Thursday, August 21, 2014

Madras, now Chennai, to celebrate 375th anniversary Friday | ummid.com

Madras, now Chennai, to celebrate 375th anniversary Friday | ummid.com

It was on this day in 1639 that British administrator Francis Day along with his superior Andrew Cogan struck a deal with the Vijayanagar empire to acquire a stretch of no man's land, which went on to become Madras, today known as Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu.