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Generated 2026-09-10 from the evidence graph (schema v1). Every place, date, structure and administrative fact shown in the poster, film, website and 3D world is listed here with its sources and confidence. Elements marked illustrative exist for visual completeness and have no documented original.

Places

Adyar (suburb; north bank garden-house belt) · அடையாறு

Type: European garden-house belt on the north bank of the Adyar by 1800. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: under madras: Oct 1749 (with San Thome/Mylapore); brodie grant: 2 Sept 1796 (11 acres at 'St. Thome', grant No. 195); southern limit fixed: 1798
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 561-574 passim; III 562 Brodie's grant; III 531
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 398-399
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Heritage Watch: Brodie's Castle accessed 2026-09-10 · second residential building on the Adyar after Mowbray's Cupola

Adyar River (St Thome River)

Type: river estuary with bar. Confidence: high. Dated Love records.
Dates: attested from: 1674 (French foragers 'crossed the Adyar by boat'); battle: 24 Oct 1746 O.S. (Battle of the Adyar / San Thome); boundary: 1798: southern bank fixed as the southern limit of Madras
Depiction: Mouth position shifts by date; 1915 and 1980 mouth positions not established (eras file).
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 330: French crossed the Adyar by boat, Feb 1674; ship Breton wrecked near it
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 356, 374: Paradis fords the river 24 Oct 1746; bar shifts II 374 n.1
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531: 'the Southern bank of the St. Thome river' as limit, 1798
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Heritage Watch: Better days for Brodie's Castle? accessed 2026-09-10

Ambattur · அம்பத்தூர்

Type: Chola-period nadu headquarters north-west of Madras. Confidence: low. file rating 'low-medium': Single journal article for the nadu; no dated inscription quoted; no occurrence in Love.
Dates: attested from: Chola administrative geography ('Ambattur-Nadu' under Puzhal Kottam), undated; under madras: not established before 1800
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · Ambattur headquarters of Ambattur-Nadu
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Ambattur accessed 2026-09-10 · etymology only, uncited

Anna Nagar (Naduvankarai; 1968 fair site)

Type: TNHB layout of about 5 sq km developed early 1970s. Confidence: medium. High on 1968; medium on early-1970s TNHB; low on park date.
Dates: trade fair: 1968 (Indian International Trade and Industries Fair, 'World Trade Fair'); tower inaugurated: 1968-01-21 (V.P. V.V. Giri with CM Annadurai); tnhb layout: early 1970s; tower park laid out: 1979 (blog, low); tower closed to climbers: 2011; park renovated: 2010
Depiction: 1980: tower open to climbers, new park, fair remnants (parabolic concrete arches, seven or four; Thailand and Kerala pavilions as Anna Nagar Club/Ladies Club), avenue grid built or building; exact 1980 build-out not established; no 2010 park furniture, no Roundtana commercial density, no metro; later TNHB phases (Mogappair etc., 1977-95) not established for 1980.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Our readers write (vol 33 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, The International Trade Fair of 1968 (12 Sep 2020) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. 3 ch. 1, Structure of Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · TNHB scheme areas
Source (secondary): Muthusamy photostream blog (2015) accessed 2026-09-10 · park 1979; low authority
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Nagar accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Nagar Tower Park accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Ashok Nagar and K.K. Nagar (Ashok Pillar)

Type: TNHB schemes together about 7 sq km. Confidence: medium. Medium on TNHB/7 sq km; low on 1964, 1974 and the pillar.
Dates: ashok nagar established: 1964 (Wikipedia, uncited); shopping complex near pillar: 1974 (Wikipedia, uncited); kk nagar developed: 1970s to early 1980s; udhayam theatre esi hospital: early 1980s; ashok pillar: date NOT established
Depiction: 1980: Ashok Nagar a ~16-year-old colony with the four-lion pillar at its centre; K.K. Nagar still building out (outer sectors raw plots); no Udhayam complex, no ESI hospital, no metro station.
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. 3 ch. 1, Structure of Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · TNHB scheme areas
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Ashok Nagar accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, K.K. Nagar accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Avadi (Avady) · ஆவடி

Type: agrarian village north-west of Poonamallee (later cantonment). Confidence: low. Treat as a gap; no pre-1800 attestation of any kind found.
Dates: attested from: 1856 ('Avady', railway); pre-1800 existence not established; under madras: not established
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Avadi accessed 2026-09-10 · negative result: no pre-1800 history

Besant Nagar / Indira Nagar / Shastri Nagar (South Madras Neighbourhood scheme)

Type: TNHB scheme about 4 sq km, early 1970s to early 1980s; CPWD quarters. Confidence: medium. CMDA and Wikipedia lead.
Dates: ratnagirishwarar temple: 1968; ashtalakshmi temple: 1976; varasiddhi vinayaka: 1977; arupadai veedu murugan: 1986
Depiction: 1980: neighbourhood still filling in; Ashtalakshmi temple new on the shore; no Arupadai Veedu Murugan temple (1986). Nandanam not researched.
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. 3 ch. 1, Structure of Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · TNHB scheme areas
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Besant Nagar accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Chennapatnam (Chinapatam; 'Zera Renga Rayapatam' 1645) · சென்னைப்பட்டணம்

Type: new town that grew round the English fort. Confidence: medium. High for the two-town distinction; medium for the Chennappa Naik derivation (rests on a c.1660 English relation; Love flags the alternative).
Dates: attested from: 1646 (grant endowing the Chennai Kesava Perumal temple); first appearance in Company records 1652; distinguished from madraspatnam: 1645 (Sri Ranga's cowle) and 1672 (Neknam Khan's confirmation)
Depiction: Tamil script for Chennaipattanam is given in the research file but Love does not print Tamil script; verify before printing.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82-84: 1646 grant; 1652 first record; 1645 cowle 'Zera Renga Rayapatam, my towne'; 1672 'the Fort and Town of Chinapatam'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Srirangarayapatnam, My Town'
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · named after Chennappa Nayak
Conflict: Named for Chennappa Naik, father of Damarla Venkatappa and Aiyappa (Chamber's c.1660 Relation; GCC; NIC; Mackenzie's 1800 genealogy) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)
Conflict: Chinapatam may have been the pre-existing name of the site (Love I 83; Pringle's view that natives devise derivations) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)
Conflict: Named after a Chennakesava temple (popular account; Love treats Papaiya Brahman's notes as unreliable) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt)

Chepauk (Chepaeka 1673; 'Mile End' 1740s)

Type: fishing/boatmen's village between the Island and Triplicane; later the Nawab's palace precinct. Confidence: high. High for 1673 attestation, 1759 burning, 1767-68 palace.
Dates: attested from: 12 Dec 1673 (Fort St George letter); claimed by french: 1672-74; burnt: 1758-59 (Lally's siege); nawab resident: from 6 Sept 1767; boatmen removed: 1780 (order to move boatmen's village north); surveyed: 1776 ('Chepauckum', Irwin)
Depiction: c.1640 presumably a coastal hamlet (no source describes it); Company's Garden and House here in the 1750s; palace only from 1768.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 351-352: 12 Dec 1673 letter 'Nimynbacka, Chepaeka, Podupacka and Condour'; claimed by the French
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 550: burnt by the French; II 611-612 Nawab's house and 1768 request
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 208 boatmen's village removal 1780; III 269 ground granted to boatmen; III 536 walled compound
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'burnt the village of Chepauk to the south of the mouth of the Cooum and lying between the Island and Triplicane'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Mile End', II 354 n.3

Chetpet (Chetput; Chettypatta 1678; Settruppedu in inscriptions) · சேத்துப்பட்டு

Type: village on the Cooum under Egmore; later garden-house suburb round the Spur Tank. Confidence: high. High for 1678 and 1798; medium for inscriptional attestation; absorption date is inferred.
Dates: attested from: inscriptions (RJISAC, undated); English records 1678; within bound hedge: 1775 ('round the Village of Chittapett'); within limits: 1798; absorbed: by 1798 at latest; probably de facto with Egmore's dependent hamlets after 1693/1720 (inference, not stated in source); spur tank grant: 1740 (Matthew Empson jun.); taylor grant: 1800 (11 acres, James Taylor)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 26; I 410 n.5
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 616 n.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 25; III 531-532; III 565
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Settruppedu (Chepet)'
Source (secondary): DT Next, Kilpauk: From the woods accessed 2026-09-10 · Taylor's 1800 grant, citing Love
Conflict: Spur Tank lease 1718 to Matthew Empson (web sources) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: Love's dated grant is 1740 to Matthew Empson, jun. (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)

Chintadripet (Chindadre Pettah 1734; Chinna Tari Pettai, 'village of small looms') · சின்னதறிப்பேட்டை

Type: planned weavers' town founded by the Company; shrotriem village. Confidence: high. Love's Consultations date the foundation to Oct-Dec 1734.
Dates: garden cowle to sunku rama: 1719 (Collet); held bad and resumed P.C. 12 Aug 1734; founded: Oct-Dec 1734 (conditions debated P.C. 21 Oct 1734; building began Dec 1734); GCC Oct 1734; NIC 1735; families: nearly 250 within two years; mint right: 1742 grant; french camp: 1746; raided by hyder: (Love II 596)
Depiction: c.1640 the loop of the Cooum was open ground; c.1700 garden ground; weavers' town with twin temples, mosque and mint only after 1734. Streets laid out without caste distinctions.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82: shrotriem village west of the Island, not founded until the 18th c.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 258-261 ch. XVIII 'Founding of Chintadripetta'; II 290-291 mint; II 356, 362-363 French camp; II 471 Conradi's 1755 map; II 502-504 Adiappa Narayan
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · resolved Oct 1734; Bemala Audiappa Narayana peopled the village; 250 families in two years
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1735, Chintadripet was taken over'
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Thamizh Naadu's Spelling Changes accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Chinna Tari Pettai historically'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 1 accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Founded Oct-Dec 1734 (Love), Oct 1734 (GCC), 1735 (NIC) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)
Conflict: Weavers settled 1717 (Sriram) - most likely a conflation with Collet's 1717-19 grants (https://sriramv.com/2014/10/29/how-madras-grew-part-1/)

Collet Petta (Collettpettah; today Kaladipet)

Type: weavers' and painters' pettah founded by Governor Collet on the south side of Tiruvottiyur. Confidence: high. Love and GCC.
Dates: founded: 1717-20
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 168: 104 houses, 10 shops, and a temple, 489 adult inhabitants
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Governor Collett (1717-20) founded a new pettah near Tiruvottiyur

Cooum River (Triplicane River; 'Poonamally river' 1798)

Type: river. Confidence: high. GCC and Love I 26-28 give the same picture of two streams with one mouth.
Dates: attested from: c.1640 (English records as 'Triplicane River'); 'the Poonamally river' in the 1798 boundary resolution
Depiction: c.1640: joint outlet with the Elambore/North River as a wide shallow backwater; the mouth is south of the fort site. Do not use the present channel or a permanently open mouth.
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Origin and Growth: rivers c.1640
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 26-28: 'then known as the Triplicane River'; common outlet with the North River
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531: called 'the Poonamally river' in 1798
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10

Egmore (Ezhumbur; Yeagamour 1673; Elambore) · எழும்பூர்

Type: agricultural village west of the Elambore/North River; head village of a group; later garden-house suburb and redoubt. Confidence: high. High for 1692 request and 10 Feb 1693 grant; medium for Chola attestation (DTN and RJISAC, no inscription number quoted).
Dates: attested from: Chola inscriptions (Kulothunga I per DTN; 'Ezhumur-Nadu' headquarters per RJISAC); English records 12 Dec 1673; requested: 19 Apr 1692 (P.C.); granted: 10 Feb 1693 (Asad Khan's perwanna, rent free); resumption attempted: 1702 (Zulfikar Khan's order, resisted by Pitt); c.1711-12 (Da'ud Khan); direct management: 1720
Depiction: c.1700 a rented village with the redoubt under construction; garden houses, Spur Tank leases and the Male Orphan Asylum are 18th-century-late.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82 n.1 'Eghumur, Egmore, called also Eghambur and Elambur'; I 352; I 410 Master's 1678 list of Egmore's villages; I 517-518 request 19 Apr 1692; I 593 n.4 grant 10 Feb 1693
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 20-21 (1702); II 103-104 (1711-12); II 194 (1720); II 289 'three old towns' assigned by Asad Khan 1693
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1693, a perwanna was received from the local Nawab'
Source (secondary): DT Next, The antiquity of Egmore accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · Ezhumur headquarters of Ezhumur-Nadu under Puzhal Kottam
Conflict: Grant of 1693 by Vizier Asad Khan (Love; DT Next Purasawalkam) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: Negotiated by Yale and granted by Zulfikar Khan (GCC, Sriram, DT Next Egmore); Love's Index lists perwannas from both (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/the-antiquity-of-egmore, https://archive.org/details/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft)

Elambore River (North River; Egmore river)

Type: river. Confidence: high. Love and GCC agree; naming discussed by Love I 26 n.3.
Dates: attested from: c.1640; diverted: 1755 (Brohier, across the Island); old bed west of the Fort filled and built into the enlarged Fort by 1759
Depiction: 1640-1700 the river lay directly west of the White Town wall; the 1755 diversion and pentagonal enlarged fort must not be backdated.
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · North River / Elambore River flowed parallel to and a mile from the coast along the west of Madraspatnam
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 26 n.3: Pitt's map (1707-10) applies 'Elambore River' to present Cochrane's Canal plus the northern branch of the Cooum
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 492: Brohier diverted the river across the Island 1755; Call's plan 11 Dec 1759
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'another river known as Egmore river'

Ernavore (Ernoar 1678)

Type: village contiguous to Tiruvottiyur, south of Ennore. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742.
Dates: attested from: 1678; granted: 4 Nov 1742
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 290 n.2

George Town

Type: New Black Town renamed. Confidence: high. Sriram; GCC refers to 'modern George Town'.
Dates: renamed: 1911
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10 · renamed George Town 1911
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 2 accessed 2026-09-10

Guindy (Kindi) · கிண்டி

Type: forest and garden house between the Adyar and St Thomas's Mount. Confidence: medium. Single government source; not corroborated in Love.
Dates: guindy lodge built: early 1670s (believed; Governor Langhorne); sold: 1678 (to Chinna Venkatadri), later gifted to the Company; ricketts: 1813; bought by government: 1821 (10,000 pagodas); under madras: not established as a territorial grant before 1800
Source (official): TN Raj Bhavan, History - Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · Guindy Lodge history; Love vols I-III contain no occurrence of 'Guindy'
Conflict: 1813 owner Gilbert Ricketts (Raj Bhavan) (https://tnrajbhavantour.tn.gov.in/tnrb-website-archive/History-Chennai.htm)
Conflict: 'Rodericks' (tourism sites) (https://tnrajbhavantour.tn.gov.in/tnrb-website-archive/History-Chennai.htm)

Kathivakkam (Catawauk; Cartivawca 1678; Cutteewauca 1708) · காத்திவாக்கம்

Type: coastal village 'ten miles north of Madras, near Ennore', dependent on Tiruvottiyur. Confidence: high. High for 1695/1708; note the Kottivakkam confusion.
Dates: attested from: 1678 list; first granted: 1695; granted: Sept 1708; sea incursion: c.1720s; demanded by nawab: 1723; residence prohibited: 1746
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21: P.C. 28 Sept 1708 'the five villages, Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk, and Satangadu'; II 21 n.1 positions; II 22 leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155: resumed 1711; Farrukhsiyar's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717; Trivatore fight 18-19 Oct 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289: 'five new villages' by Da'ud Khan to Governor Pitt 1708
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvottiyur, Vysarpadi, Kathivakkam, Nungambakkam and Satangadu, free gift 1708
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410; I 580 n.6 'first granted in 1695'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 193 incursion of the sea; II 375; II 502-503 property of Adiappa Narayan
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 312 Ennore backwater
Conflict: Fifth village is Kathivakkam ('Catawauk ... ten miles north of Madras, near Ennore') (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163, https://chennai.nic.in/history/, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: 'Kottivakkam' printed in some web timelines: a corruption (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)

Kilpauk (Keepawca 1678; Kilpaukum 1798) · கீழ்ப்பாக்கம்

Type: village under Egmore; garden-house suburb by 1800. Confidence: high. High for 1678 and 1798; absorption date inferred (with Egmore).
Dates: attested from: 1678 list; within limits: 1798; absorbed: no separate grant found; dependent on Egmore (inferred); taylors road: 1798-1816 (DT Next citing Love); female orphan asylum: c.1838
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410 n.4
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 506 n.4 ground granted to John Debonnaire
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531-534; III 565; III 358 n.
Source (secondary): DT Next, Kilpauk: From the woods accessed 2026-09-10

Madraspatnam (Madraspatam)

Type: pre-existing fishing/weaving village (kuppam) on the surf-bank. Confidence: high. High for the two-town distinction and 1645/1672 documentary basis (Love quotes the grants).
Dates: attested from: before 1639 (existed under that name prior to Cogan and Day); forms Medraspatam, Madrapatam, Maddaraspatan (1639), Madras (1653)
Depiction: c.1640 a village north of the fort site with a fishermen's kuppam at the fort site; 300-400 weaver families by end 1640. Do not place it on the fort site itself.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 81-92 ch. 'Madras Topography and Nomenclature'; I 84 four established facts; I 86 name forms
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The Names Madraspatnam and Chennapatnam'; 'Origin of the Name Madras'
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Etymologies (all unproven): headman 'Madarasen' (Beri Timmappa family tradition, 1820); 'Madrassa'; 'Madre de Deus'; Portuguese family 'Madra'; chief 'Maddarazu'/'Mada Razu'; a calico type; 14th-c. Penneswaramadam inscription 'Madraspattinam' (Sriram) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://www.chennaionline.com/news/madras-one-name-many-stories/)

Maqua Town / fishing 'Coupang' (boatmen's village south of the White Town)

Type: fishermen's and boatmen's suburb of low thatched cottages on the sand spit. Confidence: high. High that the boatmen's village lay on the sand spit south of the White Town toward the river mouth.
Dates: attested: 1640 (huts of a small kuppam at the fort site); 1679 ('the Muckwa or Fishers' Town'); c.1702 (Lockyer 'Maqua Town ... to the Southward'); 1695 storm ('the Mucquaw houses'); moved north: 1780 (order to move the boatmen's village from the south beach)
Depiction: Thatched cottages, no brick; catamaran men (Patnavar) lived along the Black Town shore from York Point to Mud Point until washed out 1696 and rebuilt north of the town.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 27: fishing hamlet at the fort site 1640; i. 482: 1695 storm
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80 Lockyer; ii. 75 Salmon 'little, low, thatched cottages'; ii. 92 Pitt's map 'Coupang'
Source (archival): Bowrey, Geographical Account ... Bay of Bengal (Hakluyt ed. 1905) accessed 2026-09-10 · ed. p. 42 n.: 1679 Factory Records
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 208

Muthialpet (Muthialpetta, 'Pearl-Town')

Type: northern suburb of Old Black Town; part of New Black Town from 1751. Confidence: high. Love's records.
Dates: attested from: 1650s (houses if not streets, Love I c.119 n.); Company's Old Garden here; allotted left hand caste: c.1708; became new black town: 1750-51 (Robins's plan)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Muthialpetta signifies Pearl-Town', I 92; 'becomes part of New Black Town, 1751, II 410'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 356, 420: Company's Old Garden
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 27-28; II 410
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Mylapore (Meliapoor; Maiale; Mailapur; Milapore 1749; 'Peacock City') · மயிலாப்பூர்

Type: ancient port and temple town; 'Malli-arpha' of Ptolemy. Confidence: high. High for the Oct 1749 transfer; medium for antiquity (Sambandar, Ptolemy identification).
Dates: attested from: 7th c. (Sambandar's Tevaram); Ptolemy 'Maillarpha' 140 CE; Cosmas 552; Arab 'Betumah'; Marco Polo late 13th c.; ruled by adigar: 1582; under madras: Oct 1749 (firman 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; colours 11 Oct 1749)
Depiction: c.1640 absorbed in the Portuguese town of San Thome; c.1700 under Mughal governors; 'under the encroaching sea' is tradition, not measurement.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 291 n.6: 'The grant of Mylapore was actually made in October, 1749, by Nawab Muhammad Ali'; II 398-399 firman dated 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; Boscawen hoisted English colours at San Thome 11 Oct 1749
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · taken possession of by the English 1749 in the name of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 286 Ptolemy; I 293 Adigar 1582; I 10; I 322 n.1
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Lost Port of Mylapore accessed 2026-09-10 · Sambandar quotation; Ptolemy; Cosmas
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Siva shrine; Thiruvalluvar; Gnanasambandar; 'Old Mylapore, part of which now lies under the encroaching sea'
Source (scholarly): Aranha (2011), From Meliapor to Mylapore, 1662-1749 (Cambridge) accessed 2026-09-10 · abstract only
Source (official): HR&CE, Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, history accessed 2026-09-10 · sthala puranam and Sambandar only; no dates
Conflict: Transfer Oct 1749 (firman 2 Oct, colours 11 Oct) - Love (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 'in 1750 ... Santhome and Mylapore became British controlled' (Sriram pt 2); '21 October 1749' (web summary of Aranha, unverified) (https://sriramv.com/2014/10/30/how-madras-grew-part-2/, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/portuguese-and-lusoasian-legacies-in-southeast-asia-15112011-vol-1/from-meliapor-to-mylapore-16621749-the-portuguese-presence-in-sao-tome-between-the-qutb-shahi-conquest-and-its-incorporation-into-british-madras/AB6BDD36A8B8E274C5B090A72E8CB3DF)

New Black Town (Muthialpet and Peddanaickenpet jointly); renamed George Town 1911

Type: the Indian town after 1750; walled 1770s. Confidence: high. Love, GCC and Sriram agree.
Dates: named: 1750-51 (appellation Black Town transferred); esplanade stones: 1772 (six 15-ft obelisks); walled: after Hyder Ali's raids of 1767 and 1769 (Call's scheme, 3.5 miles, seventeen bastions); renamed: 1911 (George Town)
Depiction: c.1800: Old Black Town gone, Esplanade with obelisks; New Black Town walled; Popham's Broadway laid in the 1780s over the old canal/ditch.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 410 Robins's proposals 1750; II 603-608 Call's scheme
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 514 n.3 obelisks on Ravenshaw's 1822 map; III 159-162 Popham's Broadway
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · rampart walls covered the northern and western fronts of modern George Town, 3.5 miles
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 2 accessed 2026-09-10 · 1772 survey; one pillar outside Dare House
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10 · renamed George Town 1911

Nungambakkam (Nungumbaukum; Nimynbacka 1673; Lumgabawca 1678) · நுங்கம்பாக்கம்

Type: agricultural village on the Cooum; later garden-house suburb; western boundary of Madras. Confidence: high. High for 1708 and 1798; medium for the Tiruvalangadu plates mention (RJISAC only).
Dates: attested from: Thiruvalangadu copper plates of Rajendra Chola I (11th c.) per RJISAC; English records 12 Dec 1673; 1678 as a village under Egmore; granted: Sept 1708; resumed: 1711; retaken: 1717; demanded by nawab: 1723; observatory property acquired: 1791 (from Edward Garrow); within limits: 1798 (western limit along the bank of the Nungambakkam tank)
Depiction: In 1798 Nungambakkam High Road did not exist and the land round the village was under cultivation.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21: P.C. 28 Sept 1708 'the five villages, Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk, and Satangadu'; II 21 n.1 positions; II 22 leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155: resumed 1711; Farrukhsiyar's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717; Trivatore fight 18-19 Oct 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289: 'five new villages' by Da'ud Khan to Governor Pitt 1708
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvottiyur, Vysarpadi, Kathivakkam, Nungambakkam and Satangadu, free gift 1708
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 26: Cooum winds through Chetput, Nungumbaukum, Triplicane; I 352; I 410 n.6
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 258: shade trees deficient 1734
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 275 field redoubt; III 531 limit; III 535 High Road non-existent in 1798, land under cultivation; Observatory 1791
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvalangadu Copper-Plate Inscription

Old Black Town (Out-town, Gentu Town, Malabar Town)

Type: Indian trading and weaving town north of the fort. Confidence: high. Love quotes the Consultations; GCC and Sriram agree on extent and demolition.
Dates: founded: by end 1640 (300-400 weaver families); walled in earth: 1644-1648 (Ivie); walled in brick: 1700-1707 (GCC/NIC: 1708); demolished: 1746-49 (southern portion, French) and 1756-59 (swept away for the Esplanade)
Depiction: c.1640 weavers' huts and Ivie's earthen wall; c.1700 mud wall with brick wall under construction (finished 1707); the brick wall belongs to 1707+. Gone by 1759; do not show it in an 18th-century-late or later scene.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 86: 'has since wholly disappeared'; I 117 Ivie's rampart
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 12: Town Wall assessment 1706, completed 1707; Fleet Point c.1700
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · extent on the northern glacis, Law College and High Court grounds; Pitt's survey: more than 1.5 miles in circumference
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 1 accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Black Town wall completed 1707 (Love's records) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: Black Town wall 1708 (GCC, NIC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)

Pallavaram (Pallavapuram; possibly 'Pallacawrana' 1678) · பல்லாவரம்

Type: Pallava rock-cut cave site and hill village south-west of the Adyar; gneiss quarry. Confidence: medium. Medium for the Pallava cave (Muthiah via Wikipedia; ASI page unreachable); low for the 1678 identification; absorption not established.
Dates: attested from: c.600 CE (Mahendravarman I's cave, Pallava titles) per Muthiah via Wikipedia; 1678 identification is the compiler's conjecture; gneiss used: Sea Gate colonnade columns (carried off by the French 1746); St Mary's tombstones; cantonment: 18th c. (Wikipedia) / land request Oct 1820 (news source) - neither verified in Love; under madras: not established before 1800 (Nawab's country / Chingleput Jagir 1763; not named)
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Pallavaram accessed 2026-09-10 · citing Muthiah pp. 128-129
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410 'Pallacawrana' among San Thome's villages 1678 (identification conjectural); I ~430 gneiss tombstones
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 262 thirty-two columns of black Pallavaram gneiss
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 19 n.

