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63 unusual facts about Chennai


Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering

Aalim Muhammed Salegh College of Engineering or A.M.S College of Engineering is an engineering college affiliated to Anna University, India located in Muthapudupet, Avadi, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Aarani, Tamil Nadu

Arani, Chennai, a suburb of Chennai, Tiruvallur District, Tamil Nadu

Abraham Rajan

Abraham Rajan (born 1958) is a distinguished Indian ex-athlete who is currently a coach with SAI (Sports Authority of India) and the SDAT(Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu) at the SDAT Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium facilities.

Adyar

Adyar, Chennai, a locality in Chennai (Madras) in the state of Tamil Nadu, India

AMET University

AMET University is situated on the outskirts of the city of Chennai.

Anand Jeeva

Anand Jeeva did his graduation in Visual Communication from Loyola College, Chennai.

Anirudh Ravichander

He graduated from Loyola College, Chennai in 2011, which according to him was just a back up in case his music career did not take off.

Anna University School of Architecture and Planning

School of Architecture and Planning (SAP) is one of the four constituent colleges of Anna University, Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Apollo Priyadarshanam Institute of Technology

Apollo Priyadarshanam Institute of Technology is a co-educational institution located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

B. S. Abdur Rahman

His conglomerate built several landmarks, businesses and institutions in coastal Tamil Nadu viz. Chennai Citi Centre, Chepauk Stadium, Anna Nagar Tower, Marina Lighthouse, Valluvar Kottam, Government General Hospital, Gemini Flyover, Raheja Towers, Star Health and Allied Insurance, Crescent Engineering College, etc..

Chellammal Women's College

Chellammal Women's College (Tamil:செல்லம்மாள் மகளிர் கல்லூரி) is affiliated to University of madras, is an Arts & Science Colleges in Guindy, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Chennai Mass Rapid Transit System

In 2008, a proposal was initiated to construct a new railway line from Perungudi MRTS station in Chennai to Pondicherry via Old Mahabalipuram Road (OMR) and East Coast Road (ECR).

The EMU coaches are manufactured by the Integral Coach Factory, Chennai.

The suburban lines offered no connectivity to Central and South Madras (as the city was known then).

Church of Our Lady of Light

A Church in Chennai, India locally called as Luz Church where it is believed that Portuguese friars were miraculously saved by a bright light after praying to Mother Mary.

D. Madhusudhana Rao

He owned the film production houses named Annapurna pictures Limited and Chakravarthi Chithra based in Chennai.

Daggubati Suresh Babu

He did his schooling in Don Bosco school at Madras.He completed his PUC in Loyola College.

David C. C. Watson

He then served as a missionary in India, teaching at a Christian school near Madras (now Chennai).

Denison's barb

Equally if not more important breeding efforts have been carried out by Chester Zoo and two amateur fish-lovers from Chennai, Venkatesh and Murali (as reported by The Hindu in October 2008).

Ethiraj College for Women

Ethiraj College for Women is a degree-granting college for women in Chennai, India.

Eyles Irwin

Irwin was educated at a private academy at Chiswick in England, and joined the East India Company in civil capacity, serving at Madras (presently Chennai) in 1767.

Francis John Deane

He was born in Madras, India, the son of Francis J. Deane, and was educated in Bruges, Belgium.

Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai

The Government College of Fine Arts (initially known as the Madras School of Art) in Chennai is the oldest art institution in India.

In 1966, former principal K.C.S. Paniker, along with his students and some artists associated with the college, founded the Cholamandal Artists' Village, near Chennai, which is still considered, '10 biggest art moments' in India.

Handel Manuel

He also served for over 50 years as the organist and choirmaster at St Andrew's Church, Chennai (known as The Kirk) and was the founder director of the Madras Philharmonic and Choral Society.

History of Guadeloupe

They came from the Coromandel Coast, Puducherry, Madras, Calcutta and Malabar, and were hired to work in the sugar cane fields.

Indian cricket team records

The highest ever partnership for India was the 413 run first-wicket partnership between Vinoo Mankad & Pankaj Roy v New Zealand at Chennai on 6 January 1956.

Bapu Nadkarni – 0.15 (32overs, 27maidens, 5runs, 0wickets) v England at Chennai on 10 January 1964.india won

Indian Music Industry

It also has offices in New Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and other major Indian cities working on the protection of rights of music producers and preventing music piracy.

Indian Theological Seminary

Indian Theological Seminary (ITS) is an interdenominational seminary situated in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, South India.

Jhini

Jhini is the third studio album by the Indian Fusion band Indian Ocean recorded at Kosmic Studios in Varadeipalyam, Andhra Pradesh, in the midst of fields and hills, a hundred kilometres north of Chennai.

K. Sriramulu Naidu

He was a philanthropist who donated Kandappa Chetty Street, George Town, to the Tirumula Charities and hundreds of acres of land to the government on which the Chennai International Airport is currently situated.

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women

M.O.P. Vaishnav College for Women is an arts and science college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in southern India.

M.Rajaram

Professor Rajaram was appointed vice-chancellor of Anna University of Technology, Tirunelveli, in 2010 before it was merged with the Chennai Campus.

Madras School of Economics

Madras School of Economics is an institution of higher education in economics, located in Chennai, India.

Mindteck-Buchi Babu Invitation Tournament in 2005–06

It was played in and around Chennai (Madras) by a number of state and other sides, all of which had been invited to take part.

Mukkamala

His eldest son is Subba Rao, eldest daughter Sita Rajya Lakshmi (an additional district judge at Nellore), second daughter Padmavathi (residing at Guntur), youngest daughter Seshamma (practising High Court advocate in Chennai).

Muslim Educational Association of Southern India

The trust manages The New College in the city of Chennai along with MEASI Matriculation Higher Secondary School, New College Institute of Management, MEASI Academy of Architecture, Institute of Research in Soil Biology & Bio-Technology, MEASI Urdu Academy and MEASI Institute of Information Technology.

Nigerians in India

As of January 2012, there are about 10,000 Nigerians living and working in India but only 3,500 were registered with the Nigerian High Commission and they live in cities such as New Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore and Jaipur.

P. C. Ramakrishna

Ramakrishna did his schooling in Kolkata, India, and completed his undergraduate education at the Loyola College, Chennai.

P. T. Rajan

A road in K. K. Nagar, Chennai has been named in his memory as "Sir P.T. Rajan Road".

P. Thyagarayar

The movement was formally found on 20 November 1916 at Chennai, India.

Pa. Raghavan

Raghavan was born in Adyar, Chennai and spent his early years in many villages of Chengalpet District because of the frequent transfers of his father in his job.

Palanki Venkata Ramachandra Murthi

After securing a degree from the Presidency College, he joined the Madras Central Cooperative Land Mortgage Bank.

Pallathadka Keshava Bhat

He has also worked as a Research Assistant in the Presidency College, Chennai (Earlier Madras)

Philip Furley Fyson

The Fyson prize is instituted in his honour by the Presidency College, Chennai for work in the area of Natural science.

Pizza effect

The founders of the Theosophical Society, Helena Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, were influenced by Eastern religions, then placed their headquarters in Adyar, Chennai, from where they spread their views within India.

Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women

The Quaid-e-Millath Government College for Women is an educational institution in Chennai (Madras), Tamil Nadu.

R. K. Rubugunday

He completed his B.A. Hons from Presidency College, Madras and Tripos from Cambridge in 1938.

Ruth Manorama

Manorama was awarded a degree in science by Women's Christian College, Chennai, and a masters degree in social work from Stella Maris College.

Sankey tank

The quality of water was not very good and when Lord Connemara, Governor of Madras visited in July 1888 it was commented upon by a local wit: "The men who are thrown off their horses and killed on the spot at Bangalore are the only ones that are allowed by doctors not to have died from drinking bad water".

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha

Sarvani Sangeetha Sabha is a musical festival held in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women

Shri Shankarlal Sundarbai Shasun Jain College for Women is an arts and science college located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu in southern India.

Sikkil Gurucharan

He completed his masters degree in Financial Management from Loyola College, Chennai in 2004.

SKP Engineering College

The College is approved by the AICTE, New Delhi and currently affiliated to the Anna University, Chennai.

St. Peter's College of Engineering and Technology

The college offered undergraduate graduate courses in engineering and technology, is a self-financing college, The college is affiliated to Anna University of Technology, Chennai and approved by All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE).

Tambaram Sanatorium

The Government Hospital of Thoracic Medicine, popularly known as TB Sanatorium, was started in 1928.

The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival

The Hindu Friday Review Music Festival is an annual music festival held in Chennai, India.

Thiruthangal Nadar College

Thiruthangal Nadar College (Tamil: திருத்தங்கல் நாடார் கல்லூரி) is an Arts and Science college in Kodungaiyur, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

University College of Engineering Arni

University College of Engineering Arni is a constituent college of Anna University, Chennai, established in 2009 at Arni.

Vethathiri Maharishi

Yogiraj Shri Vethathiri Maharishi (1911–2006) was a spiritual leader and founder-trustee of the World Community Service Center in 1958 in Chennai.

Shri Vethathiri Maharishi was born in 1911 in the village of Guduvancheri, 30 km south of Chennai, India, into an indigent weaver’s family.

WARFT

WARFT or WAran Research FoundaTion is a nonprofit organization promoting interdisciplinary research among undergraduate students in the city of Chennai, India.


Alandur

Alandur also holds famous landmarks of Chennai namely Nehru Statue and Kathipara Junction.

Allcargo Logistics Limited

In 2007, it started two new CFSs at Chennai and Mundra ports (in Gujarat) followed by a second CFS at JNPT in the year 2012.

Balharshah railway station

With the completion of the Kazipet-Balharshah link in 1929, Chennai was directly linked to Delhi.

Bhavna Chauhan

Chauhan graduated from the Officers Training Academy (OTA) in Chennai, India, in March 2001, standing first in the order of merit and winning six proficiency medals.

Chennai MetroWater Supply and Sewage Board

Chennai has fresh water reservoirs/lakes namely Poondi, Sholavaram, Red Hills, Chembarambakkam, Veeranam to cater the daily needs of water for chennai area.

Chennai Port

The port is served by the Chennai Beach railway terminus in the Chennai Suburban Railway Network of the Southern Railway, chiefly handling suburban trains on the Chennai Beach-Tambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

CMDA

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area

Demographics of Chennai

The temples towns of Mylapore, Triplicane, Thiruvottiyur, Saidapet and Thiruvanmiyur, which are now part of Chennai city, had been visited by the Saivite saints called Nayanmars.

Dharmaraj Ravanan

Ravanan started his professional career at Dempo S.C., coach Armando Colaco saw him in Bangalore when he was playing for Chennai's Indian Bank and he gave him an opportunity and at 19 he joined them where he learned alot from his teammates.

Ezhilagam

Ezhilagam is a five-storey building located on Kamarajar Salai, opposite University of Madras, in Chepauk, Chennai.

Formula Rolon

They run in the single make championships held in the tracks of Coimbatore and Chennai.

Graeme Fowler

His highest Test score was 201, made in a nine-hour innings in Madras (now Chennai); this was the first double century by an English cricketer in India.

Guindy railway station

With the completion of track-lying work of the Chennai BeachTambaram section of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network in March 1931, which began in 1928, the suburban services were started on 11 May 1931 between Beach and Tambaram, and the tracks were electrified on 15 November 1931, with the first MG EMU services running on 1.5 kV DC.

High-speed rail in India

Six corridors have already been identified for technical studies on setting-up of high-speed rail corridors: DelhiChandigarhAmritsar, Pune-Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Hyderabad-Kazipet-Dornakal-Vijayawada-Chennai, HowrahHaldia, Chennai-Bangalore-Coimbatore-Ernakulam-Thiruvananthapuram, Delhi-Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi-Patna.

Jolarpet

Jolarpettai Junction is one of the Class A junctions in the Southern Railways which is the 'Border' station of Chennai Division.Earlier most trains used to change crew at this station which is not the case now.

K. Sivalingam

On April 4, 2007, en route a leisure trip to southern India with his daughter and son-in-law, Sivalingam died from a heart attack in Chennai, India, upon arrival at the Chennai International Airport from Kuala Lumpur.

Ketti

Most of these developments are due to the establishment of the CSI College of Engineering, an engineering institution falling under the auspices of the Anna University, Chennai.

Kollam Junction railway station

Trains from here connect the city of Kollam to major cities of India, including New Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Indore, Bhopal, Hyderabad, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai, Madurai, Vizag, Jammu, Howrah, Guwahati, Madgaon, Hubli, Ahmedabad, Gwalior, Nagpur, Pune, Kota, Bhubaneshwar, Gorakhpur, Kochi, Kozhikode, Vijayawada, Bhubaneshwar, Coimbatore and Mangalore.

Landmark quiz

The 20th edition of the Landmark Quiz was held in 6 cities Hyderabad, Bangalore, Delhi, Pune, Mumbai and Chennai.

Latha Rajinikanth

In 1991, Latha founded The Ashram, a philanthropic school for young children based in Velachery, Chennai, which she currently heads.

Mallika Srinivasan

She has an abiding interest in ensuring development of education and healthcare in India and has been instrumental in supporting organizations such as the Sankara Nethralaya (A leading eye care organization), the Cancer Hospital in Chennai and a number of educational and healthcare facilities in Tirunelveli district in South India.

Nandanam

The township got its name in the 1950s as a result of the housing development efforts instituted during the Chief Ministership of Rajagopalachari which concentrated on developing a green Chennai.

Nutakki

Indian Institute of Technology (I.I.T), Madras (Chennai):

Online book rental in India

Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai, Bangalore, Pune, Kolkata and Ahmedabad have small start-ups with a few thousand books in their collections.

Petrovision

, Alagappa College of Technology, one of the constituent campus of Anna University along with CEG, Chennai was established on 4 September 1978, as a centre for technological excellence.

Pradeep Dadha

In 2005, Dadha and his wife moved into the home where he was raised in the Chennai suburb of Royapettah.

Puthagam

One day, Mohan borrows a book from the Chennai Literary Society library for his television reporter girlfriend, Divya (Rakul Preet Singh).

Shaftab Khalid

Khalid was selected for the 2003-04 ECB National Academy intake, and travelled to India, where he was called up to play in three List A games for England A, including one "unofficial ODI" against India A at Chennai; he was not a success, however, taking 1-60 from an expensive ten-over spell.

ShakthiDass

He moved to Chennai, formerly Madras for employment in painting career and joined Ketha Cini Publicity studios in 1968 as a cini publicity designer in preparing sketches for film sets through his links from established hero Chalam cum relative, a film producers cum artists like Karri Apparao Babji and Karri Rangarao.

Shashi Nambisan

Nambisan graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology, in Madras (now Chennai), India, with a B.Tech.

Skybus Metro

Cities such as Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kochi, Kolkata, Kanpur, Lucknow, Mumbai, Pondicherry, Pune, Ranchi, Shimla, Thane etc. are considering Sky Bus although the system has not been adopted anywhere.

Sri Lankan Tamils in India

Highest number of Sri Lankan Tamil families living in KK Nagar, Thuvakudi in Trichirapalli, Neelankarai, Valasaravakkam in Chennai, Nagercoil in Kanniyakumari, R.S puram, Valparai in Coimbatore.

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute

Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Research Institute (SRMC & RI), now named Sri Ramachandra University (SRU), is a deemed university declared under Section 3 of the UGC at 1956, in Porur, Chennai, India.

Starcom IP Asia

Starcom IP Asia consists of 17 countries and 29 offices, with locations in Australia (Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney, Gold Coast, Brisbane) Bangalore, Bangladesh, China (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hong Kong), India (New Delhi, Chennai, Mumbai), Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Malaysia, New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington), Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan and Vietnam.

T. R. Baalu

He obtained his Diploma in Engineering from Central Polytechnic in Chennai and graduated from New College, Chennai.

T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Tirupanithurai Viswanatha Gopalakrishnan (born 11 June 1932 in Thripunithura, Kerala) is a Carnatic and Hindustani musician from Chennai.

The News Today

The News Today is an English evening daily newspaper in Chennai, India.

Tirur railway station

Though no trains originate from this station, trains halting at the station connect the town to prominent cities in India such as Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Mumbai, Bangalore, Kozhikode, Coimbatore, New Delhi, Mangalore, Pune, Jaipur, Jammu Tawi, Okha, Ahmedabad, Kolkata and so forth.

Urmila Satyanarayana

Urmila started NATYA SANKALPA in the year 1996, at Kilpauk, Chennai.

Visa policy of India

Currently visas on arrival may be obtained at international airports of Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram and the list will be expanded with more airports like Goa, Gaya, Chandigarh and Amritsar.

Westin Chennai

Located on Velachery Main Road in Velachery, a southern suburb of Chennai, it is the sixth Westin hotel in India.