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History of Chennai. How areas in Chennai got their names?. Egmore. Egmore is the English form of " Ezhumbur " the name of a pre-British era village situated on the northern banks of the River. Quick Facts. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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History of Chennai
How areas in Chennai got their names?
Egmore
Egmore is the English form of "Ezhumbur" the name of a pre-British era village situated on
the northern banks of the River.
Quick FactsThe Egmore railway station is the second
most important in the state of Tamil Nadu after the Chennai Central Railway Station
The Connemara Library was created as an annexure housing the Museum's vast book collection and became operational in 1896.
Chetpet
The area is named after Namperumal Chettiar, the building contractor and philanthropist who lived in the mid 19th century
Quick FactsChetput has a pond between the Chetput
railway station and the Poonamallee High Road, one of the last surviving natural water bodies in the city
Indian Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujam died in Chetpet after suffering from illness
Chepauk
Derived from the Urdu word "Che Bagh" meaning "Six gardens"
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The famous University of Madras is located at this place
Besant Nagar
Named after lady theosophist Annie Besant
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The main attraction is the Elliot's Beach, named after Edward Elliot
Avadi
The word 'Avadi' has wrongly been considered as an acronym for "Armoured Vehicles
and Ammunition Depot of India", whereas it means in Tamil 'a place with lot of cows' ஆ -
cow + அடி - place
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It is surrounded by major defence establishments
Anna Nagar
Named after the Tamil leader CN Annadurai
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Aminjikarai
A delta formed from the deposition of the sediment carried by the river Cooum towards
its journey to the Bay of Bengal is called Amainda Karai
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It is located on the banks of the Cooum River
Ampa Skywalk, one of the important shopping malls of Chennai is located over here
Ambattur
This place is one of 108 Shakthi Sthals in the country. The Amman (Durga) temple here is 51st in the order and
therefore this place was called "aimbaththu Oram ur' meaning 51st
place/Temple village in Tamil
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Quite a variety of birds reside and frequent the places in and around Ambattur. Woodland birds, water birds and many more visit here
Adyar
It gets its name from the Adyar River which flows through its northern limits
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The Theosophical Society, is headquartered in Adyar
Famous universities, IIT and Anna University are located over here
Kodambakkam
It is derived from the Urdu word Ghoda Bagh meaning "garden of horses
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Kollywood, the Tamil film industry derives its name from Kodambakkam
Mylapore
The word Mylapore is derived from Mayil arparikum oor, which means "Land of the
peacock scream"
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Mylapore is regarded as the birthplace of Tamil poet and saint Thiruvalluvar one of the icons of Tamil literature.
Parrys
It is named after Thomas Perry, a Welsh merchant who set up the EID
Parry Company in 1787
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Teynampet
Teynampet derives its name from Thennam and pettai (Place of
coconut trees) due to the coconut groves that once existed there.
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Teynampet also houses "Anna Arivalayam", which is the head office of the DMK party
Royapuram
Derived from the Tamil name “Rayappar” which refers to St.Peter
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The legendary Robinson Park renamed as Arignar Anna Poonga after late chief minister of Tamil Nadu Arignar Anna is located here. This park has witnessed various historic activities such as the birth of DMK and lot of public rallies during the early part of 1950s and 1960s
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Adrian Joseph David
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