The Madras Day – Aug’22

22Aug07

From the the madras day website,
the madras day

The founding day of Madras is considered to be August 22, 1639.
It was on that day, in that year, that a sliver of land, where Fort. St. George stands today, was transacted by the East India Company.The deal was struck by Francis Day, his ‘dubash’ Beri Thimmappa, and their superior, Andrew Cogan, with the local Nayak rulers.It is believed that this deal was made on August 22, 1639.

Madras now called Chennai is 368 Years old city in India.

How current Madras(Chennai) looks,
Madras beach
Mylapore

From the Madras, as it was… from 1885!,

Chennai Central
Esplanade
First Line Beach
Marina Beach
Mowbray's Road
Mount Road
Mylapore
Napier Bridge
Parris Corner
Pycrofts' Road
HighCourt

More Flickr fotos about Madras


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  1. 1 shuz on January 22, 2008 said:

    hey….. yello:)
    i really like this city:) it is very neat an well managed. fot tht matter all of TN is:)
    i have very sweet memories attached to this place…. in fact, it was the first time i flew a kite:) it was a super day at the beach…

    n thanks for sharing these sepia mode/bw snaps…. it is always emotional to see old snaps:)

    very nice blog:)

    see ya:)

  2. 2 mbchandar on January 22, 2008 said:

    @shuz : chennai is like that only. its been years since i flew a kite…. :( one of the best thing is the beach (marina beach) 2nd largest in the world i guess.

  3. 3 planemad on December 26, 2008 said:

    wow, its just amazing to see these photos. change comes at a cost it seems :(


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