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unusual facts about Mount Road



Neil Statue Satyagraha

It took place in 1927 demanding the removal of the statue of Colonel James Neil situated at Mount Road (now Anna Salai) in Madras.


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LIC Building

M. Ct. M. Chidambaram Chettyar, the founder of Indian Overseas Bank and the United India Insurance, identified the location on Mount Road to construct an 18-storey building for his group's headquarters and conceived the building in 1952 as the head office of United India Life Assurance and New Guardian Life Insurance.