Pallikaranai Marsh

Type: freshwater marsh/floodplain; Ramsar site 1,247.537 ha. Confidence: high. High on 2022 designation and area; not established on 1980 extent; medium on present marsh extent (660-700 ha).
Dates: historic floodplain: 'spread over 50 km2' (RIS, undated); reserve forest parcels: 317.00 ha (GO 52, 2007-04-09) + 170.40 ha (GO 127, 2012-12-24) + 131.55 ha (2013 gazette) + 75.93 ha (GO 147, 2014-05-12) = ~695 ha; ramsar designated: 2022-04-08 (announced Jul 2022); c1980 extent: NOT ESTABLISHED (secondary figures 900 to >6,000 ha for the 1965-72 baseline)
Depiction: 1980: unprotected marsh far larger than the present site; reads as open water and reed floodplain; no Reserve Forest fence/signage, no OMR six-lane corridor (2008), no IT campuses, no elevated roads; Perungudi dump extent not verified. 2026: hemmed by roads and towers; do not extend open water to 1980 extents; site number 2481 appears only in secondary sources.
Source (official): TN State Wetlands Authority, Ramsar Information Sheet, Pallikaranai Marsh Reserve Forest accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Land Conflict Watch, Pallikaranai marshland (Jan 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Pallikaranai Marsh accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: ~5,500 ha (1965 CORONA imagery/1972 toposheets, Vencatesan/Care Earth) or >6,000 ha (landconflictwatch) baseline (https://www.landconflictwatch.org/conflicts/conservation-on-paper-construction-on-ground-the-case-of-pallikaranai-marshland-in-chennai)
Conflict: '900 ha' for the same baseline (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pallikaranai_wetland)
Conflict: Present extent 660 ha (landconflictwatch) vs 694.88 ha (RIS table) vs 695.85 ha (Wikipedia 2021) vs ~700 ha (Citizen Matters); one 2022 article claimed only 370 ha received the tag (outlier) (https://tnswa.tn.gov.in/pdf/ris_document/Pallikaranai%20Marsh%20Reserve%20Forest.pdf, https://www.landconflictwatch.org/conflicts/conservation-on-paper-construction-on-ground-the-case-of-pallikaranai-marshland-in-chennai)

Peddanaickenpet (Peddanaikpetta, Comerpetta, 'Potters Town')

Type: western suburb of Old Black Town; part of New Black Town from 1751. Confidence: high. Love's records.
Dates: attested from: 1675 (as the Potters Town, Love I 384 n.); silkworm houses demolished: 1718; became new black town: 1750-51
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 26 n.3 'Elambore Street'; I 384 n. Potters Town
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 42 n.4 silkworm houses demolished 1718 for washers' choultries; II 410
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · canal along present Broadway separated Black Town and Muthialpettah from Peddunaickenpettah

Perambur (Perambore) · பெரம்பூர்

Type: village north of Purasawalkam. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742.
Dates: granted: 4 Nov 1742; within limits: 1798 (named as a limit village)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531-532

Periamet ('the Great Metta') · பெரியமேடு

Type: native toll-station and Nawab's customs post; later British Land Custom-house. Confidence: medium. Medium on whether Periamet itself was included in 1742 (GCC/NIC yes; Love's text excepts the custom-house ground).
Dates: attested from: 1695 (junkan/toll place); grant status 1742: disputed (see conflict)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 581 toll-station; III 438 Land Custom-house
Conflict: Periamet acquired 1742 (GCC, NIC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)
Conflict: Love's sunnud explicitly excepts the Metta custom-house ground; Periamet remained a British Land Custom-house later (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163, https://archive.org/details/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft)

Poonamallee (Pundamolee 1645; Pune melle 1735) · பூவிருந்தவல்லி

Type: Nayak seat, later Mughal/Nawab fort and revenue headquarters west of Madras. Confidence: high. High for 1639 role and 1750 grant (Love, with 'appears'); low for Chola/Portuguese-fort claims.
Dates: attested from: 1639 (residence of Aiyappa Nayak, the granting Nayak's brother); Chola-period village assembly per RJISAC (undated); governor lingappa: 1678; daud khan marches: 17 July 1701; granted to company: 1750 (Love: 'appears to have been made in 1750 ... certainly anterior to Clive's defence of Arcot'); fort allotted to european battalion: 1776
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 14 Aiyappa, Naik of Poonamallee; I 70 Sri Ranga's cowle 1645; I 410-411 Lingappa 1678
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 18; II 20; II 259; II 289; II ~436 grant 1750
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III ~68; ~100; ~110 revenue table c.1778; ~192; III 531 'Poonamally river'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Ayyappa Nayak resided at Poonamallee, a few miles west of Madras
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · village assemblies at Poondamalli
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Poonamallee accessed 2026-09-10 · Chola inscriptions; Portuguese fort 1553; low
Conflict: Grant to the Company 1750 (Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 1749 (Wikipedia citing Crole/Hunter) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poonamallee)

Pudupakkam (Poodoopauk; Podupacka 1673) · புதுப்பாக்கம்

Type: shrotriem village west of Triplicane. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742.
Dates: attested from: 12 Dec 1673; 1678 lists; granted: 4 Nov 1742; handed over: not yet by 1744 (Killedar of Poonamallee)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82 shrotriem; I 352; I 410
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 290 n.2; II 289 n.

Purasawalkam (Pursewaukum; Porishavawca 1678) · புரசைவாக்கம்

Type: agricultural village with a large irrigation tank and a Chola-origin Shiva temple (Gangadeeswarar). Confidence: high. High for 1693 grant; medium for etymology and Chola temple (DTN only).
Dates: attested from: 1678 (village under Egmore); Chola temple origin per DTN only; requested: 19 Apr 1692; granted: 10 Feb 1693 (Asad Khan, with Egmore and Tondiarpet); direct management: 1720; grant no 116: 25 June 1794 (Breithaupt, 16 acres)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410 n.3; I 517-518; I 593 n.4
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 22 'three old towns'; II 194-195 'the great Tank at Persiawalk' 1720; II 289
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 562; III 275 field redoubt
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Purasawalkam: From 'poor' shewak to thriving commercial hub accessed 2026-09-10

Royapuram (Rayapuram) · ராயபுரம்

Type: masula boatmen's settlement north of Black Town; later Christian fishermen's suburb. Confidence: low. Low for the 1799 date (Wikipedia/DT Next summary, conflicting church dates); medium that a boatmen's relocation northward was ordered in 1780 (Love).
Dates: boatmen removal ordered: 1780 (from the south beach to a site farther north); founded: 1799 (web sources: 720 acres granted by the Marine Board / Lord Clive) - NOT ESTABLISHED in an archival or government source; shown: 1822 (Ravenshaw's map); st peters church: built 1799 (Sriram) / begun 1825 (DT Next); consecrated 1829
Depiction: c.1640/1700 open beach north of Madraspatnam village (no source describes it); a settled village only at the very end of the 18th century.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 208 order of 1780; III 514 n.3 Ravenshaw's map 1822
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'suburb of Madras, I 10; III 514 n.3'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Roaming around Royapuram accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Rayappar' = St Peter; church built 1799, consecrated 1829
Source (secondary): DT Next, Royapuram raves a roaring past accessed 2026-09-10 · fetched text gave only 1825/1829 church dates
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Royapuram accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Founded 1799 (Wikipedia, DT Next summary); church built 1799 (Sriram) (https://sriramv.com/2013/09/27/roaming-around-royapuram/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royapuram)
Conflict: 1829 (one Wikipedia version); church started 1825, consecrated 1829 (DT Next) (https://www.dtnext.in/city/2022/07/10/royapuram-raves-a-roaring-past)

Sadayankuppam (Chedayamcuppam 1678; Sadiamgoopam 1742)

Type: village contiguous to Tiruvottiyur, south of Ennore. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742.
Dates: attested from: 1678; granted: 4 Nov 1742
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 290 n.2

Saidapet (Saidapett; adjoining Mambalam = 'Marmalong') · சைதாப்பேட்டை

Type: village at the Adyar crossing on the Mount Road; cloth-printing centre. Confidence: high. High for 1704/1726/1767 attestations; absorption not established.
Dates: attested from: 1704 (Lockyer names 'Marmalon'); marmalong bridge rebuilt: 1726 (Coja Petrus Uscan, tablet); shawmier grant: 1767; munro at saidapett: 1780; long tank channel bridge: 1786; under madras: not established before 1800 (south of the Adyar, outside 1798 limits)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 85 n.1 Mambalam/Marmalong six miles from the Fort; II 231 bridge 1726; II 615-616 printed cloth, Shawmier Sultan 1767
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 203; ~400; ~409 Saidapet Garden; ~451 Hyder's 1780 raid; III 532
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Saidapet accessed 2026-09-10 · etymology Sayyid Khan; later HQ of Chingleput district; low

San Thome (São Tomé de Meliapor; St Thome; Santhome) · சாந்தோம்

Type: Portuguese fortified town and port on the coast at Mylapore; Catholic see. Confidence: high. Love; corroborated by two scholarly papers.
Dates: founded: not earlier than 1522 (chapel repaired 1521; Church of St Thomas assigned to 1522); GCC 1522; Shngreiyo: settlement 1523; mapped: 1635 (Pedro Barreto de Resende); taken by golconda: May 1662; french occupation: 10 July 1672 to Sept 1674 (capitulation to the Dutch); walls demolished: by the end of the 17th c.; final demolition begun 8 Jan 1697 (Sriram); under madras: Oct 1749 (firman 2 Oct O.S.; English colours 11 Oct); redoubt built: 1749-53 (Brohier)
Depiction: c.1640 walled Portuguese town with cathedral; c.1700 unwalled, decayed, Mughal-governed, still Portuguese-inhabited; whether any rampart stood c.1700 is disputed.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 291 n.6: 'The grant of Mylapore was actually made in October, 1749, by Nawab Muhammad Ali'; II 398-399 firman dated 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; Boscawen hoisted English colours at San Thome 11 Oct 1749
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · taken possession of by the English 1749 in the name of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 9-10; I 286-334; I 289-291 foundation; I 303; I 316-334 sieges; I 349-351
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 414-417 San Thome Redoubt
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 1522; Golconda 1662; English urged demolition of fortifications; Mughal governors 'built a rampart round the town'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks of Chennai: the San Thome Fort accessed 2026-09-10 · Resende 1635; de la Haye 10 July 1672; walls demolished from 8 Jan 1697
Source (scholarly): Shngreiyo (2016), The Portuguese Settlement on the Coromandel Coast (IRA Journal) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Aranha (2011), From Meliapor to Mylapore, 1662-1749 (Cambridge) accessed 2026-09-10 · abstract only
Conflict: Transfer Oct 1749 (firman 2 Oct, colours 11 Oct) - Love (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 'in 1750 ... Santhome and Mylapore became British controlled' (Sriram pt 2); '21 October 1749' (web summary of Aranha, unverified) (https://sriramv.com/2014/10/30/how-madras-grew-part-2/, https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/abs/portuguese-and-lusoasian-legacies-in-southeast-asia-15112011-vol-1/from-meliapor-to-mylapore-16621749-the-portuguese-presence-in-sao-tome-between-the-qutb-shahi-conquest-and-its-incorporation-into-british-madras/AB6BDD36A8B8E274C5B090A72E8CB3DF)
Conflict: Walls demolished by 1697-1700 (Sriram, Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013, https://sriramv.com/2018/04/17/lost-landmarks-of-chennai-the-san-thome-fort/)
Conflict: Mughal governors 'built a rampart round the town' (GCC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: Luz Church inscribed date 1516 judged not authentic by Love (probably later than 1547; certainly existed 1582) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)

Sattangadu (Sattangawdo 1678; Satan Godu 1717) · சாத்தாங்காடு

Type: village west of Tiruvottiyur, dependent on it. Confidence: high. High for 1708; earlier history not established.
Dates: attested from: 1678 list; granted: Sept 1708; resumed: 1711; retaken: 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21: P.C. 28 Sept 1708 'the five villages, Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk, and Satangadu'; II 21 n.1 positions; II 22 leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155: resumed 1711; Farrukhsiyar's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717; Trivatore fight 18-19 Oct 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289: 'five new villages' by Da'ud Khan to Governor Pitt 1708
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvottiyur, Vysarpadi, Kathivakkam, Nungambakkam and Satangadu, free gift 1708
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410

The Island

Type: man-made island (marsh between the two rivers). Confidence: high. Love and GCC agree on the cut; date of the cut is unknown.
Dates: attested from: 1643 (known as 'the Island'); cut made: at some unknown period before the end of the seventeenth century (Love I 27); GCC: 'several years after the foundation of the City'
Depiction: Access only by boat or ford until the 1714 footbridge; Powder Mill, Slaughter-house and watch-house on Pitt's map (c.1710).
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'a cut was made several years after the foundation of the City ... thus the Island ground was literally converted into an Island'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 27: cut made before the end of the 17th c., probably to equalise flood levels; the Island known by 1643

Thiruvanmiyur (Tiruvanmiyur) · திருவான்மியூர்

Type: temple town (Marundeeswarar temple) on the coast south of the Adyar. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Medium-high for Pallava/Chola attestation (HRCE, a government page, though undated inscriptions); absorption not established.
Dates: attested from: 7th c. Pallava (HRCE: 'approximately 1,300 years ago'); praised by Sambandar and Appar; seven inscriptions incl. Rajaraja I, Rajendra I; under madras: not established before 1800 (outside the 1798 limits; presumably with the Chingleput Jagir 1763, but no source names it)
Depiction: Temple town outside Madras throughout 1640-1800; no description found.
Source (official): HR&CE, Marundheeswarar Temple, Thiruvanmiyur, history accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 532: no lands south of the St Thome River within the limits
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 1763 Chengalpattu 'Chennai Jagir'

Tiruvottiyur (Trivatore; Tribitore 1678) · திருவொற்றியூர்

Type: temple town (Thyagaraja / Adipuriswara / Vadivudai Amman temple), 'a small town, five miles north of Madras', with dependent villages. Confidence: high. High for 1708/1717 events and Collettpet; low for specific Chola inscription dates (not confirmed in a government or archival source).
Dates: attested from: 1678 (English records: 'Trivatore and its dependent villages'); HRCE legend (Sundarar, Pattinathar, Kaliya Nayanar) undated; Wikipedia (low): inscription 954 CE; granted: Sept 1708 (Da'ud Khan, two perwannas for five towns); resumed: 1711; retaken: 23 Sept 1717 and 19 Oct 1717 (Roach expels Daya Ram's force); collettpet founded: 1717-20
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21: P.C. 28 Sept 1708 'the five villages, Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk, and Satangadu'; II 21 n.1 positions; II 22 leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155: resumed 1711; Farrukhsiyar's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717; Trivatore fight 18-19 Oct 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289: 'five new villages' by Da'ud Khan to Governor Pitt 1708
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvottiyur, Vysarpadi, Kathivakkam, Nungambakkam and Satangadu, free gift 1708
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410; I 569 Trivatore Mud Point
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 168 Collet Petta: 104 houses, 10 shops, a temple, 489 adults; II 607 n.3 Trivatore Gate
Source (official): HR&CE, Thiyagaraja Swamy Temple, Thiruvottiyur, history accessed 2026-09-10 · legend only; no dates
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · multiple inscriptions from this temple
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Thyagaraja Temple Tiruvottiyur accessed 2026-09-10 · inscription 954 CE (Gandaraditya), 1046 CE bronzes; low
Conflict: Fifth village is Kathivakkam ('Catawauk ... ten miles north of Madras, near Ennore') (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163, https://chennai.nic.in/history/, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: 'Kottivakkam' printed in some web timelines: a corruption (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)

Tondiarpet (Tandore; Tandearpetta 1798) · தண்டையார்பேட்டை

Type: village north of Muthialpet; later part of the northern suburbs. Confidence: high. Love quotes the Consultations.
Dates: attested from: 1678 (dependent village of Trivatore); Dutch envoys supped at Tandore 1680s; requested: 19 Apr 1692; granted: 10 Feb 1693 (Asad Khan); rendition demanded: 1712; direct management: 1720; within limits: 1798 ('so as to include the whole village of Tandearpetta')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410; I 447; I 517-518; I 555 n.4 'a village north of Muthialpetta'; I 593 n.4
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 107; II 194; II 607 n.3 Trivatore Gate
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · New Black Town's north wall 'presented a slight convex front towards Tondiarpet'
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The etymology of some Chennai place names accessed 2026-09-10 · rejects derivation from Kunangudi Mastan Sahib; records from at least 1697

Triplicane (Thiruvallikeni) · திருவல்லிக்கேணி

Type: temple town (Vaishnava Divya Desam) and shrotriem village on the coast south of the Cooum mouth. Confidence: high. High for 1672 lease and 1676 farman (Love quotes records); medium for the 808 AD inscription (RJISAC only); low for 1668 (GCC only, contradicted by Love).
Dates: attested from: Pallava; inscription dated A.D. 808 (Dantivarman) per RJISAC; temporarily held: anterior to 1662 (Love) / 1668 (GCC); leased: 1672 (Neknam Khan's successor, Pags. 50 quit-rent; application 13 Apr 1672); recognised british: 1676 (Golconda farman); made over in perpetuity: by 1720
Depiction: c.1640 a temple village outside the Naik's grant; garden-house suburb only from the early 18th century; Chepauk Palace on its northern edge only from 1768.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 339-352: lease 1672; 1676 farman; I 555 n.3 rent of Pags. 50 included in Pags. 1,200
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 194 villages kept in Company hands from 1720; II 618 country mansions south of Triplicane Bridge before 1746
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · earliest acquisition, 1668; definitely given over 1672 for fifty pagodas
Source (official): HR&CE, Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, Triplicane, history accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · temple inscription A.D. 808, Dantivarman
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 1 accessed 2026-09-10 · rented villages made over by 1720
Conflict: First English occupation 1668 (GCC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: Temporarily under Fort St George 'for a short period anterior to 1662' (Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)
Conflict: 1676 (Muthiah, second-hand) = the confirming farman, not the lease (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)

Velachery (Vellacherry 1674; Velacherry 1681) · வேளச்சேரி

Type: Chola-period brahmadeya village with temples (Dandeeswarar, Selliamman), south-west of the Adyar. Confidence: medium. Inscriptions cited to SII via Wikipedia; 1674/1681 mentions high.
Dates: attested from: 9th c. (Selliamman temple kalvettus, Parantaka Chola) and 10th-11th c. (Dandeeswarar epigraphs) per Wikipedia citing SII; French foragers Feb 1674; François Martin 20 May 1681; under madras: not established before 1800
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Velachery accessed 2026-09-10 · with SII citations
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10 · village assemblies at Velachery
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 330 (1674); I ~450 (1681)

Vepery (Ypere/Vipery 1695; Veepeery 1742; Wepery 1775) · வேப்பேரி

Type: village wedged between Purasawalkam, Egmore and Peddanaickenpet; Mughal enclave until 1742. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742.
Dates: attested from: 1678 (Master's lists); Pallava-Vijayanagara epigraphs per RJISAC (no inscription cited); grant sought: 1695 ('the Town of Ipere, which lyes intermixt in the middle of our new Towns'); granted: 4 Nov 1742 (sunnud); chapel built: 1740s (Coja Petrus Uscan); chapel confiscated: 1749 (given to Danish missionaries); within bound hedge: 1775
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290: sunnud dated 4 Nov 1742 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743) 'Ernavore, near Trivatore ... Sadiamgoopam ... Veepeery, near Egmore, (except that Ground which belongs to the Mettah Custom house of the Surcar) ... Perambore ... Poodupauk'; 'Liberty of Coining'; II 289 n.1 grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali, made a month after his death
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · acquired 1742 with confirmation of the right of coining; includes Periamet
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1742 Vepery, Perambur and Periamet were presented'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410; I 580-581: 'wedged in between Pursewaukum ... Egmore ... Peddanaikpetta'; 1695 resolution
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 396-397 chapel; II 403, 425-426 confiscation
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 25 bound-hedge
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Periamet acquired 1742 (GCC, NIC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)
Conflict: Love's sunnud explicitly excepts the Metta custom-house ground; Periamet remained a British Land Custom-house later (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163, https://archive.org/details/vestigesofoldmad00loveuoft)

Vyasarpadi (Vasalavada 1708; Vezallawarrow 1717) · வியாசர்பாடி

Type: village north-west of the city, adjacent to Perambur. Confidence: high. High for 1708; earlier history not established.
Dates: attested from: 1708 grant; earlier: not established; granted: Sept 1708; resumed: 1711; retaken: 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21: P.C. 28 Sept 1708 'the five villages, Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk, and Satangadu'; II 21 n.1 positions; II 22 leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155: resumed 1711; Farrukhsiyar's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717; Trivatore fight 18-19 Oct 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289: 'five new villages' by Da'ud Khan to Governor Pitt 1708
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · Thiruvottiyur, Vysarpadi, Kathivakkam, Nungambakkam and Satangadu, free gift 1708
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 153 n.2 spellings 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 565 'suburban village'

Washermanpet (Washermenpet; 'Washerman Town') · வண்ணாரப்பேட்டை

Type: Company washers' and bleachers' settlement north of Black Town. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': GCC narrative; Love's dated notices support but do not name 'Washermanpet'.
Dates: washing ground cleared: 1670s (north bank of the Elambore, site of the General Hospital and Medical College); washers choultries: 1718 (silkworm houses demolished); founded: c.1718-20 (GCC narrative); body guard at washing town: 1780s
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · washers first in Peddunaickenpettah, moved north of Black Town where the ground was rich in fresh springs; 'Washerman Town'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 384
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 42 n.4; II 621 Washing Choultries
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 274; III 465, 514 Washing Green

Units

Agency of Fort St George

Type: East India Company factory run by an Agent, subordinate to Bantam (1640-52) and to Surat (1655-84). Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Love documents the arrival and the Agent title; the formal start date of the 'Agency' as an institution is not given as a single instrument. Wikipedia's '1 March 1640' is not in Love and is low.
Dates: founded: 1640-02-20 (arrival; Cogan styled Agent; no single instrument); raised to presidency: 1652-09-01; reduced to agency: 1655; raised again: 1683-12-21 (Company letter) / 1684 (in force at Madras)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · line 5334: 'The first wee arrived in Roade of Madraspatam [was] the 20th of february'; line 6558 Cogan 'Agent'; line 5959 Bantam letter
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 160-161, lines 13562-13650: 'reduced to an Agency subordinate to Surat'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'reduced from the rank of a Presidency to an Agency, temporarily in 1655 ... restored ... three years later'
Conflict: Reduction 1655 (operative retrenchment) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt)
Conflict: '1655-59' (Love's section header covers 1655-1659); GCC 'restored ... three years later' (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)

Chennai (Madras) Metropolitan Area (CMA)

Type: planning area under the TN Town and Country Planning Act 1971. Confidence: high. High for SMP text and G.O. 184; caveat: DT Next (Jan 2023) reported a further order would be needed; CMDA's site now treats the expansion as effected; whether a later confirmatory notification exists is not established.
Dates: notified: 1975 (1,189 sq km; SMP) / 1974 (CMDA X post, Wikipedia); extent 1975 2022: 1,189 sq km: Chennai City Corporation, 16 Municipalities, 20 Town Panchayats, 214 villages in 10 Panchayat Unions (2008 composition); expanded: 2022-10-21 (G.O.Ms. No. 184 H&UD): 5,904 sq km, 1,225 villages in 15 taluks of Tiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu and Ranipet (Arakkonam part)
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. I (2008), OpenCity mirror accessed 2026-09-10 · para 4 'It extends over 1189 Sq.Kms'; para 19
Source (official): CMDA home accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 184 H&UD 21.10.2022 'Inclusion of additional contiguous areas'
Source (secondary): DT Next, CMA expanded (21 Oct 2022) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Merger of new areas with CMA to take time (27 Jan 2023) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: CMA notified 1975 (SMP) (https://data.opencity.in/dataset/ca3edfe1-6594-4a6d-92f4-8dde69338592/resource/43104278-328d-459c-8436-460e4b51d730/download/b0011f3e-bf0c-40aa-879a-df5fcd20c887.pdf)
Conflict: CMA designated 1974 (CMDA X post; Wikipedia) (https://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/)

Chennai (city)

Type: Madras renamed; expanded 2011 to 426 sq km. Confidence: high. High for the 17 July 1996 announcement and the Act's text and assent date; Government Order number and commencement notification not established; 1 Aug 1996 effective date is low and conflicts with the Act's dates.
Dates: renaming announced: 1996-07-17 (CM M. Karunanidhi, Assembly budget address); claimed effective: 1996-08-01 (Madras Musings; low) / 15 Aug 1996 (Q&A sites, unreliable); bill published: 1996-08-28 (TN Gazette Extraordinary Pt IV s. 1); act assent: 1996-09-05 (TN Act 28 of 1996); commencement: not established (s. 1(2) notification not located); goi acknowledgement: 2023-12-07 (Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. No. 600)
Source (secondary): UPI, 17 July 1996, India's Madras renamed Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · 403 to this session; text via search snippet
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Nineteen years after a name change accessed 2026-09-10 · 'legislation coming into effect on August 1 that year'
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, What's in a name? From Madras to Chennai (18 July 2016) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act 1996, Gazette text (PRS copy) accessed 2026-09-10 · s. 1(2) commencement by notification; s. 3 substitution; the Act does not contain a free-standing renaming clause
Source (official): Dept of Justice, Rajya Sabha Replies Winter Session 2023, Unstarred Q. 600 (7 Dec 2023), pp. 47-49 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): PRS, High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill 2016 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Deccan Herald, Assembly resolution asks Centre to rename (Aug 2016) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Renaming took effect 1 Aug 1996 (Madras Musings) (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-25-no-8/nineteen-years-after-a-name-change/)
Conflict: Act assented only 5 Sept 1996 and commences by State notification (not established); '15 August 1996' circulates on Q&A sites (unreliable) (https://prsindia.org/files/bills_acts/acts_states/tamil-nadu/1996/1996TN28.pdf)
Conflict: No Ministry of Home Affairs order on the 1996 renaming located; GoI acknowledgement is Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. 600 of 7 Dec 2023 (not Lok Sabha, not 2024) (https://www.doj.gov.in/static/uploads/2025/09/f032af4ac8a2fd1d2a274bad7091e509.pdf)

Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA)

Type: MMDA renamed. Confidence: low. file rating 'low-medium': The 1996 renaming is inferred, not separately established; the 2008-2022 G.O.s are high.
Dates: renamed: 1996 (inferred from the general substitution of 'Chennai' for 'Madras'; no separate instrument found); second master plan approved: 2008-09-02 (G.O.Ms. No. 190 H&UD); cma expansion intention: 2018-01-22 (G.O.Ms. No. 13 H&UD; published 2018-01-31; initial proposal 8,878 sq km); cma expansion approved: 2022-10-13/14 (CM M. K. Stalin); cma expanded: 2022-10-21 (G.O.Ms. No. 184 H&UD)
Source (scholarly): City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act 1996, Gazette text (PRS copy) accessed 2026-09-10 · PRS copy of TN Gazette text; India Code copy 404
Source (official): CMDA, Master Plan accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 190/2008
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 13/2018; G.O. 184/2022
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, Housing dept open to public opinion on CMA expansion (6 Feb 2018) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, CM Stalin approves CMA expansion to 5,904 sq km (14 Oct 2022) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, CMA expanded adding 1,225 villages; GO issued (21 Oct 2022) accessed 2026-09-10

Chennai district (Madras district)

Type: revenue district for the presidency town; coterminous with the Corporation until 2011; 426 sq km from 2018. Confidence: medium. Medium-high for the 2018 event, area and structure; low for 1798/1860/1870 (Wikipedia citing 1951 Census Handbook, unverified); Revenue Department G.O. numbers not established.
Dates: created: 1798-11-02 (per Wikipedia; Board of Revenue arrangement; low); abolished: 1860 (merged with Chingleput); restored: July 1870; collectorate bentinck building: 1807-1992 (low); pre 2018 area: about 178 sq km (Hindu, DT Next) or 176 sq km (Hans India); expanded: 2018-01-04 (unveiled by CM at Fort St George: 426 sq km, 122 revenue villages, 16 taluks, 3 revenue divisions) / 2018-08-16 (revenue administration transfer); kolathur taluk: 2024-08 (17 taluks, 49 firkas, 144 villages)
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai district accessed 2026-09-10 · citing 1951 Census Handbook, Madras District; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, Expanded Chennai gets one more Revenue division (4 Jan 2018) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Hindu, 5 Jan 2018, Chennai district doubles in size accessed 2026-09-10 · blocked to this session; cited via Wikipedia
Source (secondary): Hans India, 4 Sept 2018 accessed 2026-09-10 · 'part of Chennai district from August 16'
Source (official): Chennai District, Revenue Administration accessed 2026-09-10 · 17 taluks; table lists Kolathur
Conflict: Expanded district effective 4 Jan 2018 (unveiled) (https://www.dtnext.in/city/2018/01/04/expanded-chennai-gets-one-more-revenue-division)
Conflict: Areas became part of Chennai district from 16 Aug 2018 (Commissioner of Revenue Administration) (https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/national/2018-09-04/extended-areas-under-the-greater-chennai-corporation-officially-merge-with-chennai-district/409778)
Conflict: Village counts: DT Next 55 (Kancheepuram) + 67 (Tiruvallur) = 122; The Hindu 67 added to 55 existing = 122 (https://www.dtnext.in/city/2018/01/04/expanded-chennai-gets-one-more-revenue-division)

Chingleput Jagir ('Chennai Jagir')

Type: the Nawab's country round Madras ceded to the Company; nearly conterminous with the later Chingleput district. Confidence: high. NIC and Love.
Dates: ceded: 1763-10-16; rented by nawab c1778: Jaghire 324,000 pagodas; Poonamallee 44,350
Depiction: Thiruvanmiyur, Pallavaram, Saidapet, Guindy, Velachery, Ambattur and Avadi passed to Company control only generally via the Nawab's country and this Jagir; no source names them (settlements file gap A).
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1763, the English got the district of Chengalpattu known as Chennai Jagir'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III n.: 'The Jaghire was nearly conterminous with the present Chingleput district'; III ~110 revenue table; III ~192

Corporation of Chennai

Type: the Corporation of Madras renamed by substitution of 'Chennai' for 'Madras' in the 1919 Act and all State laws. Confidence: high. High for instrument, G.O. numbers, 200 wards/15 zones and 426 sq km; low for any specific effective day of the 2011 merger (no official 'with effect from' date located; Wikipedia's 1 Oct 2011 unsupported).
Dates: renamed: 1996 (TN Act 28 of 1996, assent 1996-09-05; commencement date not established); elections: 1996-10 (after 23 years); 15 wards committees notified 1996-10-15; expansion decided: 2009-12-26 (G.O.(Ms) No. 256); ordinance: 2010-12-20 (Ordinance 8 of 2010); amendment act: 2011 (TN Act 1 of 2011; 200 wards); delimitation: 2011-07-19 / 2011-08-30 / 2011-09-12 (G.O.s 97, 121, 136); expanded council: 2011-10 (elections 17 and 19 Oct; Mayor sworn 25 Oct 2011); 426 sq km; renamed greater: 2015-10-26 (G.O.(Ms) No. 152)
Source (scholarly): City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act 1996, Gazette text (PRS copy) accessed 2026-09-10 · s. 3 substitution
Source (official): Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 (CAG consolidated text) accessed 2026-09-10 · footnote 'Substituted for the word Madras by Tamil Nadu Act 28 of 1996'
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): TN Govt wards-committee G.O. (2011) reciting the 1996 notification accessed 2026-09-10 · 1996 notification No. II(2)/MW/2096(I-1)/96 recited; 2011 wards committees
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 256 of 26.12.2009; G.O. 280 of 09.11.2010; G.O.s 97/121/136 of 2011; '200 divisions with 426 Sq.Km in 2011'
Source (official): GCC, About Council accessed 2026-09-10 · 'extended vide G.O.Ms.No.256, Dt.26.12.2009 ... 174 Sq.Km. has been extended to 426'
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act 2011, Statement of Objects accessed 2026-09-10 · 42 local bodies; 200 wards
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2011 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Administrative divisions of Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · prior count of 10 zones; low
Conflict: Zones went from 10 to 15 in 2011 (10 rests on Wikipedia/secondary sites only) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative_divisions_of_Chennai, http://www.tniuscbe.org/download/go/go1123.pdf)
Conflict: 2011 expansion effective 1 Oct 2011 (Wikipedia taluk pages, no instrument) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Tamil_Nadu_local_elections)

Corporation of Madras (Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses of the Town of Fort St George and City of Madrassapatam)

Type: municipal corporation chartered 1687, inaugurated 1688; reorganised 1727; statutory basis Act IV of 1919. Confidence: high. High for 1687 charter date and text, 1688 inauguration, 1919 Act; medium for 1727, 1793 (GCC gives 1792), 19th-c. Acts list, 1913 move.
Dates: scheme letter: 1687-09-28 (Sir Josiah Child); charter: 1687-12-30; inaugurated: 1688-09-29; reorganised: 1727 (July); parliament act: 1793-06-11 (Charter Act 1793; GCC '1792'); municipal acts: 1836, 1841, 1856, 1863, 1867, 1878, 1884, 1892, 1904 (Act III of 1904; amended 1907, 1911); moved to ripon building: 1913; governing act: 1919 (Act IV of 1919; assent 1919-03-26 / 1919-06-02 / published 1919-06-24); council ceased: 1973-12-01; limits 174 sq km: 1978; renamed: 1996 (TN Act 28 of 1996, assent 1996-09-05; commencement not established)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 497-499, lines 34362-34445: charter text 30 Dec 1687; p. 503 lines 34535-34545 inauguration 29 Sept 1688
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10 · Child's letter 28 Sept 1687; charter 30 Dec 1687; reorganised July 1727
Source (official): GCC, Brief Note on Greater Chennai Corporation accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Parliamentary Act of 1792'; 1919 Act basic authority; misprints charter date as 1607
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10 · Acts list; moved to Ripon Buildings 1913; council ceased 01.12.1973
Source (official): GCC, About Council accessed 2026-09-10 · Amendment Acts 1936-1973 raised divisions to 150
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10 · '174 sq.km. were fixed in 1978'
Source (official): Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 (CAG consolidated text) accessed 2026-09-10 · s. 1 assent dates; Schedule I repeals Acts III of 1904, IV of 1907, II of 1911; footnotes on TN Act 56 of 1961 and 28 of 1996
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Charter Act 1793 accessed 2026-09-10 · long title; primary text not read
Conflict: Company charter issued 30 Dec 1687 under its own royal charters, with the sanction of the King in Council (Love; GCC) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/Inauguration-of-the-Corporation)
Conflict: Commonly written as a 'royal charter of James II'; GCC Brief Note misprints '30th December, 1607'; a legal-history paper gives '30 July 1687' (unsupported, low) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/brief-note-about-GCC)
Conflict: Pre-expansion area 174 sq km (GCC official, fixed 1978) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/department/road/)
Conflict: 176 sq km (Wikipedia, Hans India, most press) (https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/national/2018-09-04/extended-areas-under-the-greater-chennai-corporation-officially-merge-with-chennai-district/409778)

Greater Chennai Corporation

Type: the Corporation of Chennai renamed. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official page for the 2015 G.O. (G.O. not read); 2022 election low (Wikipedia only); 2024-25 changes press-sourced, G.O. numbers not established.
Dates: renamed: 2015-10-26 (G.O.(Ms) No. 152); council elections: 2022-02-19; Mayor Priya Rajan sworn 2022-03-04; merger order: 2024-12-31 (Vanagaram and Adayalampattu; 426 to 442 sq km; 200 to 300 wards; effective with the next council Feb 2027); zones 15 to 20: 2025-03 (announced c. 1 Mar; map finalised 14 Mar 2025)
Source (official): GCC, About Council accessed 2026-09-10 · 'announced the Corporation of Chennai Greater Chennai Corporation vide G.O.Ms.No.152, Dt.26.10.2015'
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2022 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · Deccan Herald returned 403; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, TN govt issues order to establish 13 new municipalities (2 Jan 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Live Chennai, 3 Oct 2025 (300 wards, 442 sq km, Feb 2027) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Chennai Corporation gets new map, 15 to 20 zones (14 Mar 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: 'Greater Chennai Corporation' name dates from G.O. 152 of 26.10.2015 (official) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/council/about-council/)
Conflict: Commonly repeated versions place the 'Greater' name in 2011 (the 2011 event is the expansion) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/department/road/)

Madras (Governor's Province, 1937; Province of the Dominion of India, 1947)

Type: province under the Government of India Act 1935 s. 46; continued under the Indian Independence Act 1947. Confidence: high. High for the 1935 Act and 1 April 1937 (Hansard); medium for 1947 (Act text not read).
Dates: governors province: 1935-08-02 (Royal Assent) / 1937-04-01 (provincial autonomy); dominion province: 1947-08-15; became state: 1950-01-26
Source (official): Government of India Act 1935, Part III (legislation.gov.uk) accessed 2026-09-10 · s. 46 text read from the site's search snippet; page shell only
Source (official): Hansard, Commons, 12 June 1936 accessed 2026-09-10 · 'the 1st April, 1937'
Source (official): Indian Independence Act 1947 (legislation.gov.uk) accessed 2026-09-10 · section text not readable in this pass
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'British departed on 15th August 1947'

Madras (Part A State)

Type: State of the Indian Union under the Constitution, First Schedule Part A item 5. Confidence: high. Statutory texts quoted.
Dates: founded: 1950-01-26; andhra separated: 1953-10-01; states reorganised: 1956-11-01; boundary adjusted: 1960-04-01; renaming resolution: 1967-07-18; renamed: 1969-01-14 (Act 53 of 1968, assent 1968-12-20)
Source (official): Constitution of India (original), First Schedule (Wikisource facsimile) accessed 2026-09-10 · Part A: '5. Madras'
Source (secondary): Andhra State Act 1953 (CaseMine text) accessed 2026-09-10 · India Code handle 2176 returned 502
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, States Reorganisation Act 1956 accessed 2026-09-10 · mirror of statutory text; India Code returned 502 on access date
Source (secondary): States Reorganisation Act 1956 (CommonLII) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1959 accessed 2026-09-10 · appointed day 1 April 1960 by S.O. 2863 of 29 Dec 1959

Madras (city; 'Town of Fort St George and City of Madrassapatam')

Type: the combined towns as a city: Corporation territory up to ten miles from the Fort (1687); limits fixed 1798; 174 sq km fixed 1978. Confidence: high. High that the name predates the fort and for the 1687 charter wording; medium for usage statements.
Dates: name attested: 1639 (Medraspatam, Madrapatam, Maddaraspatan); 'Madras' 1653; charter name: 1687-12-30; limits fixed: 1798 (Adyar south bank; Long Tank; Nungambakkam tank; Chetpet; Kilpauk; Perambur; Tondiarpet to the sea); area fixed: 1978 (174 sq km); renamed: 1996-07-17 (announcement) / 1996-09-05 (TN Act 28 of 1996 assent; commencement not established)
Depiction: Visuals say '1639' without a day (coordinator decision pending, VERIFICATION.md). Units tree uses 174 sq km for the pre-2011 city, 176 as the commonly repeated figure.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 86-87, lines 8890-8899, 4590: name forms 1639; did not spring 'into existence at the time of the British immigration'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 498: charter 'Our Town of Fort St. George and Citty of Madrassapatam ... not exceeding the Distance of Ten Miles from Fort St. George'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531-532: 1798 boundary resolution
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'the British applied the name Madras Patnam to the combined town' while 'the localities preferred to call it Chennapattinam'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Madras: One Name, Many Stories (Chennaionline) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA)

Type: metropolitan planning authority, ad hoc 1972, statutory 1974. Confidence: high. High for the G.O.s and Act; 'August 1974' rests on GCC only (medium); SMP says the ad hoc body was constituted in 1973 (minor conflict).
Dates: constituted ad hoc: 1972-11-13 (G.O. No. 2380 RD&LA); statutory: 1974 (TN Act 22 of 1974; GCC: August 1974); cma notified: 1975 (G.O.Ms No. 1313 RD&LA 1.8.1975; draft Master Plan notified 1975-08-05); first master plan approved: 1976-12-04 (G.O.Ms. No. 2395 RD&LA); renamed: 1996 (inferred, via TN Act 28 of 1996)
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 2380 RD&LA 13.11.1972
Source (official): CMDA, About CMDA accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. I (2008), OpenCity mirror accessed 2026-09-10 · para 9: statutory 1974 (TN Act 22 of 1974); CMA notified 1975; draft master plan gazetted 5.08.75; says ad hoc body constituted 1973
Source (official): CMDA, Master Plan accessed 2026-09-10 · G.O. 1313/1975; G.O. 2395/1976
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10 · 'After the formation of the Madras Metropolitan Development Authority in August, 1974'
Conflict: Ad hoc MMDA set up 13 Nov 1972 (G.O. 2380) (https://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/GO.html)
Conflict: 'constitution of an adhoc body viz CMDA in 1973' (SMP) (https://data.opencity.in/dataset/ca3edfe1-6594-4a6d-92f4-8dde69338592/resource/43104278-328d-459c-8436-460e4b51d730/download/b0011f3e-bf0c-40aa-879a-df5fcd20c887.pdf)
Conflict: CMA of 1,189 sq km notified 1975 (SMP) vs 'designated' 1974 (CMDA X post; Wikipedia); notification number/date not established (https://data.opencity.in/dataset/ca3edfe1-6594-4a6d-92f4-8dde69338592/resource/43104278-328d-459c-8436-460e4b51d730/download/b0011f3e-bf0c-40aa-879a-df5fcd20c887.pdf, https://www.cmdachennai.gov.in/)

Presidency of Fort St George (Madras Presidency)

Type: Company presidency, later British Indian province; formal designation 'Fort St George' persisted (Acts of the Government of Fort St George in Council; Fort St George Gazette to 1919). Confidence: high. High (Love, from Company records). Many secondary sources say 1653; Love's record is 1652.
Dates: founded: 1652-09-01 (Aaron Baker arrives as President); reduced: 1655; restored permanently: 1683-12-21 (Company letter) / 1684 (in force); seat lost: 1746-1749 (French occupation); seat restored: 1749 / 1753 (GCC); governors province: 1935-08-02 (Royal Assent) / 1937-04-01 (Part III in force)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. VIII 'Government of Aaron Baker - Fort St. George becomes a Presidency'; lines 2774, 10365-10368, 10574-10577, 10629-10636: Baker reached Madraspatam 1 Sept 1652; Bantam letter O.C. 2284, 25 Sept 1652 'worthy of soe much honour as a Presidency'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 459, lines 31930-31935, 31982: Gyfford 'President and Governor of all our affaires on the Coast of Choromandel and in the Bay of Bengall'; P. from Eng., 21 Dec 1683
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. II: 'In 1653 the Agency was raised to the rank of a Presidency'
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The next great stage ... came in 1753. Shortly after, Madras came once again to be the seat of the Presidency'
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Restored to English 1749'
Source (official): Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 (CAG consolidated text) accessed 2026-09-10 · Schedule I 'Acts of the Government of Fort St. George in council'; 'first published in the Fort St. George Gazette on 24th June, 1919'
Conflict: Presidency from 1652 (Love: Baker 1 Sept 1652; GCC 1652) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: 1653 (Wheeler; many secondary sources) (https://archive.org/details/madrasinoldenti01wheegoog)
Conflict: 1684 restoration by the Company's Court (letter 21 Dec 1683), not a royal act; Gyfford's day of assuming the title not established (Wikipedia 26 Jan 1685, low) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Gyfford)

Tamil Nadu (State)

Type: the State of Madras renamed. Confidence: high. High for the date (consistent across legal texts); the S.O. number of the notification and dates of passage in each House: not established.
Dates: renamed: 1969-01-14 (appointed day; Gazette of India 30-12-1968 Pt II s. 3(ii)); act assent: 1968-12-20; act repealed as spent: 2001-09-14
Depiction: Nothing dated after 14 Jan 1969 should read 'Madras State' (eras file).
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act 1968 accessed 2026-09-10 · header 'commenced on 14 January 1969'
Source (secondary): Lawsisto, Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act 1968 accessed 2026-09-10 · footnote: appointed date 14-1-1969
Source (secondary): LegitQuest, Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act 1968 (repealed) accessed 2026-09-10 · repealed by Act 47 of 2001
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, Golden jubilee of renaming Madras State as TN (14 Jan 2018) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Constitution of India, First Schedule (current) accessed 2026-09-10

Structures

Agurchand (Khaleel) Mansion, Mount Road

Type: 'first multi-storeyed building' on Mount Road. Confidence: medium. Single press source; 2012 fire unverified.
Dates: built: 1930s; evacuee property: 1949, bought by Agurchand
Source (secondary): News Today, heritage walk on Mount Road (12 Nov 2019) accessed 2026-09-10

Ambattur Industrial Estate

Type: MSME estate, automobile components dominant; 1,167 acres (TANSIDCO) or ~1,300 acres (MM). Confidence: medium. Medium on founding year (1963/64/65).
Dates: land developed: 1963 (TANSIDCO); functional: 1964; inaugurated: 1965-07-03
Depiction: Keep footprint schematic; 1980 extent not established.
Source (official): TANSIDCO, About us accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, The back story (vol 27 no 5) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: 1963, 1,167 acres (TANSIDCO) (https://www.tansidco.tn.gov.in/about-us.php)
Conflict: 1964 functional / 3 Jul 1965 inaugurated; ~1,300 acres (Madras Musings) (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-27-no-5/the-back-story/)

Anna Flyover (Gemini flyover)

Type: two ~500 m four-lane arms of precast hollow-box slab deck over the Gemini junction. Confidence: high. High on 1 Jul 1973; medium that it was the first flyover in the city (third in India).
Dates: idea: 1948 (Meeran Sahib); west arm: Apr 1972; east arm: 1973; opened: 1973-07-01 (named for Anna by CM Karunanidhi)
Depiction: The ONLY flyover in a 1980 Madras scene (next wave late 1990s); high-mast lighting, roundabout below; roundabout statue dates not established.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Anna Flyover: some facets (vol 33 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Anna Flyover: some less known facts accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, DT Next 8 Dec 2019 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Flyover accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: The Hindu 1 Jul 2012
Conflict: Cost Rs 66 lakh; built in 21 months (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-33-no-6/anna-flyover-some-facets/)
Conflict: Rs 70 lakh; staged 1972-73 opening (https://sriramv.com/2023/07/03/the-anna-flyover-some-less-known-facts/)

Anna Memorial, Marina (with MGR and Karunanidhi memorials)

Type: memorial complex on the Marina. Confidence: low. file rating 'low-medium': Exact 1980 configuration NOT established; 1969 (cremation platform) vs built 1970.
Dates: cremation platform: Feb 1969; built: 1970 (Marina Beach Wikipedia); mgr memorial: 1988; remodelled rising sun arch: 1996-98; symbol removed: 2001; renovated: 2012; karunanidhi memorial added: 2018-08-08; renovated reopened: 2024-02-26 (Rs 39 crore, 8.57 acres, underground digital museum)
Depiction: 1980: the 1969/70 black marble platform and early elements only; no MGR memorial (1988), no Rising Sun arch (1996-98), no Karunanidhi memorial (2018/2024).
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Memorial accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Marina Beach accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): The South First, 27 Feb 2024, memorials inaugurated accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Anna memorial 1969 (cremation platform) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Memorial)
Conflict: built 1970 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Beach)

Anna Salai (Mount Road)

Type: arterial road. Confidence: medium. Medium on Nov 1969 (single press source; Hindu archive 25 Nov 1969 not retrieved); high on 14 Jan 1969 for the State.
Dates: renamed: Nov 1969 (after C.N. Annadurai's death 3 Feb 1969); head post office renamed anna road: 1974-09-15
Depiction: 1980: official signage 'Anna Salai'; everyday speech 'Mount Road'.
Source (secondary): DT Next, Those were the days: flying over Mount Road (8 Dec 2019) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, From Madras to Tamil Nadu: a forgotten re-naming (vol 28 no 9) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Salai accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Renamed Nov 1969 (DT Next) (https://www.dtnext.in/city/2019/12/08/those-were-the-days-flying-over-mount-road-that-was-europeans-cart-track)
Conflict: 1970 (unopened essay) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Salai)

Armenian Church, Black Town

Type: church shown on Pitt's map. Confidence: medium. Salmon and Pitt's map via Love.
Dates: attested: c.1700 (Salmon; Pitt's map)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 75 (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 90

Ashok Leyland, Ennore

Type: truck/bus chassis plant, 121.9 acres on the north line. Confidence: high. Company and trade press agree.
Dates: ashok motors: 1948 (Austin assembly); first comet tippers: 1951; leyland equity: 1955
Source (secondary): Ashok Leyland, manufacturing accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Motorindia, AL Ennore plant history accessed 2026-09-10

Barracks ('New House'), Hospital and Mint (White Town)

Type: garrison buildings opposite the west gate of the Inner Fort. Confidence: high. Period lists.
Dates: barracks attested: 1687 (35 yards from the Fort Gate to the barracks gate); listed: c.1700 (Lockyer; Salmon)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 476 n.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 74: barrack 'over against the west gate of the fort', hospital adjoining to the north, mint at the other end (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)

Beach palisades and toddy-tree stockades (east front)

Type: palisades from the wall to the sea (1673); stockades of 250 and 150 palmyra stems at St Thomas and Fishers Points (1672-74). Confidence: high. Period records.
Dates: attested: 1672-1674; 1673 (Fryer)
Depiction: Beach width not established for any date; by 1695 the surf reached the east wall along the whole White Town front (1695 storm report), Sea Gate platform washed away 1696, Sea Gate closed 1697.
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104: 'Pallisadoes, reaching from the Wall to the Sea'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 370: Consultation 19 May 1677

Bharat Insurance Building (Kardyl Building), Mount Road

Type: office building. Confidence: medium. Single press source.
Dates: built: c.1897; lic owned from: 1956
Source (secondary): News Today, heritage walk on Mount Road (12 Nov 2019) accessed 2026-09-10

Black Town brick wall (Pitt's wall)

Type: rampart 17 ft thick faced both sides with brick, paved for guns, flanking works; about 1,500 yards along the north and west sides. Confidence: high. Love's records; Salmon and Hamilton confirm.
Dates: begun: 1700; completed: 1707 (Love) / 1708 (GCC, NIC); fleet point bastion: c.1700
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. c. 4: taken in hand 1700, completed in seven years; 17 ft thick; some 1500 yards
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 72 n.: perimeter of Black Town about 3,000 yards; wall under a mile
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 12: assessment 1706, completed 1707
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 75: brick wall seventeen feet thick with bastions; canal from river to sea on the north serving as a moat (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 86: walled towards the land under Governor Pit (Hamilton, New Account of the East Indies 1727, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Completed 1707 (Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 1708 (GCC, NIC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://chennai.nic.in/history/)

Black Town mud wall with brick gates (1673 state)

Type: mud wall with watch-bulwarks; two great brick gates on the north, one on the west. Confidence: high. Fryer's text high; Love's identifications medium.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer)
Depiction: For a c.1700 scene use the mud wall with the brick wall in progress; the finished brick wall belongs to 1707+.
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 107-109: 'the Town is walled with Mud, and Bulwarks for Watch-places for the English Peons ... On the North are two great Gates of Brick, and one on the West'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 284 nn.: north gates later Tom Clarke's Gate and Mud Point Gate; west gate later Armenian Bridge Gate near the present Fort station; no rampart next the sea

Brodie Castle

Type: garden house on the Adyar. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: land granted: 2 Sept 1796; shown: 1798 survey
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 562; III ~475 Sir Thomas Strange resided there
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Heritage Watch: Brodie's Castle accessed 2026-09-10

Buckingham Canal

Type: tidal navigation canal about 1 km inland, parallel to the coast; National Waterway 4. Confidence: high. High on 1876-78 and naming; medium on 1806/1837 and 'disuse by late 1960s'; high that there was no navigation in 1980; low for 2026 works (not researched).
Dates: northern canal cochranes: 1806 (Madras to Ennore); government takeover: 1837 (lead) / 1847 (conflict); city link dug: 1876-78 (famine relief); named: 1878 (Duke of Buckingham and Chandos); navigable until: at least the 1950s; 'fell into disuse in the late 60s'; cyclone damage: 1965/66 and 1976; mrts on southern stretch: 1990s+; nw4 status: Nov 2008
Depiction: 1915: clean working tidal canal with locks (Lock Colonies) and country boats, not a drain; no MRTS piers; no concrete embankments; exact 1915 lock and wharf positions not established. 1980: non-navigable sewage/backwater channel, cyclone-damaged, widths narrowing, NO MRTS structures, no 2001-era interceptors. Year commercial traffic ended not established.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Duke who gave us a canal accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Buckingham Canal accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Railways and Stations accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): India Water Portal, Who cares for the canal (2016) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Why ignore our 200 km canal (vol 26 no 7) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Government takeover 1837 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham_Canal)
Conflict: 1847 (https://sriramv.com/2017/10/17/the-duke-who-gave-us-a-canal/)

Buhari hotel, Mount Road

Type: restaurant. Confidence: medium. Company claim; 1980 building form not established; Tarapore Towers and Dhun Building dates not established.
Dates: since: 1951 (company claim)
Source (secondary): Buhari, heritage accessed 2026-09-10

Burmah Oil tanks at the harbour

Type: oil tank farm (Emden target). Confidence: medium. Sources conflict on oil lost (346,000 to 425,000 gallons).
Dates: in place by: 1914; hit: 1914-09-22 (five of six tanks hit, two burnt out)
Depiction: Tank farm should read as damaged/repaired in early 1915.
Source (secondary): historyofwar.org, Raid on Madras accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Bombardment of Madras accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: Keegan 2004
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, War memories accessed 2026-09-10

Caldera Point, earlier Sir Thomas Chambers Point / Half Moon Point, later Gloucester Point (north-west bastion)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: semicircular work: before 1677; rebuilt: from 1677 as a new bastion enveloping the semicircular work; renamed gloucester point: by 1687
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 367 n., 370-371, 536
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates c.1702

Capper House (Madras College for Women; Queen Mary's College)

Type: college on the Marina. Confidence: high. High on 1914.
Dates: college founded: 1914-07-14; renamed queen marys: 1917; capper house demolished: 2010
Depiction: Do not label 'Queen Mary's' in 1915.
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Queen Mary's College accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., A brief history of the Marina accessed 2026-09-10

Cassa Verona's mosque, Black Town ('Moors Street')

Type: mosque. Confidence: medium. Love.
Dates: founded: 17th c. (Cassa Verona); second mosque muthialpet: Yale's term (1687-92)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 572

Chenna Kesava Perumal temple ('Great Pagoda') of Old Black Town

Type: Vishnu temple; the 'Great Pagoda' on Pitt's map. Confidence: high. Love from Pitt's map and Military Consultations 1757; Fryer eyewitness.
Dates: founded: coeval with the birth of the town; endowments 1646 (Naga Battan) and 1648 (Beri Timmana); demolished: 1757 (military exigencies; GCC: after Lally's siege 1758-59); site reassigned: 1766 (equal area in Peddanaikpetta)
Depiction: A twin-shrine form in the 17th century is only 'presumed' by GCC (low); use Fryer's description: chapels in a square stone wall, flat stone roofs, high gateways.
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · built on part of the present High Court grounds; endowments 1646 and 1648
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82: 1646 grant; I 92-93: 90-yard square on Pitt's map, demolished 1757, 1766 site grant
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 108-109: 1673 eyewitness description of the 'Pagod' in a square stone wall

Chennai Central Metro 'Book Park'

Type: 5,000 sq ft book park, Rs 1.85 crore. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Eras file 'other 2024-26 completions' row.
Dates: inaugurated: Jun 2025
Source (secondary): CityAirNews/Social News Jun 2025 (via CMRL index lead) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL of press item not given in file

Chennai Central Tower (CMRL)

Type: 27-storey, 115-120 m mixed-use tower, Rs 350 crore, with pedestrian plaza and subways; 30-month build. Confidence: high. High on foundation date.
Dates: foundation stone: 2025-02-14 (CM)
Depiction: Do not show a finished tower at Central in 2026.
Source (secondary): DT Next, 27-storey Central Tower (14 Feb 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Week, 14 Feb 2025 accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file

Chennai Metro Phase 1 (Blue Line and Green Line)

Type: 54.05 km, 41 stations (21 underground, 20 elevated); depots Koyambedu and Wimco Nagar; 4-car Alstom trains. Confidence: high. Operator's own releases.
Dates: first section: 2015-06-29 (Alandur-Koyambedu); thirumangalam nehru park: 2017-05-14; nehru park central and saidapet ag dms: 2018-05-25; ag dms washermenpet: 2019-02-10; washermenpet wimco nagar: 2021-02-14 (last two stations 13/14 Mar 2022); pmc capacity enhancement: 2026-09-07
Depiction: Phase 1 rolling stock = 4-car Alstom trains; do not show Phase 2 driverless stock or platform screen doors on Phase 1. Absent from 1915 and 1980 scenes.
Source (official): CMRL, project status accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMRL, brochure (Dec 2023) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMRL, PR 01/2026 (2 Jan 2026) accessed 2026-09-10 · operations since 29 Jun 2015; 11.19 crore passengers 2025
Source (official): CMRL, PR 60/2026 (1 Sep 2026) accessed 2026-09-10 · 1,04,04,098 passengers Aug 2026
Source (official): CMRL, PR 61/2026 (7 Sep 2026) accessed 2026-09-10 · Phase 1 Network Capacity Enhancement PMC

Chennai Metro Phase 2 (Corridors 3, 4, 5)

Type: 118.9 km, 128 stations, Rs 63,246 crore; C3 Madhavaram-SIPCOT 45.8 km; C4 Lighthouse-Poonamallee Bypass 26.1 km; C5 Madhavaram-Sholinganallur 47 km; ~65% elevated. Confidence: high. High that no opening is confirmed; medium on the exact list of incomplete stations (Saligramam, Avichi School, Alwarthirunagar, Valasaravakkam, Karambakkam, Alapakkam Junction).
Dates: construction commenced: 2022-10-13; poonamallee porur trials: Jun 2025 (9.1 km, 10 stations); porur vadapalani trial: 2026-01-11; cmrs clearance: 2026-02-28 (14.6 km Poonamallee Bypass-Vadapalani; news); tbm breakthrough moolakadai: 2026-08-06; target completion: end-2028; passenger opening: NOT confirmed through 7 Sep 2026
Depiction: Do NOT show Phase 2 trains in passenger service or open stations unless re-verified. Structures (viaducts, the ~4 km double-decker stretch C4 over C5 between Porur and Vadapalani/Kodambakkam, Poonamallee depot, station shells with half-height platform screen doors) may be shown. Corridors 3 and 5 are construction sites, not lines. RE-VERIFY on day of use.
Source (official): CMRL, PR 06/2026 (11 Jan 2026) accessed 2026-09-10 · trial run; operations expected Feb 2026 (not realised)
Source (official): CMRL, press-release index accessed 2026-09-10 · checked through 7 Sep 2026; no Phase 2 opening announcement
Source (official): CMRL, project status accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Swarajya, 27 Jul 2026, six stations incomplete accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): LiveChennai (TN Budget Aug 2026 lead; also Elliot's Beach ramp) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'to be opened to the public soon'

Chennai Port-Maduravoyal double-decker elevated expressway

Type: 19-21 km NHAI expressway, Rs 5,510-5,570 crore, from Gate 10 along the Cooum to Koyambedu then NH-4 to Maduravoyal. Confidence: medium. Medium on expressway timeline.
Dates: under construction since: Jan 2024; completion revised: first half / Nov 2027
Depiction: Show as piers and casting works along the Cooum bank, NOT a finished road.
Source (secondary): DT Next, NHAI aims to complete expressway by 2027 (18 Sep 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Port-Maduravoyal Expressway accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Chepauk Palace (Kalsa Mahal and Humayun Mahal)

Type: Nawab of Arcot's palace; two blocks. Confidence: medium. High for 1767-68 events; medium for completion year (Love: 'probably 1768').
Dates: land requested: 18 Jan 1768 (to Governor Palk); built: probably 1768 (Love; depicted on an accurate French map); acquired by government: after 1855; humayun mahal remodelled: 1868-71 (Chisholm; eras file)
Depiction: Not before 1768. 1915: housing PWD and the Engineering College; Chepauk tower form unresolved (Chisholm removed vs added).
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 611-612: 'the structure was probably built in 1768'; Kalsa Mahal (south, two floors) and Humayun Mahal with Dewankhana (north)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 611 n.2; III 563: acquired by Government
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 18: the Wallajah connect accessed 2026-09-10 · Benfield's Road, contractor Benfield
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chepauk Palace accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Choultry Gate (north curtain)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1673
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 282 n. 6, 372
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282)

Company's gardens: Town Garden, Old (Outer) Garden in Muthialpet, New Garden and Garden House on the Elambore

Type: gardens with pavilion, garden house (later Governor's suburban residence) and a small fort ('A Fort' on Pitt's map). Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: old garden: attested 1650s-; 'Company's Fruit Garden' on Pitt's map, 1,600 yards north of the Inner Fort; new garden: from c.1676-80 (Master)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 430-431, 475 n.; i. c. 462 n.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 92: Pitt's map
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 356, 420

Connemara Public Library (Pantheon, Egmore)

Type: Indo-Saracenic library in the Museum complex. Confidence: medium. Wikipedia lead only; Irwin attribution not verified.
Dates: foundation: 1890-03-22 (Lord Connemara); opened: 1896 (5 Dec 1896 per infobox)
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Connemara Public Library accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Cooum Improvement Scheme jetties and Marina Boat House

Type: seven or eight concrete boat jetties, regulator and sand pump at the mouth. Confidence: high. High on 1967/1973; cost Rs 118 lakh vs Rs 19 million; jetties 7 vs 8.
Dates: scheme launched: 1967-09-19 (CM Annadurai; Rs 118 lakh or Rs 19 million); regulator sand pump: 1970; jetties boat house: by 1973; pleasure boats inaugurated: Feb 1973 (soon abandoned as the mouth silted)
Depiction: 1980: derelict 1973 jetties, silted mouth, no boating; no 2010s restoration works, no Port-Maduravoyal expressway piers (2024+).
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Karunanidhi's boating jetties: a lost landmark accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, This business of the Cooum (vol 32 no 8) accessed 2026-09-10

Devi theatre complex, 48 Anna Salai

Type: four-hall cinema complex with ramp and two semicircular lifts. Confidence: high. Operator's own dates.
Dates: devi: 1970-05-23; devi paradise: 1970-07-05; devi bala: 1971-08-12; devi kala: 1974-11-21
Source (secondary): Devi Cinemas, About us accessed 2026-09-10 · operator's own dates

Drainage channel / 'Cannall of the Padda' west of Black Town (later Popham's Broadway line)

Type: stream/drainage channel bounding Black Town on the west, crossed by 'the new bridge' before 1677; irrigated paddy to the north. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer: 'wade over the River to the Washermens Town'); 1675 ('the great Ditch')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 284 n.; i. 307 n.; i. c. 371 n.; i. 384 n.
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 108

Egmore Bridge (to the Island)

Type: bridge. Confidence: high. Love index.
Dates: built: about 1703
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · Egmore Bridge, II 123

Egmore Redoubt

Type: redoubt converted from a native choultry. Confidence: high. Love; DTN gives 'Built in 1702'.
Dates: begun: under Thomas Pitt (1698-1709); completed: under Harrison 1709-17; dtn date: 1702
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 12: 'converted from a native choultry'; II 103 completion under Harrison
Source (secondary): DT Next, The antiquity of Egmore accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Built 1702 (DT Next) (https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/the-antiquity-of-egmore)
Conflict: Begun under Pitt, completed under Harrison 1709-17 (Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)

Egmore Station (South Indian Railway)

Type: metre-gauge terminus; Indo-Saracenic building with Dravidian motifs. Confidence: high. High on architects and 1908; medium on exact day.
Dates: earlier station: 1870s/by 1880s; designed: 1902 (Henry Irwin; tweaked by E.C./E.H.C. Bird); built: 1905-08 (contractor T. Samynada Pillai, Rs 17 lakh); opened: 1908-04-11 (Madras Musings) / 1908-06-11 (FIBIS); extensions: 1930 and 1980; mg electrification: 1931
Depiction: 1915: three-span roof, dome and corner towers, drive-in platform, refreshment rooms; metre gauge, steam. No 1930/1980 extensions, no overhead electric, no Beach-Egmore MG link.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Heritage Watch: Egmore station (vol 32 no 23) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Chennai landmark: the Egmore station accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, South Indian Railway accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Opened 11 April 1908 (Madras Musings) (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-32-no-23/heritage-watch-egmore-station-then-now-and-in-future/)
Conflict: 11 June 1908 (FIBIS); architect initials E.C. vs E.H.C. Bird (https://wiki.fibis.org/w/South_Indian_Railway)

Elliot's Beach, Besant Nagar (with Kaj/Karl Schmidt memorial)

Type: beach named for Edward Elliot; Schmidt memorial c.1931 (Danish sailor drowned 1930). Confidence: medium. Press and Wikipedia leads.
Dates: schmidt memorial: c.1931; restored: 2013 (Rs 34 lakh) and 2018 (Swadesh Darshan); deteriorating: Jan 2024 (broken panels, graffiti); accessibility ramp begun: Aug 2024 (190 m x 2.8 m, Rs 1.61 crore); ashtalakshmi temple: 1976
Depiction: 2026: the memorial should read weathered, not pristine; not in the Blue Flag programme (Thiruvanmiyur, Palavakkam, Uthandi are next); 12 CCTV cameras.
Source (secondary): Adyar Times, 5 Jan 2024 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): LiveChennai, 21 Aug 2024 (ramp) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Edward Elliot's Beach accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Kaj Schmidt Memorial accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, DT Next 2025-26 (Blue Flag list) accessed 2026-09-10

Elphinstone Bridge (Adyar)

Type: stone multi-arch bridge, ~1,570 ft. Confidence: medium. Medium on c.1840 (date disputed).
Dates: built: c.1840 (FIBIS; Muthiah via Wikipedia) / 1850s (Capt J.J. Underwood; Madras Musings); replaced by thiru vi ka bridge: 1973
Depiction: 1915: intact multi-arch stone bridge in road use, the gateway to Adyar; no Thiru Vi Ka bridge. 1980: disused alongside the 1973 bridge, carrying pipes.
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Elphinstone Bridge, Madras accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Heritage Watch: a bridge to nowhere (vol 31 no 22) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: c.1840 (https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Elphinstone_Bridge,_Madras)
Conflict: 1850s by Capt J.J. Underwood (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-31-no-22/heritage-watch-a-bridge-to-nowhere/)

English burial ground (cloister of domed tombs)

Type: burial ground with a long battlemented cloister of domes; two monuments survive (Hynmers/Yale obelisk; Powney vault). Confidence: high. Fryer eyewitness; Love's interpretation medium.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer: 'the English Golgotha')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 284 n. 8; i. 437
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 108

Ennore Thermal Power Station

Type: TNEB's first coal station, 450 MW, coal by sea. Confidence: medium. TANGEDCO page unreachable.
Dates: unit 1: 1970-03-31 (60 MW; conflict: 1971); unit 2: 1971-02-14 (60 MW); unit 3: 1972-05-17 (110 MW); unit 4: 1973-05-26 (110 MW); unit 5: 1975-12-02 (110 MW); shut down: 2017-03-31; replacement 660 mw: unbuilt (contracts terminated 2018/2024; PPP tender Dec 2025)
Depiction: 1980: all five units operating; no North Chennai TPS (1994+), no Kamarajar Port, no NCTPS Stage III. 2026: whether chimneys still stand is NOT established; do not assert either way.
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, ETPS accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: tangedco.gov.in
Source (secondary): Global Energy Monitor, Ennore Thermal Power Station accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Unit 1 31 Mar 1970 (https://www.gem.wiki/Ennore_Thermal_Power_Station)
Conflict: '1971' (TANGEDCO profile unreachable) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennore_Thermal_Power_Station)

Esplanade boundary obelisks

Type: six 15-ft stone obelisks marking the southern limit of New Black Town. Confidence: high. Sriram and Love agree.
Dates: erected: 1772 (survey); shown: 1822 (five on Ravenshaw's map)
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 2 accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1772, a survey fixed the southern boundary of Black Town with six stones'; one survives outside Dare House
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 514 n.3

First lighthouse (Exchange roof, Fort St George)

Type: lighthouse. Confidence: high. Dates high; end year 1841 vs 1844.
Dates: lit: 1796; ceased: 1841/44 (conflict)
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Madras's Doric column lighthouse (vol 25 no 21) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): DGLL, Chennai lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Ceased 1841 (https://dgll.nic.in/DGLL-light-house-location/about-chennai/chennai-lighthouse)
Conflict: 1844 (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-25-no-21/madrass-doric-column-lighthouse/)

Fishing Point / Fishers Point, later York Point ('St. Peter's Bulwark')

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: built: 1653 (Baker's bastion); collapsed: Feb 1673 ('probably due to the encroachment of the sea'); rebuilt: on piles; renamed york point: by 1687
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 116-117, c. 360, 435, 536
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282)

Fort House (factory house; Governor's House)

Type: central building of the Inner Fort; rebuilt 1693-95 on a plan parallel to the curtains. Confidence: medium. Medium: Fryer's plan is the only witness to the diagonal, domed form; high for the 1693-95 plan; low for the exact 110-ft figure pending page check.
Dates: begun: 1640 (probably first); form 1673: placed diagonally to the square, domed (Fryer's plan; medium); three floors: 1688 (inferred; Consultation Room at the top); rebuilt: 1693-1695, [110] x 55 feet, sides parallel to the curtains, nearer the eastern face
Depiction: For c.1653-c.1690 a diagonal (possibly domed) block in the centre; for c.1700 a square block with sides parallel to the curtains, nearer the east face. Two OCR-dependent figures ([110] yards from the river; [110] feet) need checking against page images.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 28: 'occupying the centre of the square, was probably begun first ... placed diagonally to the square'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 106: on Pitt's map a flat-roofed structure fronting the sea replacing an earlier domed edifice
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 539: three floors, 1688
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 556: rebuilt 1693-95, dimensions sanctioned [110] feet by 55 feet (OCR 'no feet')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 73: 'a handsome, lofty, square stone building ... ten or twelve steps ... council chamber and the Governor's lodgings' (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104: 'The Governor's House in the middle overlooks all, slanting diagonally with the Court'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 6: the Assembly and Secretariat accessed 2026-09-10 · Cogan's 1640 'Tower in the midst of the Fort'; core survives inside the Assembly building; low
Conflict: 1640s house diagonal and domed (Fryer's plan) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.31952)
Conflict: Love: Fryer's plan is 'conventional' and 'quite untrustworthy' for geometry (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)

Fort St George

Type: English East India Company fort and factory; nucleus of the White Town; today TN Secretariat and Assembly, ASI-protected. Confidence: high. High for grant (Aug 1639), start of building (1 March 1640), 1652 Presidency, 1655 Agency, 1684 President; medium for 'finished 1653' (GCC only) and for the St George's Day naming (disputed by Love).
Dates: grant: 1639-07-22 (document) / 1639-08-22 (Love's emendation); arrival: 1640-02-20; building begun: 1640-03-01; first cyclone: 1640-03-12; name first extant: 1642-07-17 (letter headed 'Forte St. George'); inner fort complete: 1653; gcc completed: 23 Apr 1644 (GCC / Incredible India: 'Built in 1644'); enlarged: from 1665 (eras file); 1750s Robins/Brohier/Call works; west wall on the filled river bed by 1759; french occupation: 1746-1749; hyder attack: 1781 (defences still unfinished); exchange completed: 1795; fort museum: since 1948; assembly moved out and back: 2010 / 2011
Depiction: 1915: rebuilt 18th-c. ramparts and bastions, moat still holding water, southern side filled 1860s, glacis on the west, new ground between fort and water after the 1881 harbour and Spring's reclamation; Exchange = Regimental Officers' Mess, not a museum. No Fort Museum signage, no dry grass moat, no fort wall at the water's edge, no modern Assembly annexes. Robins 1750 rampart attribution not verified. Secretariat building date not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 14-17 grant; I 26-28 site and start; I 84-85 name; I 113-117; I 160-161
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 12 Sea Gate battery washed away and rebuilt under Pitt; II 105 Inner Fort demolished 1709-17; II 492-493 Brohier works
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 124 Wallajah Gate and Bastion
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. II
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Origin and Growth: fort 'about 100 yards by north to south and by 80 yards east to west'; 'took fourteen years ... finished only in 1653'
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Incredible India, Fort St George accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Built in 1644'; ASI-protected
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 1: its topography accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 4: the moat accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 23: the Exchange museum accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Fort St George accessed 2026-09-10 · leads: Keay 1991, Talboys Wheeler
Conflict: Named because a portion was completed by St George's Day, 23 Apr 1640 (GCC) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: Love: 23 Apr 1640 'too late for the commencement of the work, and far too early for the completion of any substantial part of it'; dedication to England's patron saint appropriate apart from date (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)
Conflict: Completed 23 Apr 1644 (eras file / Incredible India 'Built in 1644') (https://www.incredibleindia.gov.in/en/tamil-nadu/chennai/fort-st-george)
Conflict: Inner Fort finished 1653 after fourteen years (GCC; Love I 105-106) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33659)

Gemini Studios and the Gemini twins

Type: film studio compound at the Gemini junction with the twin statues over the entrance. Confidence: medium. Medium on presence in 1980; low on condition; twins removal date NOT established.
Dates: property bought: 1937; studio burnt: 1940-12-21; gemini studios from: 1940/41 (S.S. Vasan); vasan died: 1969; operated until: 1994 (Wikipedia) / activity ceased late 1960s (Sriram); site became the park hotel: 2002
Depiction: 1980: compound with the twins physically present (declining activity); no The Park hotel; no later high-rises.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks: Gemini Studios accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Gemini Studios accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: TOI 16 May 2002
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tales from Gemini Studios (vol 33 no 19) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Operated until 1994 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemini_Studios)
Conflict: Activity ceased late 1960s (Sriram) (https://sriramv.com/2014/08/06/lost-landmarks-of-chennai-gemini-studios/)

Government Marine Aquarium, Marina

Type: small brick building on the seaward side of the promenade. Confidence: high. Madras Musings.
Dates: opened: 1909-10-21
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Government Marine Aquarium (vol 34 no 3) accessed 2026-09-10

Guindy Industrial Estate

Type: first industrial estate in India; 404 acres. Confidence: high. Official and Madras Musings agree.
Dates: established: 1958 (promoted by Industries Minister R. Venkataraman)
Depiction: 1980: mature estate of single-storey sheds and workshop rows; unit count not established; no IT parks or office towers.
Source (official): TANSIDCO, About us accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, The back story (vol 27 no 5) accessed 2026-09-10

Guindy Lodge

Type: Governor's garden house, later Government country house. Confidence: medium. Single government source (Raj Bhavan), uncited; not in Love.
Dates: built: early 1670s (believed); gifted to company: after 1678; bought by government: 1821
Source (official): TN Raj Bhavan, History - Chennai accessed 2026-09-10

Half Moon / James Bulwark (Langhorn's great bulwark, a cavalier)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: built: c.1672-77 (Sir William Langhorn); named james bulwark: by 1681; part fell: 1682 (sea undermined it)
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 370 n., 469, 536
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates c.1702

Higginbothams, Mount Road

Type: bookshop; cupola inscribed 1844. Confidence: high. Madras Musings.
Dates: founded: 1844; present showroom by: 1904; spencers ownership: 1925
Depiction: As today; existed in 1915 too.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tracing Madras 3 (vol 33 no 22) accessed 2026-09-10

Ice House (Castle Kernan; Vivekananda House)

Type: 1842 ice house remodelled as Castle Kernan. Confidence: medium. Medium on Ice House detail; 1915 form not established.
Dates: built: 1842; acquired by government: 1914
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., A brief history of the Marina accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Vivekananda House accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Inner Fort (the original square fort, 1640-1714)

Type: square bastioned work of brick in mud cased with laterite, enclosing the factory house. Confidence: high. High for Lockyer's 108 x 100 figure and the record-based chronology; medium for Love's 60-yard curtains (scaled from Pitt's map); low for the GCC '80 yards' (unsourced).
Dates: begun: 1640-03-01; se bastion finished: 1640 (cost 375 pounds); ne bastion: 1641; third bastion: 1642 in earth, stone-cased 1643; fourth bastion and one curtain: 1644-1652; two curtains finished: 1652 (Greenhill); east curtain: 1653; demolished: 1714-1717 (replaced by the Fort Square)
Depiction: Scene c.1640-45: SE bastion armed; NE bastion; NW bastion in earth then stone; no complete curtains before c.1648; the east (sea-side) curtain last, 1653. Flagstaff on the SE bastion. Do not use GCC's 80-yard width without a primary source. Do not model the Fort Square (1714-17) in any pre-1714 scene.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 26-28: site, start 1 March 1640, 'lined out nearly square in plan, with a bastion at each angle'; 108 x 100 yards outside (footnote citing Lockyer 1711)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 105-106: bastion and curtain chronology; curtains about 60 yards, salients about 100 yards apart (from Pitt's map c.1710); centre 190 yards from the sea and [110] from the river; gates
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 79-80: Lockyer 'Northern and Southern Points are 108, and Eastern and Western 100 Yards distant'; lies N.N.E. and S.S.W.; 56 guns and a mortar c.1702; walls 'in Colour like rusty Iron'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 73: 'regular square, about a hundred yards on each side'; two gates; walls arched and hollow within; no ditch (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282): square bastions with battlemented curtains; Standard on the SE Point; ten guns on each turret 1673
Source (archival): Lockyer, Account of the Trade in India (1711) accessed 2026-09-10 · quoted via Love ii. 79-80; not read directly
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Origin and Growth: fort 'about 100 yards by north to south and by 80 yards east to west'; 'took fourteen years ... finished only in 1653'
Source (scholarly): S. Muthiah, The founding of Fort St George (The Hindu 2014) accessed 2026-09-10 · search snippet only: 'about 100 yards on each side'
Conflict: 'about 100 yards by north to south and by 80 yards east to west' (GCC, unsourced) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)

Integral Coach Factory, Perambur

Type: railway coach factory (518-acre site). Confidence: high. Official page.
Dates: site chosen: 1951 (Swiss collaboration from 1949); inaugurated: 1955-10-02 (Nehru); furnishing division: 1962-10-02; first 1000 coaches year: 1990
Depiction: 1980: Shell and Furnishing divisions operating; ICF rounded-shell coaches period-correct; no LHB/Vande Bharat era buildings.
Source (official): ICF official history accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Integral Coach Factory accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: Deccan Chronicle 2014

Ivie's mud wall ('Mudd wall about the Towne')

Type: earthen rampart round the whole town, European and Indian quarters. Confidence: high. High that a mud wall existed; medium for its line.
Dates: built: 1644-1648 (Agent Ivie); attested: 1653 ('over the Towne Walls'); Painters' Petition c.1654 (1345.5 pagodas seized)
Depiction: Mud, not stone; three gates. For c.1653 this is the only town enclosure; no stone Christian Town wall yet.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 304-305: 'an earthen wall or rampart had been built by Agent Ivie for the defence of the whole town'; conjectured line along China Bazar to the end of Popham's Broadway, then south to the river; three gates (two north, one west)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 117: 'Ivie's earthen rampart probably covered the north and west sides of the native quarter'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10 · line along China Bazaar (NSC Bose) Road ending near Broadway

Kalaignar Pen Monument (proposed, Marina)

Type: 134 ft pen monument 360 m offshore with a 650 m lattice bridge, Rs 81 crore. Confidence: high. High that the Pen Monument is unconfirmed.
Dates: crz clearance: 2023-06-19; sc dismissed challenge: 2023-08-01; navy noc: pending at last report; construction: NO 2025-26 source confirms construction has begun
Depiction: Do NOT show the Pen Monument or a sea bridge in 2026.
Source (secondary): The South First (2023-24 coverage; TNM/South First 2023 on the Pen Monument) accessed 2026-09-10

Kalaivanar Arangam (1952 legislature building, Government Estate)

Type: 1,000-seat auditorium in the former legislature building. Confidence: high. High on 1952; medium on 1974.
Dates: inaugurated: 1952-05-02 (Governor Sri Prakasa); renamed kalaivanar arangam: Jan 1974 (CM Karunanidhi); demolished: 2008 (or 2006-11) for the new Assembly complex; rebuilt opened: Feb 2016
Depiction: 1980: the 1952 building; not the 2016 building.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks: Kalaivanar Arangam accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Federal, 23 Aug 2020 accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Demolished 2008 (https://sriramv.com/2014/10/03/lost-landmarks-of-chennai-kalaivanar-arangam/)
Conflict: 2006-11 (https://thefederal.com/states/south/tamil-nadu/history-re-enacted-as-tn-assembly-returns-to-kalaivanar-arangam)

Kamarajar Port, Ennore (formerly Ennore Port)

Type: major port ~24 km north of Chennai Port at Athipattu Pudunagar (Thiruvallur district); ~2,800 acres; breakwaters 3,080 m (N) and 1,070 m (S); 58.44 MMTPA. Confidence: high. High on 1999-2001 and location; medium on the renaming day.
Dates: declared major port: Mar 1999; incorporated: Oct 1999 (Ennore Port Ltd); commissioned: 2001-02-01; commercial operations: 2001-06-22 (thermal coal for TNEB); renamed: 2014-02-26 / 2014-03-01 (sources differ); acquired by chennai port trust: Mar 2020 (~67% stake); auto transhipment first: Aug 2025
Depiction: In Thiruvallur district, not Chennai district; label accordingly. Not present in any 1915 or 1980 scene.
Source (official): Kamarajar Port, About accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Kamarajar Port, RTI index accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): MoPSW Sagar Vidya Kosh, Chennai Port accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): GKToday, Ennore Port renamed (1 Mar 2014) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Kamarajar Port accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Athipattu Pudunagar accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Renamed 26 Feb 2014 (PTI, unopened) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamarajar_Port)
Conflict: 1 Mar 2014 (GKToday); pre-2020 ChPT stake 23% vs 32-33% (https://www.gktoday.in/chennais-ennore-port-officially-renamed-kamarajar-port/)

Kapaleeshwarar Temple, Mylapore

Type: Siva temple (present inland temple). Confidence: low. Low for the 1566 destruction date and any '16th-century rebuilding'; medium that the east gopuram was new in 1915; low on its year, builder and colour.
Dates: old temple by the sea destroyed: 1566 per 1990 plaque (LOW); Franciscans destroying pagodas by 1558 (Sewell via Sriram); date debated; inland temple attested: 1674 (Love's 'probable' identification of the pagoda south-west of San Thome); rebuilt: 'around three hundred years ago' (early 18th c., Muthiappa Mudali as original dharmakarta; Kanakaraya Mudali after 1749); east rajagopuram: c.1902 (The Hindu 2004) / 1906 (Wikipedia) / during Pammal Sambanda Mudaliar's trusteeship 1905-24; mackenzie sketch: 1796-1800; tank steps: early 1900s
Depiction: 1915: east gopuram reads as fresh stucco; do not apply today's polychrome; no modern tank-side finishes; 1915 paint scheme NOT ESTABLISHED. Present fabric substantially 18th-century; do not show the present temple in a c.1640 scene.
Source (official): HR&CE, Kapaleeswarar Temple, Mylapore, history accessed 2026-09-10 · sthala puranam and Sambandar only; no dates
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., A Clue About the Old Kapali Temple accessed 2026-09-10 · pillars found under the cathedral vault; Sewell on 1558
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The men who built the Mylapore temple part 1 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The men who built the Mylapore temple part 2 accessed 2026-09-10 · gopuram funded by 'Gopuram Chettiar'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Music in the Mylapore Kapaliswarar Temple accessed 2026-09-10 · inscriptions found near the beach; deity once faced the sea
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 322 n.1: pagoda to the south-west of San Thome, Sept 1674, 'if, as seems probable, ... the Kapaleswaraswami Temple'
Source (secondary): Venkatraman, The Hindu 27 Aug 2004 (via ishwarsharan.com) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): TN Tourism, Kapaleeshwarar Temple accessed 2026-09-10 · 37 m gopuram; no dates
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Kapaleeshwarar Temple accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Destroyed by the Portuguese 1566; rebuilt in the 16th c. by Vijayanagara kings (1990 plaque; Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapaleeshwarar_Temple, https://mylaikapaleeswarar.hrce.tn.gov.in/hrcehome/history.php?tid=1)
Conflict: Documented rebuilding early 18th c. under Madras dubashes (Sriram citing Mukund and Waghorne) (https://sriramv.com/2015/03/23/the-men-who-built-the-mylapore-temple-part-1/)
Conflict: A temple on or near the inland site existed by 1674 (Love, 'probable') (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)
Conflict: East gopuram c.1902 vs 1906 vs 1905-24; builder disputed (https://sriramv.com/2015/03/23/the-men-who-built-the-mylapore-temple-part-1/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapaleeshwarar_Temple)

Kilambakkam bus terminus (Kalaignar Centenary Bus Terminus)

Type: CMDA-built terminus, 88.52 acres, 215 platforms. Confidence: high. Press.
Dates: opened: 2023-12-30 (all southbound SETC/TNSTC/omni buses shifted from Koyambedu)
Depiction: No functioning railway halt or skywalk (450 m skywalk pending).
Source (secondary): The News Minute, 21 Mar 2024 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): ETV Bharat, 14 Aug 2026 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Kilambakkam bus terminus accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Kotturpuram bridge (Adyar)

Type: road bridge. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Madras Musings.
Dates: built: 1988 (before that a punt ferry, into the 1990s)
Depiction: NO bridge in 1980; ferry crossing.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, A ferry service in the 1990s (vol 34 no 14) accessed 2026-09-10

Kuthambakkam bus terminus (Chennai West, near Thirumazhisai)

Type: CMDA terminus, Rs 414 crore, ~25 acres, 200+ buses. Confidence: medium. Press only.
Dates: targets: Mar 2025, Jun/Jul 2025, Dec 2025, then Oct 2026 (CMDA, Sep 2025)
Depiction: Do not show Bengaluru-bound buses operating from it; Koyambedu CMBT still handles west-bound services.
Source (secondary): DT Next, Bus termini getting ready (17 Sep 2025) accessed 2026-09-10

LIC Building, Anna Salai

Type: 177 ft (~54 m) office tower; glass facade; tallest in India 1959-61. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Floor count disputed (12/14/15); architects H.J. Brown and L.C. Moulin, finished by Chitale & Sons.
Dates: inaugurated: 1959-08-23 (Morarji Desai); fire: 1975-07-11
Depiction: 1980: tallest building in the city; do not surround with later towers.
Source (secondary): DT Next, When LIC was the best known landmark in Madras (2018) accessed 2026-09-10

MRTS (Chennai Beach-Velachery-St Thomas Mount)

Type: ~24 km, 21 stations elevated suburban line along the Buckingham Canal; Southern Railway EMU rakes. Confidence: high. High on extension and dates; medium on merger milestones.
Dates: sanctioned: FY 1983-84 (CAG via Wikipedia; 'proposed 1983' MM); work began: 1991; beach chepauk: 1995-11-01 (Railway Gazette) / 1995-11-16 (INAE via Wikipedia); chepauk thirumayilai: Oct 1997; thiruvanmiyur: Jan 2004; velachery: 2007-11-19; st thomas mount: 2026-03-14 (4.5 km; Puzhuthivakkam, Adambakkam, St Thomas Mount); merger with cmrl: Railway Board approval 2025-07-31; draft MoU May 2026; circular 2026-08-12 (assets to transfer within 90 days; 24-month transition; full transfer 2027-28)
Depiction: 1980: nothing, not sanctioned, not built; no viaduct along the Buckingham Canal. 2026: trains are Southern Railway EMU rakes, not Metro stock; Adambakkam skipped 'during the initial phase' (check before depicting).
Source (official): Southern Railway Chennai Division PR No. PUB/MAS/2026/03/11 (13 Mar 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Railway Gazette, MRTS Chennai accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Metrorail vs MRTS (vol 35 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): IRFCA FAQ metro accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Chennaionline, MRTS merges with CMRL (18 Aug 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai MRTS accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: First section opened 1 Nov 1995 (Railway Gazette) (https://www.railwaygazette.com/data/knowledge-hub/organisation-categories/commuter/mrts-chennai-metropolitan-transport-project-railways/)
Conflict: 16 Nov 1995 (INAE via Wikipedia); origin '1975 First Master Plan' (chennaionline) vs sanction 1983-84; extension 14 Mar (SR) vs 15 Mar 2026 (MyOMR, 404) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Mass_Rapid_Transit_System, https://sr.indianrailways.gov.in/cris//uploads/files/1773409244655-No.PUB-MAS-2026-03-11.pdf)

Madras Atomic Power Station, Kalpakkam

Type: nuclear power station ~70 km south of Chennai (horizon only). Confidence: high. High on 1984/86.
Dates: construction from: 1971-01-01 (U1) / 1972-10-01 (U2); first criticality: 1983-07-02; commercial u1: 1984-01-27; commercial u2: 1986-03-21
Depiction: 1980: distant construction site only, not generating; no PFBR (2026). Distance 70 vs 80 km; COD 27 vs 24 Jan 1984 conflicts.
Source (official): NPCIL, Operating Performance accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): NPCIL, Kalpakkam site accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, MAPS accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: PAC report 1988-89

Madras Beach station

Type: suburban terminus. Confidence: low. High that no EMUs existed in 1915; low on what stood at 'Beach' in 1915.
Dates: harbour goods working: 1915 (BG 'Royapuram Harbour Station' branch, later described as Madras Beach); terminus opened: 1928 (postcard; The Hindu 2014 via Wikipedia); electric service: 1931-04-02 / 1931-05-11 (Beach-Tambaram 1500 V DC MG)
Depiction: 1915: no EMUs, no catenary anywhere in Madras, no 1928 Beach terminus building, no MRTS.
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, electric-1 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Beach station accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Past-India, Madras Beach station and GPO, 1928 postcard accessed 2026-09-10 · dated photograph
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Railways and Stations accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Central Station (Puratchi Thalaivar Dr M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station)

Type: main railway terminus. Confidence: high. High on 1873 and 2019; medium on 'clock tower = 1900' (an 1874 photo shows a tower with empty clock bays).
Dates: opened: 1873-04-07 (George Harding design); chisholm redesign completed: 1900 (clock tower and capped towers; The Hindu 2006 via Wikipedia); main terminus: 1907; renamed: 2019-04-05 (TN GO)
Depiction: 1915: post-1900 facade with 136 ft clock tower and capped corner towers; steam, broad gauge. No 1922 Southern Railway HQ opposite (opened 11 Dec 1922), no 1998 annexe, no EMU sheds, no Metro. Do not caption the tower as 1873.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Centenary of a loved landmark accessed 2026-09-10 · Central opened 7 Apr 1873; SR HQ 11 Dec 1922
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Central accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: The Hindu 18 Aug 2006
Source (secondary): Past-India, Madras Central before installing the clocks, 1874 accessed 2026-09-10 · dated photograph
Source (secondary): DT Next, Central renamed (6 Apr 2019) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, Chennai gauge conversion / Moro article accessed 2026-09-10 · 'constructed 1868' (conflict)
Conflict: Clock tower added, completed 1900 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Central_railway_station)
Conflict: 1874 photograph shows a tower with empty clock bays (tower may predate the clocks); 'constructed 1868' (IRFCA) vs opened 7 Apr 1873 (https://www.past-india.com/photos-items/madras-central-railway-station-before-installing-the-clocks-1874/, https://irfca.org/docs/chennai-gc.html)

Madras Electric Tramways

Type: metre-gauge electric tram system, single-deck cars with trolley pole. Confidence: high. High on 1895 and 1953; LOW on the 1915 network map (no dated route list).
Dates: horse tram: 1874 (failed by 1886); electric service began: 1895-05-07 (first electric tram system in India); company reconstituted: 1904; route mileage: 13.25 miles (1905) to 26 miles (by 1924); 1915 figure between; closed: 1953-04-12 (FIBIS) / 1953-04-21 (unopened source)
Depiction: Do not use the 1921-24 extent or 1940s route memories (Parry's Corner-Luz, Central-Roxy, shuttles Parry's-Royapuram and Luz-San Thome) as a 1915 map; Washermanpet line not established; cars grey with red-and-grey ends (undated); speed conflict 7 km/h vs 20 mph.
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Tramways accessed 2026-09-10 · citing Lalvani 2016
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Metro's ancestor remembered (vol 27 no 21) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Remembering the Madras tram (vol 30 no 2) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Past-India, Electric trams of Madras, 1911 accessed 2026-09-10 · dated photograph
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Madras Tramways accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Closed 12 April 1953 (FIBIS) (https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Madras_Tramways)
Conflict: 21 April 1953 (unopened source) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Tramways)

Madras Harbour / Madras Port / Chennai Port

Type: enclosed artificial harbour; today Chennai Port Authority (27 berths). Confidence: high. High on the 1859-1895 sequence, 1881 cyclone and 1964-1986 dock dates; medium on the 1915 quay state (Darvill 2013 via FIBIS); LOW on the exact year the NE entrance opened.
Dates: screw pile pier: 1859-61/62 (storm-damaged 1868, 1872); enclosed harbour sanctioned: March 1875 (foundation stone by the Prince of Wales); rail along coast: by 1880; commercial operations: 1881 (eastern entrance); cyclone wrecked east breakwater: 1881-11-12; harbour act: 1886-01-01; completed eastern entrance: 1895; ne entrance: under Sir Francis Spring (Chairman 1904, Chief Engineer 1906); completion year NOT ESTABLISHED; south quay i: 1913; west quays: 1916-20; cyclone: 1916 (NE arm damaged, repaired 1919); north quay: 1931; south quay ii: 1936; jawahar dock: 1964; bharathi dock bd i oil jetty: 1972; ore berth: 1974 (ore plant 1977); container terminal 1: 1983 (18 Dec 1983 per Port Trust profile); bd iii: 1986; container terminal 2: 2009 (PSA); coastal berths: 2019; acquired kamarajar port: Mar 2020; port authority: 2021-11-03 (Major Port Authorities Act 2021); bunker berth: 2022
Depiction: 1915: one enclosed basin with a north-facing entrance behind the northward sheltering arm, one masonry quay (South Quay I), lighter basin, piers, lighters, rail cranes, steam port locos; no Jawahar/Bharathi docks, no outer harbour, no container cranes, no North or West Quays, no 1958 passenger station; old screw-pile pier removal date not established (gone by 1926). 1980: inner harbour quays, Jawahar Dock, Bharathi Dock with ONE oil jetty and the ore berth; NO container terminal (1983+), no BD-III (1986), no 2009 terminal, no Ennore/Kamarajar Port (2001). 2026: do not show the port with a 1980 outline.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Chennai got a port 1 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Chennai got a port 2 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): MoPSW Sagar Vidya Kosh, Chennai Port accessed 2026-09-10 · reproduces the Port Authority's chronology; chennaiport.gov.in JS-only
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Port Trust Railways accessed 2026-09-10 · quay dates 1913-36; port railway 14.5 miles by 1914; Export Jetty Tramway 1905; 1881 cyclone (Imperial Gazetteer)
Source (official): Chennai Port Trust facilities page (2008 Wayback capture) accessed 2026-09-10 · BD-I 1972, ore plant 1977, BD-III 1986
Source (secondary): PSA Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · since 2009; 3 berths, 832 m
Source (secondary): DP World Chennai Container Terminal accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): SCC Online, MPA Act 2021 commencement accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Port accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: Port Trust profile
Conflict: Pier completed 1861 (Sriram) vs 1862 (FIBIS); Port Trust constituted 1881 (FIBIS) vs Act 1886 / Trust 1905 (Sriram); 'operations 1881' vs 'completed 1895' (https://sriramv.com/2012/06/15/how-chennai-got-a-port-1/, https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Madras_Port_Trust_Railways)
Conflict: NE entrance '1904' (FIBIS/Wikipedia) is the year Spring took charge, not completion; 'c.1910-11' not confirmed by any opened source (https://sriramv.com/2012/07/13/how-chennai-got-a-port-2/, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Port)
Conflict: Bharathi Dock: two POL berths in 1972 (MoPSW) vs BD-I 1972 and BD-III 1986 (Port Trust page); container terminal 1983 vs 18 Dec 1983 (https://mopsw.nic.in/sagarvidyakosh/index.php?title=Chennai_Port, https://web.archive.org/web/20080601114627/http://www.chennaiport.gov.in/Abt_FacilitiesAtPort.html)

Madras High Court

Type: red-brick Indo-Saracenic complex with 23 domed minarets; lighthouse in the central dome. Confidence: high. High.
Dates: construction: Oct 1888 to 1892; inaugurated: 1892-07-12 (Governor Lord Wenlock); architects: J.W. Brassington then Henry Irwin (J.H. Stephens not established); tower raised: 175 ft for the lighthouse; east wall hit: 1914-09-22
Depiction: 1915: live lighthouse in the central dome; east boundary wall damaged or freshly repaired; no Emden plaque. Cost Rs 12.98 million vs Rs 13 lakh conflict.
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Madras High Court accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): Bar & Bench, heritage-walk column accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Refineries Ltd, Manali (now CPCL)

Type: oil refinery. Confidence: high. Company and ministry pages.
Dates: jv formed: 1965 (GOI/AMOCO/NIOC); commissioned: 1969 (2.5 MMTPA, CDU-1); cdu 2: 1984 (5.6 MMTPA); refinery iii: 2004; capacity now: 10.5 MMTPA
Depiction: 1980: single-train 2.5 MMTPA refinery fed from Bharathi Dock BD-I; no CDU-2 (1984), no Refinery-III (2004), no 2017 coker.
Source (secondary): CPCL home accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): CPCL, Manali refinery accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): MoPNG, CPCL accessed 2026-09-10

Madras/Chennai suburban electric railway (Southern Railway)

Type: suburban EMU network. Confidence: high. High on MG; medium on BG (first BG EMU service date NOT established: wires live 1979, shed Feb 1980).
Dates: mg beach tambaram dc: 1931 (public service 1931-05-11; 1.5 kV DC); tambaram vandalur: Jan 1962; tambaram chengalpattu: 1965-01-09; mg converted 25kv ac: 1967-01-15; bg chennai gummidipundi energised: 1979-04-13; basin bridge beach: 1979-08-09; chennai tiruvallur: 1979-11-29; central platform lines: 1979-12-29; avadi emu shed: 1980-02-01; tiruvallur arakkonam: 1982-08-28; moore market complex terminal: 1985 (IRFCA) / 1986-87 (Wikipedia); beach tambaram bg conversion: 2004; ac emu: Apr 2025 (first AC EMU, six services/day)
Depiction: 1980: MG 25 kV AC ICF EMUs on Beach-Egmore-Tambaram, limited services to Chengalpattu (India's only electrified MG suburban system); BG EMUs Central-Gummidipundi/Tiruvallur probable, NOT established; not 1931 wooden DC stock, not BG 12-car rakes; no MMC station; no MRTS; no Metro. 2026: no Kilambakkam halt station in service; the AC EMU is a single rake, not the norm.
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, CORE electrification history accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, Moro Chennai MG article accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): IRFCA FAQ metro accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): IRFCA electric-1 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Suburban Railway accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, Suburban services cut further (24 Feb 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): ETV Bharat, Kilambakkam railway station (14 Aug 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: MMC terminal 1985 (IRFCA) (https://irfca.org/docs/electrification-history.html)
Conflict: 1986/87 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_Suburban_Railway)

Mallikarjunar (Mallikesvarar) 'old Pagoda', Muthialpet

Type: Siva temple at the north end of Muthialpet, 'said to be an ancient foundation'. Confidence: medium. Love.
Dates: attested: 1652 (Baker's award)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 119 n.: no connexion with the Chennai Mallikesvarar temple in Peddanaikpetta

Marina (Chennai) lighthouse

Type: 46 m RCC triangular tower with red and white bands, electric lift; range 28 nm. Confidence: high. High on 1977 and form.
Dates: built: 1976 (East Coast Constructions; Wikipedia); functioning since: 1977-01-10; closed to visitors: 1991-2013; visitor access: 2013-11-14 (conflict: 16 Nov); metal halide lamp: Apr 2004
Depiction: 1980: three-year-old red-and-white banded tower with attached circular building, open to visitors; the High Court dome light is dark. 46 vs 45.72 m conflict.
Source (official): DGLL, Chennai lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Marina promenade (Marina Beach)

Type: 3.5 km promenade from the Cooum mouth to the High Court lighthouse beside South Beach Road; today Blue Flag beach with memorials. Confidence: high. High on 1884, 1909, 1914 and the 2024-26 works; medium on Chepauk/Ice House detail.
Dates: laid out: under Governor Grant-Duff; completed and named 'Marina' 1884; opened Oct 1884; aquarium: 1909-10-21; ice house acquired: 1914 (Castle Kernan); womens college founded: 1914-07-14 (Capper House; renamed Queen Mary's 1917); triumph of labour: 1959-01-25; gandhi statue: 1959-04-14 (Wikipedia) / 1956 (brief); tamil conference statues: 1968; anna memorial: 1969/70; marina lighthouse: 1977-01-10; mgr memorial: 1988; karunanidhi memorial: 2024-02-26 (with renovated Anna memorial); loop road stalls cleared: Aug 2022; blue flag phase 1: Aug 2025 (Dy CM; Rs 7.31 crore, 20 acres); blue flag phase 4: finishing late Apr 2026 (97 acres to the Lighthouse); heritage corridor: 90% complete Apr 2026 (Rs 18.45 crore, 2.31 km cycle track, nine viewing decks)
Depiction: 1915: NO Gandhi statue (1959), NO Triumph of Labour (1959), NO Tamil-conference statues (1968), NO Anna memorial (1969/70), NO MGR memorial (1988), NO 1977 lighthouse, NO Karunanidhi memorial (2024); do not label the women's college 'Queen Mary's'. 2026: show Blue Flag furniture only on the northern stretch near the swimming pool/Lighthouse; heritage-corridor cycle track and viewing decks are new (2025-26); do NOT show the Kalaignar Pen Monument or a sea bridge.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., A brief history of the Marina accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Government Marine Aquarium on the Marina (vol 34 no 3) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Marina Beach accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Queen Mary's College accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Vivekananda House (Ice House) accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, Blue Flag at Marina (26 Apr 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The South First, 27 Feb 2024, memorials inaugurated accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Marina Loop Road (vol 32 no 11) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Gandhi statue 14 Apr 1959 (Wikipedia) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Beach)
Conflict: 1956 (brief) (https://sriramv.com/2011/11/10/a-brief-history-of-the-marina/)

Market Street ('The Buzar or Market'; the Parade) and the Choultry

Type: wide E-W street dividing the European from the native quarter; Choultry (town office) opposite the later Choultry Gate; Komatis' and Chettis' shops. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Love's reconstruction from records and Pitt's map.
Dates: attested: 1652 award; 1673 (Fryer's 'wide Parade ... used for a Buzzar')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 119 nn.; i. c. 138 n.; i. 307
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 107
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 90: General Market under the north curtain; Herb Market near the Great Pagoda; Green Market outside the north rampart

Marmalong Bridge (over the Adyar)

Type: bridge on the road to the Mount. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: rebuilt: 1726 (Coja Petrus Uscan; tablet dated 1726)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 231

Meenambakkam / Chennai International Airport

Type: airport; 1954 terminal (now cargo), Kamaraj (T1) 1985, Anna (T3) 1989, T4 c.2017, T2 2023. Confidence: high. High on 1954, 1985, 1989 (govt publication) and 2023 / May 2026 status; medium on 1930; T4 'late 2017' low.
Dates: aerodrome commissioned: 1930 (NIE 2014 via Wikipedia); first passenger terminal: 1954 (Meenambakkam side); air cargo complex: 1978-02-01; bomb blast: 1984-08-02; kamaraj domestic terminal: 1985 (Tirusulam); anna international terminal: 1989; t4: c.2017 (low); t2 inaugurated: 2023-04-08 (PM; Rs 1,260 crore; 2,20,972 sq m); t4 to domestic: Nov-Dec 2023 (Air India/Alliance Air from 15 Nov; Air India Express from 23 Dec 2023); new t3: about 40% complete May 2026; operations target Mar 2027
Depiction: 1980: passenger operations in the 1954 modernist low-rise Meenambakkam terminal with the 1978 cargo complex alongside; nothing at Tirusulam; no Kamaraj (1985) or Anna (1989) terminals, no link building, no T4 (2017), no T2 (2023). 2026: no finished T3, show it as a construction site between T2 and T4; Kamaraj/Anna are historic names, not current signage.
Source (official): Sunkam: The Heritage of Chennai Customs (PDF) accessed 2026-09-10 · domestic terminal 1985, international 1989; ACC 1 Feb 1978
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The old Meenambakkam terminal accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): AAI, Chennai airport accessed 2026-09-10 · terminal names; no dates
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai International Airport accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): DT Next, Chennai airport Phase 2 works hit (25 May 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Business Today, PM inaugurates new terminal (8 Apr 2023) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): 100knots, Air India Express shifts to T4 (25 Dec 2023) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Domestic terminal 1985, international 1989 (Chennai Customs heritage book) (https://chennaicustoms.gov.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Sunkam-The-Heritage-of-Chennai-Customs.pdf)
Conflict: 1988 for both (commonly repeated; Air Customs / airport-technology, not opened) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai_International_Airport)
Conflict: T4 domestic switch 15 Nov 2023 (Air India) vs 23 Dec 2023 (Air India Express): both may be true (phased) (https://www.100knots.com/air-india-express-shifts-operations-to-new-domestic-terminal-of-chennai-airport/)

Middle Gate (north curtain)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer: 'two Gates, and Sally Ports'); curtain fell: 2 Oct 1677 (had leaned on buttresses seven or eight years)
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 282 n. 6, 372
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282)

Moore Market

Type: market building near Central. Confidence: high. Madras Musings fire list.
Dates: destroyed by fire: 1985
Depiction: Still stands in 1980.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Another fire (vol 25 no 16) accessed 2026-09-10 · Spencer's 1983, Victory Building 1984, Moore Market 1985, D'Angelis 1986

Napier Bridge (Cooum mouth)

Type: road bridge over the Cooum at the Marina. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Medium-high on the bridge sequence; none on the mouth geometry (Cooum mouth position and open/barred state in 1915 NOT ESTABLISHED).
Dates: iron lattice bridge decided: 1868 (built 1869 per Wikipedia lead); replaced: 1909 (iron girders, Rs 3.75 lakh); rebuilt: 1939-44 (tied-arch prestressed concrete; opened 1944-07-09)
Depiction: 1915: the 1909 iron-girder bridge, not the 1944 bowstring arches.
Source (secondary): DT Next, Napier: India's first prestressed concrete bridge accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Decision 1868 (https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/napier-indias-first-prestressed-concrete-bridge)
Conflict: Built 1869 (Wikipedia lead) (https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/napier-indias-first-prestressed-concrete-bridge)

North Chennai Thermal Power Station (Athipattu, Thiruvallur district)

Type: coal power station: Stage I 3 x 210 MW, Stage II 2 x 600 MW, Stage III 800 MW. Confidence: high. High on NCTPS III.
Dates: stage i: from 1994; stage iii inaugurated: 2024-03-07; stage iii full load: 2024-06-27; stage iii commercial: 2026-01-24 (TN's first 800 MW unit)
Depiction: Absent from 1980 (1994+). Capacity after Stage III 2,630 MW (GEM/Wikipedia) vs '5,120 MW' (DT Next, appears utility-wide).
Source (secondary): DT Next, NCTPS Stage III begins commercial operation (27 Jan 2026) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Global Energy Monitor (ETPS page; NCTPS capacity lead) accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: 2,630 MW after Stage III (https://www.gem.wiki/Ennore_Thermal_Power_Station)
Conflict: 5,120 MW (DT Next; appears to be a utility-wide figure) (https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/nctps-stage-iii-tns-first-800-mw-thermal-plant-begins-commercial-operation)

Old Mahabalipuram Road / Rajiv Gandhi Salai (IT Expressway, SH-49A)

Type: 45 km six-lane IT corridor from Madhya Kailash to ECR near Mahabalipuram. Confidence: high. High on road 2008; renaming date not established; SIPCOT IT park Siruseri date not established.
Dates: phase 1 opened: 2008-10-29 (Madhya Kailash-Siruseri 20.1 km); toll from: 2008-12-15; phase 2: Siruseri-Mamallapuram 25 km widening; renamed: date NOT ESTABLISHED (TNRDC silent)
Depiction: 2026: Metro Corridor 5 viaduct under construction along the corridor; no Metro trains on OMR (construction only). Not present in 1980 as an IT corridor.
Source (official): TNRDC, IT Corridor project accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMRL, press-release index (PR 19.12.2025: Sholinganallur/Thoraipakkam integration contracts) accessed 2026-09-10 · file cites the release by date only; index URL used
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Rajiv Gandhi Salai accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Outer Fort / Christian Town / White Town walls

Type: irregular quadrilateral of stone (laterite-faced) walls with four corner bastions round the European quarter. Confidence: medium. Medium-high overall: features high (period records), geometry medium (only Pitt's map c.1710 is surveyed).
Dates: first sea bastion: 1653 (President Baker, 'a Bastion close to the Sea' with a dozen cannon); outworks defensible: early 1657; christian town first named: 1661; completely walled: before 1669 (perhaps begun by Chamber, finished by Winter); reform of fortifications: 1676-1684 (Langhorn and Master): new Caldera Point from 1677, north curtain rebuilt, sea wall completed 1684; north curtain length: 232 yards (Consultation 23 July 1676); river wall surveyed: 1693 (Charles Point to Gloucester Point)
Depiction: c.1670: irregular quadrilateral with St Thomas Point (SE), Fishing Point (NE), Round Point (SW), Half-Moon/Chambers Point (NW); Sea Gate mid-east; two north gates; south ditch; west side open to the river except gardens and houses (no continuous rampart before c.1684; treat the west front as low garden/house walls with a battery and gate, not a bastioned rampart). Walls laterite 'like rusty Iron'; whiteness of chunam plaster is inferred, not stated. Wall heights not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 305-306: Baker's 1653 bastion (Hague records); 1657 outworks; four bastions, two by the sea and two on the river
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 85: 1661 'the Christian Town'; i. 258: completely walled prior to 1669
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 282-283 and notes: Fryer 1673 'Oblong'; length about a third of a mile; south face less than 200 yards
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 367-372, 475: reform 1676-84; 232-yard north curtain; wet ditch on the south; 1684 'compleats the Sea Wall'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 566: river wall 1693
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 73-75: 'an oblong square about a quarter of a mile in length, but not half so much in breadth'; hollow stone walls; battery only on the river side (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 87: 'about 400 Paces long and 150 broad' (Hamilton, New Account of the East Indies 1727, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 58: 400 yards N-S by 100 yards; i. 253 OCR-doubtful '100 yards in length'; Wheeler had no plan older than 1737
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates (Sea, St Thomas, Water, Choultry, Middle); about 150 guns and 3 mortars c.1702; ii. 89 Pitt's map scale about 20 inches to the mile
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 3: the Sea Gate accessed 2026-09-10 · attributes first outer wall and Sea Gate to Greenhill c.1657; low
Conflict: White Town about a third of a mile N-S, south face under 200 yards, north curtain 232 yards (Love / 1676 record) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33659)
Conflict: About a quarter of a mile long, less than half as broad (Salmon) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 400 paces by 150 (Hamilton) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.70163)
Conflict: 400 x 100 yards (Wheeler, estimate without a plan) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530043)
Conflict: First outer wall and Sea Gate by Greenhill c.1657 (Sriram) vs Love 'perhaps begun by Chamber and finished by Winter' after Baker's 1653 bastion (https://sriramv.com/2015/05/25/know-fort-st-george-3-the-sea-gate/, https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.33659)

Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane

Type: Vaishnava temple (Divya Desam; 'Brundharanya Kshetram'). Confidence: medium. Medium for the 808 inscription (RJISAC; HRCE gives no date); low on gopuram dates ('over 500 years' for the raja gopuram, not established).
Dates: attested from: A.D. 808 inscription (Dantivarman) per RJISAC; praised by Pey Alvar and Thirumalisai Alvar; restored: 1564 (eras file, Wikipedia lead); compound wall: mid-16th c.; mandapam 32 pillar: mid-19th c.; french garrison: 1672
Depiction: Gopuram dates NOT ESTABLISHED; avoid asserting tier counts; no modern paint or serial lighting in 1915.
Source (official): HR&CE, Parthasarathy Swamy Temple, Triplicane, history accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Francis Xavier V.C., Inscriptions of Chennai Region (RJISAC) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 349-351: French garrison in the temple 1672; I 92, c.342 'ancient temple ... Pallava period'
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Triplicane temple accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (secondary): TN Temples Project, Parthasarathy Perumal Triplicane accessed 2026-09-10

Popham's Broadway

Type: street laid over the old canal/ditch between Muthialpet and Peddanaickenpet. Confidence: high. Sriram and Love.
Dates: laid: 1780s
Depiction: Must not appear before the 1780s; before then a canal/drainage channel ran on this line.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 2 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 159-162

Portuguese (Capuchin) Church of St Andrew

Type: Catholic chapel with attached convent, north/north-west of the Inner Fort. Confidence: high. High for existence and location; low for 'timber shed'; form after the 1675 rebuild not established.
Dates: founded: c.1642-1650 (Father Ephraim de Nevers, certified 1650); rebuilt: 1675; shown imposing: c.1718 (Kirkall print; post-window)
Depiction: Small chapel before 1675; Kirkall's imposing church is c.1718 and must not be backdated.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 47-48: Ephraim arrived Surat 1641, Madras c.1642; certified 1650 as having built a church dedicated to St Andrew
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 120 n.: within 50 yards of the north-west bastion; i. 283 n.; i. c. 400 n. rebuilt 1675; i. 174 convent
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 105: 'a small Chappel the Portugals are admitted to say Mass in'; plan marks 'P. Chappel' NW of the Inner Fort
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 74: 'On the north side of the fort stands the Portuguese church' (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Know your Fort better 14 (Portuguese Square) accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in reality a timber shed'; low

Powder Mill (the Island)

Type: Company powder mill. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: built: 1680s; on pitts map: c.1710 (with Slaughter-house and watch-house)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 475 n.: 'built on the Island, 400 yards west of the White Town'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 92

Presidency College

Type: Chisholm building on the Marina with 1890 dome. Confidence: high. High.
Dates: foundation stone: Oct 1867 (Lord Napier); opened: 1870-03-25 (Duke of Edinburgh); dome added: 1890 (Golden Jubilee)
Depiction: Include the dome in 1915; 1915 colour not established; do not use today's pink.
Source (official): Presidency College, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, The oldest college in the South (vol 26 no 2) accessed 2026-09-10

Rajaji Hall (Banqueting Hall)

Type: banqueting hall by John Goldingham. Confidence: high. High on 1800-02.
Dates: built: 1800-02; assembly met: 1938-39; renamed rajaji hall: GO 1948 (unverified); locked after: 2008; restoration sanctioned: 2023 (Rs 17 crore)
Depiction: 1980: standing, in civic use (lying-in-state venue from the 1960s).
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Rajaji Hall to get Rs 17 crore makeover (2023) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah accessed 2026-09-10 · first Madras Day 2004 public meeting at Rajaji Hall

Ripon Building

Type: Corporation headquarters; neo-classical, 85 m x 32 m, central clock tower with Westminster chimes. Confidence: high. High on dates; medium on tower height (132 or 141 ft; sources differ).
Dates: foundation stone: 1909-12-11 (Lord Minto; conflict: 12 Dec); inaugurated: 1913-11-26 (Viceroy Lord Hardinge); architect: G.S.T. Harris (conflict: G.T.S.), completed by J.R. Coats; contractor P. Loganatha Mudaliar; Rs 7.5 lakh; corporation moved in: 1913; renovation: JNNURM from 2012
Depiction: 1915: pristine and two years old; Cuddapah slate floors; no 2012+ annexes or marble floors; 1915 paint colour not established.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Centenary of a civic landmark accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Ripon Building accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10 · moved to Ripon Buildings 1913
Conflict: Tower 132 ft; foundation 11 Dec 1909; G.S.T. Harris (https://sriramv.com/2013/11/26/centenary-of-a-civic-landmark/)
Conflict: Tower 141 ft; foundation 12 Dec 1909; G.T.S. Harris (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripon_Building)

River Gate and River Battery ('water gate' to the river)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1675 (west-side water gate for boats)
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 536, 384 n.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates c.1702

Round Point / Charles's Point (south-west bastion)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: Feb 1673 (Consultation: 'the round Point towards the Island'); demolished: 1719
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 363 n., 536; ii. 94
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282)

Royapuram railway station

Type: Madras Railway Company terminus (1856); main station of Madras until 1907. Confidence: high. High on dates; medium on 1915 facade detail.
Dates: inaugurated: 1856-06-28 (Lord Harris); first train: 1856-07-01; secondary station: after 1907 (BG; M&SM Railway from 1908); restored reopened: 2005-10-02; hc protection: 2016
Depiction: 1915: 1856 building standing, adjacent classical Madras Railway Company offices (double-storey, Ionic colonnade, roof urns); not derelict, not freshly restored; no electrification (BG electrified late 1970s, not verified here). Office block demolished c. two decades ago.
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, Royapuram accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Centenary of a loved landmark (vol 32 no 15) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Royapuram railway station heritage to be preserved: HC (10 Jul 2016) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., First Line Beach part 1 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Railways and Stations accessed 2026-09-10

Safire theatre complex

Type: three-screen complex (Safire 1,000+ seats, Blue Diamond 150 or 300, Emerald 300). Confidence: high. High on 1964/1994.
Dates: opened: 1964 (Cleopatra, 70 mm); sold to aiadmk: 1994; demolished: year not established
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, An insider's view of the Safire theatre complex (vol 30 no 13) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Safire Theatre complex accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

San Thome Cathedral (St Thomas Cathedral Basilica)

Type: Catholic cathedral over the tomb of St Thomas. Confidence: high. High on 1893-96; low on spire detail (spire count and the '183 ft' figure not established).
Dates: portuguese church: 1522 (Love: foundation assigned to 1522) / 1523 (eras file); demolished: 1893; consecrated: 1 Apr 1896 (Gothic Revival rebuilding); renovations: 1952 and 2004; minor basilica: 1956; national shrine: 2004/2006
Depiction: 1915: neo-Gothic cruciform church about 19 years old, spire 45 m (Wikipedia); no underground tomb chapel/museum (2004-era), no 1952/2004 finishes.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 289-291
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, St Thomas Cathedral Basilica accessed 2026-09-10 · architect Capt J.A. Power, uncited
Source (official): Incredible India, San Thome Basilica accessed 2026-09-10 · 1893-96, 1956, 1986
Source (secondary): MAP Academy via ThePrint, Santhome church accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: National Shrine 2004 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Thomas_Cathedral_Basilica,_Chennai)
Conflict: National Shrine 2006 (https://theprint.in/pageturner/excerpt/santhome-church-chennai-early-christianity-india/2737668/)

San Thome Redoubt

Type: Company redoubt. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: built: 1749-53 (Brohier)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 414-417

Sea Gate ('Water-gate', 'Out-gate')

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer: ordnance each side of the Water-gate and a Half-moon of five guns); flanked by dover and plymouth batteries: by 1687; laterite platform: 1695, washed away 1696; closed by sand loss: 1697
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 282 n., 536, 566-567
Source (archival): Fryer, New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt ed. 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 104-105 (= Love i. 282)

Second Capuchin 'open pandall Chappel' (Muthialpet)

Type: open pandal chapel adjacent to the Portuguese burying place. Confidence: medium. Love.
Dates: ground given: c.1658 (Greenhill)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 174; ii. c. 45: within 1,200 yards of the Inner Fort on Pitt's map

Second lighthouse (Doric column on the Esplanade)

Type: Doric column lighthouse, now in the High Court compound. Confidence: high. Two heritage sources and DGLL.
Dates: built: 1838-40; lit: 1844-01-01; served to: 1894
Depiction: Stood dark in 1915 and after.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Doric column lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The second lighthouse of Madras accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): DGLL, Chennai lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Height 125 ft (https://dgll.nic.in/DGLL-light-house-location/about-chennai/chennai-lighthouse)
Conflict: 135 ft (https://sriramv.com/2013/10/08/the-second-lighthouse-of-madras/)

Senate House, University of Madras

Type: Indo-Saracenic hall with Byzantine elements on the Marina; stained glass, frescoes. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': 1915 exterior colour and tower detail not established.
Dates: competition: 1864; built: April 1874 to 1879 (Robert Chisholm; Sriram: completed 1878); restored: 2006 (INTACH/ASI; reopened Sept 2006)
Depiction: No 2006 restoration finishes.
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Senate House accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Robert Chisholm, the Indo-Saracenic man accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Completed 1879 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Senate_House_(University_of_Madras))
Conflict: 1878 (Sriram); 1869-73 (unopened) (https://sriramv.com/2012/03/09/robert-chisholm-the-indo-saracenic-man/)

Spencer's original building, Mount Road

Type: Indo-Saracenic department store by W.N. Pogson. Confidence: high. High on 1983.
Dates: spencer and co: 1863; department store: 1895; destroyed by fire: 1983; spencer plaza on site: 1991 (phase 2 Jan 1993)
Depiction: 1980: old Pogson building standing and trading; NO Spencer Plaza. Also standing in 1980 and later lost to fire: Victory Building/Whiteway Laidlaw (1984), Moore Market (1985), D'Angelis/Bosotto (1986). Original building date not established.
Source (secondary): The News Minute, Spencer Plaza feature accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Another fire (vol 25 no 16) accessed 2026-09-10 · Spencer's 1983, Victory Building 1984, Moore Market 1985, D'Angelis 1986

St Mary's Church

Type: Anglican church in the White Town; three aisles arched with brick and stone, bomb-proof vaulted roof. Confidence: high. High for Love; medium for Sriram's details.
Dates: subscription: 26 Sept 1677 (38 donors); foundation dug: Lady Day 25 Mar 1678 (Sriram); resolved: 1 Apr 1678 (80 x 56 ft within the walls); dedicated: 28 Oct 1680 (Consultation; registers from that date); tower: end of the 17th century (1690s, Goldsborough per Sriram); spire: beginning of the 18th century (complete on Pitt's map)
Depiction: Standing from 1680 with no tower; tower only at the end of the 17th c.; spire only in the early 18th c. Winter's tiny 1660s chapel inside the Inner Fort preceded it.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 435-437: subscription; P.C. 1 Apr 1678 dimensions; P.C. 28 Oct 1680 dedication 'The Church named St. Marys'; tower and spire; tombstones of gneiss from Pallavaram
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 74: altar-piece, carved gallery, black and white marble floor, large unglazed windows (Salmon, Modern History 1724-39, quoted via Love ii.)
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Know Fort St George 12: the Church of St Mary's accessed 2026-09-10 · walls four feet thick; 86 x 56 ft; tower 1690s
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, St Mary's Church, Chennai accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

St Thomas Gate (south front)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1693 ('the Mote lyeing before St. Thomas Gate')
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 567
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates c.1702

St Thomas Point (south-east bastion)

Type: named work of the Outer Fort / White Town walls. Confidence: high. Period record quoted by Love; position per Love.
Dates: attested: 1670s
Depiction: Position per Love's reconstruction; exact plan geometry before Pitt's survey (c.1705-11) is not established.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 282 n., c. 372 n.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer's five gates c.1702

Standard Motor Products of India, Perungalathur

Type: car and van factory on GST Road east of Tambaram. Confidence: medium. Founding 1946 vs 1948.
Dates: promoted: 1946 (MM) / founded 1948 (Wikipedia); first vanguard: 1951; output 1981 82: ~5,000 vehicles/yr; standard 2000: 1985-88; liquidated: 2005
Depiction: 1980: working factory, mainly Standard 20 vans, Gazel output tailing off; no office park on the site (now Shriram The Gateway).
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Standard Motors: do you remember the Vanguard? (vol 31 no 24) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, SMPIL accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Promoted 1946 (https://madrasmusings.com/vol-31-no-24/standard-motors-do-you-remember-the-vanguard/)
Conflict: Founded 1948 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_Motor_Products_of_India_Limited)

TIDEL Park Pattabiram (Avadi)

Type: IT park. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': TIDEL documents; outside the core city.
Dates: opened: 2024-10-22
Source (secondary): tidelpark.com (TIDEL documents) accessed 2026-09-10

TIDEL Park, Taramani

Type: 15-storey IT park, 12.8 lakh sq ft, on the former MGR Film City land. Confidence: high. PIB and company documents.
Dates: company formed: 1997 (TIDCO-ELCOT JV); foundation: 1998-08-21; inaugurated: 2000-07-04 (PM A.B. Vajpayee)
Source (official): PIB archive, PM's speech at TIDEL Park inauguration (4 Jul 2000) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): tidelpark.com, About us accessed 2026-09-10

TNREAT office complex, Anna Nagar

Type: office complex. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Eras file 'other 2024-26 completions' row.
Dates: opened: Nov 2025
Source (secondary): DT Next, DT Next, Nov 2025 accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file

Third lighthouse (High Court dome)

Type: lantern in the High Court's tallest dome, 190 ft; light 166 ft above MSL; Chance Brothers revolving kerosene light, twin flash per 30 s. Confidence: high. High.
Dates: commissioned: 1894-06-01; petroleum vapour: from 1925; ceased: 1977 (Marina lighthouse 10 Jan 1977)
Depiction: 1915: THE Madras light; kerosene, no electric beam. 1980: dark.
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, The third lighthouse (vol 27 no 14) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): DGLL, Chennai lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai Lighthouse accessed 2026-09-10 · High Court light ceased 1977; DGLL silent

Thiru Vi Ka Bridge (Adyar)

Type: concrete road bridge 312 m x 19 m, four lanes with cycle lanes. Confidence: medium. Wikipedia leads and Madras Musings.
Dates: inaugurated: Oct 1973 (Rs 5.8 million); flood damaged: Nov 1985
Depiction: 1980: seven-year-old bridge with the disused Elphinstone Bridge alongside; no MRTS viaduct across the Adyar (1997+).
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Thiru Vi Ka Bridge accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: The Hindu 2013
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Adyar River accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, A bridge to nowhere (vol 31 no 22) accessed 2026-09-10

Thousand Lights mosque

Type: mosque; old 1810 hall and present five-dome twin-minaret mosque. Confidence: medium. Medium on 1810; low-medium on 1981.
Dates: old mosque: 1810 (Umdat ul-Umara); present mosque built: 1981 (tourism site; low-medium)
Depiction: 1980: the 1810 mosque/hall; do NOT show today's twin-minaret mosque (or under construction, not established).
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Thousand Lights Mosque accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: Muthiah 2008
Source (secondary): chennaitourism.travel, Thousand Lights Mosque accessed 2026-09-10 · present mosque 1981; low

Town Hall (White Town)

Type: lofty building with ornate vaulted roof and cupola with a dragon wind-vane (Pitt's Prospect). Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: built: 1688-1698
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 559
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. 80: Lockyer lists Town Hall, St Mary's, College, New House, Hospital

Town Temple (Chennai Kesava Perumal and Chennai Mallikesvarar twin temples)

Type: twin temples in Peddanaickenpet replacing the Great Pagoda. Confidence: high. Love; secondary dates conflict.
Dates: site granted: 1766; built: SV: 1770s
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 92-93: twin temples built on the 1766 site; 'still exist'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 577: site in Gangaram Street
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · new site in China Bazaar; built by Manali Muthukrishna Mudaliar
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10 · 'built in the 1770s'
Conflict: 1766 site grant (Love) (https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.530013)
Conflict: new temple 1762 at Devaraja Mudali Street; or work began 1767, completed 1780 (Wikipedia/temple sites); 'built in the 1770s' (Sriram) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennakesava_Perumal_Temple, https://sriramv.com/2019/03/13/the-vanished-black-town-a-lost-landmark/)

Triplicane Bridge (to the Island)

Type: bridge. Confidence: high. Love index date.
Dates: built: c.1716
Depiction: Not before c.1716.
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · Triplicane Bridge, II 203
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 618: country mansions south of Triplicane Bridge before 1746

Valluvar Kottam

Type: 39 m temple-chariot monument (V. Ganapati Sthapati) with auditorium 3,500-4,000. Confidence: high. Official page.
Dates: built: 1975-76; inaugurated: 1976-04-15 (President Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed)
Source (official): Chennai District, Valluvar Kottam accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Valluvar Kottam accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: TOI 2018

Vepery Chapel

Type: Armenian-built Catholic chapel, later Danish mission. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: built: 1740s (Coja Petrus Uscan); confiscated: 1749
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 396-397; II 403, 425-426

Victoria Public Hall

Type: two-storey red-brick town hall 48 m x 24 m with 34 m Italianate tower under a Travancore roof. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Medium-high on build; low on exact opening date ('opened 1887' vs built 1888-90).
Dates: foundation stone: 1883-12-17; built: c.1887/88-1890 (Namberumal Chetty to Chisholm's design); named: Jan 1888; restored reopened: 2025-12-24 (Singara Chennai 2.0; Rs 32.62 crore)
Depiction: 1915 and 1980 scenes must not show the 2025 restoration finishes; 2026 may.
Source (official): GCC PDF, Victoria Public Hall accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Victoria Public Hall accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Thatikonda Namberumal Chetty, master builder accessed 2026-09-10 · 1887 contract
Source (secondary): Chennaionline, CM inaugurates restored VPH (24 Dec 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC visitor page, VPH accessed 2026-09-10

Visvesvaraya Tower (Anna Nagar Tower)

Type: 133-135 ft tower, 12 storeys/14 tiers. Confidence: high. High on 1968; height/storeys/builder disputed (133 vs 135 ft; 12 storeys vs 14 tiers; Abdur Rahman vs Yahya Merchant).
Dates: inaugurated: 1968-01-21; closed to climbers: 2011
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Our readers write (vol 33 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Trade Fair of 1968 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Anna Nagar Tower Park accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: 133 ft, 12 storeys, builder Abdur Rahman (https://www.dtnext.in/news/chennai/those-were-the-days-the-international-trade-fair-of-1968)
Conflict: 135 ft, 14 tiers, builder Yahya Merchant (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna_Nagar_Tower_Park)

Wellington Talkies (General Patters Road)

Type: cinema. Confidence: medium. Whether the shell or Wellington Plaza stood in 1980 is NOT established.
Dates: opened: 1918; closed: by the mid-1970s; demolished for wellington plaza: year not established
Depiction: Avoid depicting either state confidently in 1980.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Wellington, the theatre off Mount Road accessed 2026-09-10

Wonderla Chennai, Thiruporur (Chengalpattu district)

Type: amusement park, Rs 611 crore. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Outside the core city.
Dates: opened: Dec 2025
Source (secondary): DT Next, DT Next, Dec 2025 accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file

Types

Cars on Madras roads, c.1980

Type: vehicle type. Confidence: medium. file rating: high on Maruti date; medium on the rest
Dates: hindustan ambassador: 1957-2014 (Mk II 1963-75, Mk III 1975-79, Mk 4 from 1979, diesel 1980), made at Uttarpara, not Madras; premier padmini: Fiat 1100D 1964; 'Padmini' name from c.1973; to 2001; standard herald: 1961 to c.1971 (Madras-built); standard gazel: 1972-79 (six cars in 1980; last 1983); standard 20 van: by 1975; maruti 800: launched 1983-12-14
Depiction: NO Maruti 800 (Dec 1983), NO Standard 2000 (1985), NO Contessa (post-1983, unverified), NO Maruti van or Gypsy. Generic period forms only; no registration plates or brand marks legible.
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Hindustan Ambassador (lead; Bhote 2005, Automobil Revue 1985) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file; outlet homepage used, per builder convention canonical Wikipedia article; file cited by name, lead only, low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Premier Padmini (lead) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file; outlet homepage used, per builder convention canonical Wikipedia article; file cited by name, lead only, low
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Standard (Indian automobile) (lead; Autocar 1982) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL as listed in evidence/raw/eras-1915-1980-2026.md sources canonical Wikipedia article; file cited by name, lead only, low
Source (secondary): Autocar India (Maruti 800 launch) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL as listed in evidence/raw/eras-1915-1980-2026.md sources

Catamaran (kattumaram), lashed-log craft

Type: boat type. Confidence: high. Bowrey eyewitness with drawing; Love's records for the boatmen.
Dates: attested: c.1670s (Bowrey); 1695-96 (catamaran men's houses on the Black Town shore, Love i. 482, 567)
Depiction: Log length illustrative at 5 to 8 m. The v4 boat cutout and its generated mesh represent this type. Patnavar catamaran men lived along the Black Town shore, Mukkuvar boatmen on the spit south of White Town.
Source (archival): Bowrey, Geographical Account of Countries round the Bay of Bengal 1669-1679 (Hakluyt 1905) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 43: 'they Seize 4, 5, or 6 large pieces of boyant timber togeather, and this they call a Cattamaran ... Upon which they can lade 3 or 4 tunns ... very Small Ones ... that will carry but 4, 3, 2, or one man onely'; drawing Plate VIII
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 482, 567: catamaran men's houses from York Point to Mud Point washed away 1696 and rebuilt north of the town

Madras Electric Tramways car

Type: vehicle type. Confidence: high. file rating: high on 1895 and 1953; LOW on the 1915 network map
Dates: horse tram: 1874 (failed by 1886); electric service began: 1895-05-07 (first electric tram system in India); company reconstituted: 1904; route mileage: 13.25 miles in 1905, 26 miles by 1924; 1915 figure between, exact 1915 line list not established; closed: 1953-04-12 (FIBIS) / 1953-04-21 (unopened source)
Depiction: Do not use the 1921-24 extent or 1940s route memories as a 1915 map. Washermanpet line not established. Speed conflict 7 km/h vs 20 mph. Track and overhead along the named routes only, marked provisional.
Source (scholarly): FIBIS, Madras Tramways (citing Lalvani 2016) accessed 2026-09-10 · FIBIS Madras Tramways page as cited in file
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings vol 27 no 21 and vol 30 no 2 accessed 2026-09-10 · URL as listed in evidence/raw/eras-1915-1980-2026.md sources
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Madras Tramways (lead only) accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low
Conflict: Closed 12 April 1953 (FIBIS) (https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Madras_Tramways)
Conflict: Closed 21 April 1953 (unopened source) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Tramways)

Masula (mussoola) surf boat

Type: boat type. Confidence: high. Three independent period eyewitnesses; dimensions in feet not established.
Dates: attested: 1673 (Fryer); c.1670s (Bowrey); c.1702 (Lockyer); in company service: 17 boats by 1675; 14 dashed to pieces 1684; five blown away 1695
Depiction: Dimensions illustrative at 8 to 10 m. No metal fittings. Beached above the surf; the only craft that lands through the Madras surf. Eras c.1630 to c.1700 and 1915 (still in use per eras file row 22).
Source (archival): Fryer, A New Account of East India and Persia (Hakluyt 1909) vol. I accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 103, quoted Love i. 282: 'a Boat wherein ten Men paddle ... the bended Planks are sowed together with Rope-yarn of the Cocoe, and calked with Dammar'
Source (archival): Bowrey, Geographical Account of Countries round the Bay of Bengal 1669-1679 (Hakluyt 1905) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 43 and Plate VIII drawing: 'They are called Massoolas ... not exceedinge 6 or 8 [bales] at one time'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · Lockyer quoted ii. 80 area / Bowrey ed. p. 43 n.: 'sow'd together with Coyr-twine'; numbers: O.C. 4044 (1675), Love i. 479 (1684), i. 482 (1695)

Pallavan Transport Corporation bus

Type: vehicle type. Confidence: high. file rating: high on 1972 formation and 2001 MTC; low on livery; not established on chassis
Dates: ptc formed: 1972-01-01 (from Madras State Transport Department city services, nationalised 1947); fleet 1972: 1,029 buses, 8 depots, 176 routes; fleet 1994: 2,332 by 1 Jan 1994; split 19 Jan 1994; mtc amalgamation: 2001-01-10 (Metropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai) Ltd); double deckers: introduced 1970s, withdrawn 1980s, back 1997-2008 (route 18A)
Depiction: No 'MTC' branding, no 1997-2008 double-decker livery, no low-floor, AC or electric buses, no 'Chennai Ula' retro buses. Livery low confidence.
Source (official): MTC official about page accessed 2026-09-10 · URL as listed in evidence/raw/eras-1915-1980-2026.md sources
Source (secondary): DT Next, 2 Aug 2026 (double-deckers) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL as listed in evidence/raw/eras-1915-1980-2026.md sources
Source (secondary): memoir blog 2008 and WagenClub Jan 2026 (as cited in file) accessed 2026-09-10 · URL not given in file; outlet homepage used, per builder convention

Events

1968 renaming Act repealed as spent

Type: Two-Member Constituencies (Abolition) and Other Laws Repeal Act, 2001 (Act 47 of 2001); name change unaffected. Confidence: medium. LegitQuest header only.
Dates: date: 2001-09-14
Source (secondary): LegitQuest header accessed 2026-09-10

Andhra Pradesh and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act, 1959 (Act 56 of 1959)

Type: Tiruttani taluk and parts of Pallipattu to Madras; Sathyavedu-area villages to Andhra Pradesh; assent 24 Dec 1959; appointed day by S.O. 2863 of 29 Dec 1959. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Footnoted commencement notification quoted on Indian Kanoon.
Dates: date: 1960-04-01
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, AP and Madras (Alteration of Boundaries) Act 1959 accessed 2026-09-10 · statutory text mirror
Source (official): India Code handle 1409 accessed 2026-09-10 · 502 on access date

Andhra State Act, 1953 (Act 30 of 1953): Andhra separated

Type: s. 3(1): eleven districts and three Bellary taluks cease to form part of Madras; rest of Bellary to Mysore; assent 14 Sept 1953. Confidence: high. Statutory text quoted; medium on link stability.
Dates: date: 1953-10-01
Source (secondary): Andhra State Act 1953 (CaseMine) accessed 2026-09-10 · India Code 502
Source (official): India Code, Andhra State Act 1953 accessed 2026-09-10 · returned 502 on 2026-09-10

Battle of the Adyar (San Thome)

Type: Paradis's detachment fords the Adyar under artillery fire and routs the Nawab's army; French hold Madras 1746-49. Confidence: high. Love quotes a contemporary diary.
Dates: date: 1746-10-24 (O.S.)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 356, 374

Building of the Factory House / fort begun

Type: start of construction; first cyclone 12 Mar 1640. Confidence: high. Love and GCC.
Dates: date: 1640-03-01; first cyclone: 1640-03-12
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The building of the Factory House was taken up on March 1st, 1640'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 26: 'the date reported by Cogan as that from which expenditure on the structure was first incurred'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 30 cyclone

CMA expanded from 1,189 to 5,904 sq km

Type: G.O.Ms. No. 184, Housing and Urban Development Department, 21.10.2022; CM approval 13/14 Oct 2022; 1,225 villages in 15 taluks. Confidence: high. High for G.O. number, date, areas and counts; a further confirmatory order may have been needed (DT Next Jan 2023).
Dates: cm approval: 2022-10-13/14; date: 2022-10-21
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA home accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, CMA expanded (21 Oct 2022) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Merger to take time (27 Jan 2023) accessed 2026-09-10

Charter Act 1793 (good order and government of Calcutta, Madras and Bombay)

Type: Parliament: Justices of the Peace, scavengers, assessment of houses; GCC dates it 1792 and says it gave the Corporation power to levy municipal taxes. Confidence: medium. GCC gives 1792; section numbers not established; long title rests on Wikipedia.
Dates: date: 1793-06-11 (Royal Assent)
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Charter Act 1793 accessed 2026-09-10 · long title; primary text not read
Source (official): GCC Brief Note accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Parliamentary Act of 1792'

Charter constituting the Corporation of Madras

Type: Charter of the Governor and Company of Merchants trading into the East Indies, issued under its own charters of 1661, 1683 and 1686 with the sanction of the King in Council; Higginson first Mayor; twelve Aldermen. Confidence: high. High for the date and text.
Dates: date: 1687-12-30
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 497-499, lines 34362-34445
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10
Conflict: Company charter sanctioned by the King in Council (Love; GCC) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/Inauguration-of-the-Corporation)
Conflict: 'royal charter of James II' (common); '30 July 1687' (IJCRT paper, unsupported); '1607' (GCC Brief Note typo) (https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/greater-chennai-corporation/brief-note-about-GCC)

Chennai City Municipal Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 (TN Act 1 of 2011): 200 wards

Type: Ordinance 8 of 2010 promulgated 20 Dec 2010, replaced by the Amendment Act; Statement of Objects: 42 local bodies, 200 wards. Confidence: high. Act and purpose.
Dates: ordinance: 2010-12-20; date: 2011
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, Statement of Objects and Reasons accessed 2026-09-10 · statutory text mirror

Chief Minister announces Madras will be known as Chennai

Type: announcement in the Assembly budget address: 'Madras will henceforth be known by its old name of Chennai'. Confidence: high. High for the date and speaker; Government Order number not established.
Dates: date: 1996-07-17
Source (secondary): UPI, 17 July 1996 accessed 2026-09-10 · 403; snippet
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Nineteen years after a name change accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, 18 July 2016 accessed 2026-09-10

Child's general letter setting out the Corporation scheme

Type: East India Company general letter to Fort St George: Mayor, Aldermen, Burgesses, Recorder, Town Clerk; petty cases; rates for schools, town hall, jail. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official page; consistent with Love's account.
Dates: date: 1687-09-28
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10

Chingleput Jagir ceded to the Company

Type: cession by Nawab Muhammad Ali. Confidence: high. NIC and Love.
Dates: date: 1763-10-16
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1763, the English got the district of Chengalpattu known as Chennai Jagir'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · Jaghire notes

City limits fixed at 174 sq km

Type: instrument not stated. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official; press and Wikipedia usually say 176 sq km.
Dates: date: 1978
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10 · 'boundaries of Chennai city with an extent of 174 sq.km. were fixed in 1978'

City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act, 1996 (TN Act 28 of 1996)

Type: 'An Act to alter the name of the City of Madras'; s. 1(2) commencement by notification; s. 3 substitutes 'Chennai' for 'Madras' in every law in force in the State; Bill's Statement of Objects published 28 Aug 1996. Confidence: high. High for text and assent date; commencement notification not established; the Act renames the city in laws and contains no free-standing renaming clause.
Dates: bill published: 1996-08-28; date: 1996-09-05 (Governor's assent); commencement: not established
Source (scholarly): City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act 1996 (PRS copy of Gazette text) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 (CAG text) accessed 2026-09-10

Cogan and Day arrive in the Madraspatam roads

Type: landing of the Company party. Confidence: high. Love and GCC agree.
Dates: date: 1640-02-20
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · line 5334
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'reached Madraspatnam on the 20th of February'

Constitution of India: Province of Madras becomes the Part A State of Madras

Type: Art. 1 and First Schedule Part A item 5. Confidence: high. Constitutional text.
Dates: date: 1950-01-26
Source (official): Constitution of India (original), First Schedule (Wikisource facsimile) accessed 2026-09-10

Corporation council elections after a five-year gap; Mayor Priya Rajan sworn

Type: local body elections. Confidence: low. Wikipedia only in this pass.
Dates: date: 2022-02-19; mayor sworn: 2022-03-04
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2022 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · Deccan Herald 403; low

Corporation elections after 23 years; Council re-formed; 15 wards committees notified

Type: TN Government Gazette Part II s. 2, 15 Oct 1996 (MA&WS Notification No. II(2)/MW/2096(I-1)/96). Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official pages.
Dates: date: 1996-10; wards committees notified: 1996-10-15
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): 2011 wards-committee G.O. reciting the 1996 notification accessed 2026-09-10

Corporation inaugurated at the Fort Hall

Type: charter read; oaths administered by President Yale to Mayor, Recorder, Aldermen, Burgesses; Mayor to be elected annually on 29 September. Confidence: high. Love and GCC.
Dates: date: 1688-09-29
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 503, lines 34535-34545
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10

Corporation of Chennai renamed 'Greater Chennai Corporation'

Type: G.O.(Ms) No. 152 dated 26.10.2015 (department not stated; context MA&WS). Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official page; G.O. not read; commonly misdated to 2011.
Dates: date: 2015-10-26
Source (official): GCC, About Council accessed 2026-09-10

Corporation reorganised

Type: Charter of 1726 implemented at Madras: Mayor and nine Aldermen (seven British), Court of Record trying civil cases, Sheriff. Confidence: medium. Official page; charter not read directly.
Dates: date: July 1727
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10

Declaration of intention to expand the Chennai Metropolitan Planning Area

Type: G.O.Ms. No. 13, Housing and Urban Development Department, 22.01.2018 (published 31 Jan 2018); initial proposal 8,878 sq km; objections invited. Confidence: high. High for the G.O.; medium for the 8,878 figure.
Dates: date: 2018-01-22
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, 6 Feb 2018 accessed 2026-09-10

Delimitation of the expanded city into 200 divisions and 15 zones

Type: G.O.(Ms) No. 97 MA&WS (Election) 19.07.2011; G.O.(Ms) No. 121 30.08.2011; G.O.(Ms) No. 136 12.09.2011 (TN Gazette Extraordinary 12 Sept 2011), superseding the 1996 notification. Confidence: high. G.O.s and the 200/15 figures; prior count of 10 zones rests on Wikipedia.
Dates: date: 2011-07-19 / 2011-08-30 / 2011-09-12
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): wards-committee G.O. PDF accessed 2026-09-10

Elected Council of the Corporation ceases; Special Officer appointed

Type: Government of Tamil Nadu order (number not given). Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official page.
Dates: date: 1973-12-01
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10 · 'ceased to function under elected body with effect from 01.12.1973'

Emden bombardment of Madras

Type: naval bombardment by SMS Emden. Confidence: medium. Figures conflict: oil lost 346,000 vs 425,000 vs 1.5 million gallons; killed 5 vs 3; steamer sunk vs damaged.
Dates: date: 1914-09-22
Depiction: A 1915 scene may show repaired or scarred oil tanks and a repaired High Court east wall; shells fell as far as Poonamallee High Road, Choolai, Casa Major Road and Nungambakkam. Do not show the modern Emden plaque at High Court gate 1.
Source (secondary): historyofwar.org, Raid on Madras accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, War memories from the Madras Christian College Magazine accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Bar & Bench, Emden and the High Court wall accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Bombardment of Madras accessed 2026-09-10 · lead: Keegan 2004
Conflict: Oil lost 346,000 gallons; 5 killed (https://www.historyofwar.org/articles/raid_madras.html)
Conflict: 425,000 or 1.5 million gallons; 3 killed; steamer sunk vs damaged (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombardment_of_Madras)

Expanded Chennai district unveiled (426 sq km, coterminous with GCC)

Type: Revenue Department G.O. (number and date not established); 122 revenue villages; 16 taluks; three revenue divisions (North Chennai HQ Tondiarpet, Central HQ Ambattur, South HQ Guindy); six taluks added. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Press; G.O. not established; Jan vs Aug 2018 conflict on the district node.
Dates: date: 2018-01-04; revenue administration transfer: 2018-08-16
Source (secondary): DT Next, Expanded Chennai gets one more Revenue division accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Hans India, 4 Sept 2018 accessed 2026-09-10

Expanded Corporation goes live with its first 200-member council (426 sq km)

Type: local body elections 17 and 19 Oct 2011; Mayor sworn 25 Oct 2011; exact legal effective date of the merger not established. Confidence: high. High for 'October 2011' and 426 sq km; low for any specific day.
Dates: date: 2011-10 (elections 17 and 19 Oct; Mayor sworn 25 Oct 2011)
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2011 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

First Master Plan approved

Type: G.O.Ms. No. 2395, RD&LA Department. Confidence: high. G.O. quoted.
Dates: date: 1976-12-04
Source (official): CMDA, Master Plan accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. I (2008) accessed 2026-09-10

Five villages recovered under Farrukhsiyar's farman

Type: Emperor's farman proclaimed 24 July 1717; Nawab Sa'adatullah Khan refused; President took possession of Trivatore and two villages 23 Sept, Horden the other two 24 Sept; Lieut. Roach expelled Daya Ram's force from Trivatore 18-19 Oct 1717. Confidence: high. Love quotes the Consultations.
Dates: farman proclaimed: 1717-07-24; date: 1717-09-23/24; trivatore fight: 1717-10-18/19
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155

Five villages resumed by the native government

Type: resumption of possession. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: date: 1711
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152

Fort St George raised again to a Presidency (permanently)

Type: East India Company general letter to Fort St George, 21 Dec 1683; Gyfford appointed President and Governor after Hedges' dismissal. Confidence: high. High for authority and year; exact day not established (Wikipedia 26 Jan 1685, low).
Dates: date: 1683-12-21 (Company letter) / 1684 (in force at Madras)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 459, lines 31930-31935, 31982
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · Consultation 10 July 1684
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Fox-Croft first given the title Governor

Fort St George raised to a Presidency

Type: Court of Committees decision 1652 (Baker's commission); Bantam letter O.C. No. 2284 of 25 Sept 1652. Confidence: high. Love from Company records; many secondary sources say 1653.
Dates: date: 1652-09-01 (Baker arrives as President); wheeler date: 1653
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · lines 2774, 10365-10368, 10574-10577, 10629-10636
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. II: 1653
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1652 Fort St.George was created a Presidency'
Conflict: 1652 (Love; GCC) (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/)
Conflict: 1653 (Wheeler; Wikipedia's Bantam article) (https://archive.org/details/madrasinoldenti01wheegoog)

Fort St George reduced to an Agency subordinate to Surat

Type: Company retrenchment orders carried by commissioners William Curtis and John Chambers; Consultation at Verasheroone O.C. 2502 (16 Oct 1655); O.C. 2515 (27 Dec 1655). Confidence: high. High that the reduction happened under the 1655 scheme; the precise effective day is not stated as a single instrument.
Dates: date: 1655 (commissioners at Madras 1655-09-17; orders executed Sept-Oct 1655); restored: c.1658 (GCC: 'three years later')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 160-161, lines 13562-13650
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

French occupation of Madras

Type: Madras taken by the French 1746; southern Old Black Town demolished for a glacis; seat of the Presidency lost; restored under the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle. Confidence: medium. Official sites and Love; units file gives medium (no instrument cited) for the seat-of-Presidency restoration 1749/1753.
Dates: date: 1746 to 1749; restored: 1749-08-21 (Love II 394)
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · demolished the Indian houses of Old Black Town adjoining the north wall
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Restored to English 1749'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 394
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Vanished Black Town accessed 2026-09-10 · half the Black Town and the Company's Garden House demolished

French occupation of San Thome

Type: de la Haye anchored 10 July 1672; two sieges; French garrison in the Triplicane temple; capitulation to the Dutch Sept 1674. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: date: 1672-07-10 to 1674-09
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 316-334; I 349-351; I 330-331
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks: the San Thome Fort accessed 2026-09-10

GCC administrative zones increased from 15 to 20

Type: MA&WS Department announcement; G.O. number not established. Confidence: medium. Press only; no instrument located.
Dates: date: 2025-03 (announced c. 1 Mar; map finalised 14 Mar 2025)
Source (secondary): DT Next, Chennai Corporation gets new map (14 Mar 2025) accessed 2026-09-10

Golconda farman recognising Triplicane as British

Type: farman of the King of Golconda confirming Neknam Khan's cowle of 1672 and recognising Triplicane. Confidence: high. Love quotes the record.
Dates: date: 1676
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 352

Government decides to expand the Corporation from 174 to 426 sq km

Type: G.O.(Ms) No. 256, MA&WS (Election2) Department, 26.12.2009 (9 Municipalities, 8 Town Panchayats, 25 Village Panchayats); followed by G.O.(Ms) No. 280 of 09.11.2010. Confidence: high. Official pages quote the G.O. numbers.
Dates: date: 2009-12-26
Source (official): GCC, Roads department accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, About Council accessed 2026-09-10

Government of India Act 1935: Madras a Governor's Province

Type: s. 46; provincial autonomy from 1 April 1937 by the Provincial Orders. Confidence: high. Act text (snippet) and Hansard.
Dates: royal assent: 1935-08-02; date: 1937-04-01
Source (official): Government of India Act 1935, Part III accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Hansard, 12 June 1936 accessed 2026-09-10

Government of India acknowledges the 1996 renaming in Parliament

Type: Rajya Sabha Unstarred Question No. 600 'Change of name of High Court in Tamil Nadu', answered by the MoS Law and Justice: 'With the enactment of the city of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act, 1996, the city of Madras was renamed as Chennai'. Confidence: high. Confirmed Rajya Sabha, Unstarred, No. 600, 7 Dec 2023.
Dates: date: 2023-12-07
Source (official): DoJ, Rajya Sabha Replies Winter Session 2023, pp. 47-49 accessed 2026-09-10

Grant of Egmore, Purasawalkam and Tondiarpet

Type: perwanna of Vizier Asad Khan granting the three villages rent free as a gratuity (requested 19 Apr 1692); GCC/Sriram credit Zulfikar Khan and Yale. Confidence: high. High for the request and grant dates; grantor name conflict recorded on the Egmore node.
Dates: requested: 1692-04-19; date: 1693-02-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 517-518 (P.C. 19 Apr 1692); I 593 n.4
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10 · 'In 1693, a perwanna was received from the local Nawab'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Grant of Madraspatam to the English (the founding grant)

Type: Nayak's grant ('firman'/cowle) to Francis Day permitting trade and fortification; India Office O.C. No. 1690, English copy endorsed by Cogan. Confidence: high. High that the grant exists and that the only dated copy reads 22 July 1639; the 22 August date is Love's inference, not a document date.
Dates: date: 1639-07-22 (document) / 1639-08-22 (Love's emendation); day reached madras: 1639-07-27
Depiction: Visuals say '1639' without a day (pending coordinator decision; the Madras Day poster in ignore-extras says 22 AUGUST).
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 17, lines 4578-4584, 4654: 'Only the last bears a date, 22nd July, 1639, where July is probably a slip for August, since Day did not reach Madras until the 27th July'; 'Dated the 22th July, 1639.'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Does it matter if Madras Day is July or August 22? accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The Grant is dated August 1639'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 14-17
Conflict: 22 July 1639: all three surviving copies (1690, 1695, 1751) and Day's covering letter of 27 July (Sriram 2023) (https://sriramv.com/2023/08/30/does-it-matter-if-madras-day-is-july-or-august-22/, https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt)
Conflict: 22 August 1639: Love's emendation, followed by Madras Day and GCC (https://archive.org/stream/VestigesOfOldMadras1/Vestiges%20of%20Old%20Madras%201_djvu.txt, https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/gcc/about-GCC/about-chennai/origin-and-growth/, https://themadrasday.in/)

Grant of the five villages ('Five New Towns')

Type: two perwannas from Nawab Da'ud Khan (then at San Thome) for Trivatore, Nungumbaukum, Vasalavada, Catawauk and Satangadu, valued at 1,500 pagodas p.a.; leased to Collaway Chetty and Venkata Chetty for twelve years at Pags. 1,200. Confidence: high. Love quotes the Consultations.
Dates: date: 1708-09 (P.C. 28 Sept 1708)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21-22 (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); II 289
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Five New Towns', Mughal firman 1708

High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill, 2016 and TN Assembly resolution

Type: GoI Bill to rename the 'High Court of Madras' the 'High Court of Chennai' (lapsed with the 16th Lok Sabha); Assembly resolution Aug 2016 asked for 'High Court of Tamil Nadu'. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': PRS and press.
Dates: date: 2016-07-19; assembly resolution: 2016-08
Source (scholarly): PRS, High Courts (Alteration of Names) Bill 2016 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Deccan Herald, Aug 2016 accessed 2026-09-10

Hyder Ali's raids on Madras

Type: raids of 1767 and 1769 prompting permanent New Black Town walls; 1780 raid. Confidence: high. GCC and Love.
Dates: date: 1767, 1769, 1780
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 603-608
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III ~451

Indian Independence Act 1947: Madras continues as a Province of the Dominion

Type: s. 1, appointed day 15 August 1947. Confidence: medium. Section text could not be read off legislation.gov.uk (page shell only).
Dates: date: 1947-08-15
Source (official): Indian Independence Act 1947 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10

Indian International Trade and Industries Fair at Naduvankarai ('World Trade Fair')

Type: fair whose site became Anna Nagar; tower inaugurated 21 Jan 1968. Confidence: high. High on 1968.
Dates: date: 1968; tower: 1968-01-21
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Our readers write (vol 33 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, The International Trade Fair of 1968 accessed 2026-09-10

Kathivakkam first granted; Vepery grant sought

Type: Council resolves to seek a grant of Vepery 'which lyes intermixt in the middle of our new Towns'; Catawauk first granted. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: date: 1695
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 580; I 580 n.6

Kolathur taluk carved from Ayanavaram

Type: Revenue Department order (not read); district now 3 divisions, 17 taluks, 49 firkas, 144 villages. Confidence: medium. Official page header and table; order not read.
Dates: date: 2024-08
Source (official): Chennai District, Revenue Administration accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Chennai district accessed 2026-09-10 · Times of India 29 Aug 2024 via Wikipedia

Lally's siege of Madras

Type: French siege; Chepauk burnt; Old Black Town abandoned and Chennakesava temple demolished. Confidence: high. Love and GCC.
Dates: date: 1758-12 to 1759-02
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 550
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Limits of Madras fixed

Type: boundary resolution: southern bank of the St Thome (Adyar) river; Long Tank; Nungambakkam tank; Chetpet on the Poonamally river; Kilpauk; Perambur; the whole of Tondiarpet to the sea; no lands south of the Adyar. Confidence: high. Love quotes the resolution.
Dates: date: 1798
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 531-532
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 2 accessed 2026-09-10 · limits Adyar, Chetpet, Kilpauk, Perambur, Royapuram

MMDA becomes a statutory body

Type: Tamil Nadu Town and Country Planning (Amendment) Act, 1974 (TN Act 22 of 1974), ss. 9-A to 9-C; planning passes from the Corporation to MMDA. Confidence: high. High for 1974 and the Act; 'August' rests on GCC only.
Dates: date: 1974 (GCC: August 1974)
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. I (2008) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Council brief accessed 2026-09-10

Madras City Municipal Act, 1919 (TN Act IV of 1919)

Type: consolidating statute, still the governing law; retitled by TN Act 56 of 1961 ('Corporation') and TN Act 28 of 1996 ('Chennai'). Confidence: high. Statutory text.
Dates: governor assent: 1919-03-26; governor general assent: 1919-06-02; published: 1919-06-24 (Fort St George Gazette)
Source (official): Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act 1919 (CAG text) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC Brief Note accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Day (annual civic commemoration, 22 August)

Type: civic commemoration of the 1639 grant. Confidence: high. High that 22 August is the observed date and for the 2004 origin; the underlying document date is contested (22 July on all surviving copies); 1939/1989 low (Wikipedia only).
Dates: reference date: 1639-08-22 (follows Love's emendation of the 22 July document date); tercentenary: 1939 (low); 350th: 1989 ('Madras 350' monument; low); idea: 2004 (Vincent D'Souza, Sashi Nair, S. Muthiah); first observed: 2004-08-22 (heritage walk at Fort St George led by Dr S. Suresh; Rajaji Hall); grew: 2005 onward (week, then month); 2007 commemorative postal cover; date dispute published: 2023-08-30 (Sriram V.)
Source (secondary): The Madras Day official site accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The founding day of Madras is considered to be August 22, 1639'
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah (Vol. XXIX No. 3, May 2019) accessed 2026-09-10 · D'Souza's first-hand tribute; first Madras Day 2004
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 17
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Does it matter if Madras Day is July or August 22? (2023) accessed 2026-09-10 · all three surviving copies read 22 July 1639; Day's covering letter 27 July
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Madras Day accessed 2026-09-10 · 1939, 1989, postal cover; low

Madras Legislature resolution recommending the name Tamil Nadu

Type: Government resolution adopted by Assembly and Council (DMK Government, C. N. Annadurai); forwarded to the Centre Sept 1967. Confidence: medium. Press and a bare-act site; no Assembly record fetched.
Dates: date: 1967-07-18
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, 14 Jan 2018 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Lawsisto bare act note accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Metropolitan Area (1,189 sq km) notified; draft First Master Plan published

Type: notification under the TN T&CP Act 1971; Government consent G.O.Ms No. 1313 RD&LA 1.8.1975; draft plan gazetted 5.08.75. Confidence: high. SMP text; notification number/date for the 1,189 sq km CMA not established; CMDA X post/Wikipedia say 1974.
Dates: date: 1975; draft plan notified: 1975-08-05
Source (official): CMDA Second Master Plan Vol. I (2008) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA, Master Plan accessed 2026-09-10

Madras Metropolitan Development Authority set up as an ad hoc body

Type: G.O. No. 2380, Rural Development and Local Administration Department: 'