present Chairman of the Board of Governors of IIT Madras. In January 2025, Goenka was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest...

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...

April 1945) is a former Indian Test cricket umpire. Ramaswamy was born in Madras and worked for Indian Railways. He umpired in Indian domestic first-class...

of Madras, whereupon he ultimately became a Vakil of the High Court of Madras, central member of the Mylapore clique, and a leader of the Madras bar...

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

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

missionary and the founder of the mission of the Free Church of Scotland at Madras, India. John Anderson was born at Craig Farm, Kirkpatrick Durham, in Galloway...

and upgraded as a coeducational college in 2002, which is affiliated to madras University is situated in Selavayal area. Devajit Bhuyan (17 May 2002)....

founded in 1947. The championships were first played at the Madras Gymkhana Club grounds, Madras, Tamil Nadu, India. The championships ran until 1972 before...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

merged with the Bank of Madras in 1843. The Asiatic Bank was the third oldest bank founded in the Madras Presidency after The Madras Bank (1683), the Carnatic...

Machilipatnam and maternal family hails from Rajahmundry. He was born near Madras. His son Jayanth acted in the film Margazhi 16 (2010). Tamil 1991 Penn 1990s...

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...

The Madras Film Society (MFS) was founded by Ammu Swaminathan in 1957 to screen various films from all over the world. In early 80's screening of international...

first-year post-graduate humanities student at Indian Institute of Technology Madras who had committed suicide in her hostel room on 9 November 2019. Her family...

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...

Rajaji) was the Prime Minister of the erstwhile Madras Presidency and the Chief Minister of Madras State of Independent India. He was the first Indian...

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...

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

Scottish judge in India during the East India Company administration of the Madras and Bombay Presidencies. Anstruther was the second son of Sir Robert Anstruther...

produced by A. Purnachandra Rao both under banner Lakshmi Productions (Madras) (P).LTD. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan (in a dual role), Jaya Prada,...

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...

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...

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...

Jambulingam Nadar was a notorious brigand of the southern Madras Presidency in the early 20th century. He was shot to death by the police on 20 September...

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

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...

served as mayor of Madras city from 1963 to 1964 and as member of the Madras Legislative Council. Sivasankar Mehta was born in Madras to T. Ramanatha Mehta...

Battalion - 1770 9th Madras Battalion - 1784 1st Battalion, 9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry - 1796 9th Regiment of Madras Native Infantry - 1824...

politician of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) who served as mayor of Madras from 1961 to 1963. He belonged to the Dalit community. Indian Recorder &...

Parliamentary Constituency number is 2 of 39. Formerly it was known as Madras North. After delimitation, Chennai North consists of following constituencies...

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...

however, influenced by her grandfather, she pursued a higher education at Madras Christian College. When her mother initially refused to let her attend,...

Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn (9 August 1820 – 16 May 1895) was a Madras-born Scottish physician, botanist, forester and land owner. Sometimes known as...

Madras and China, and in company with Fairford, General Goddard, and several other East Indiamen. General Coote reached Madras on 9 April 1783 Madras...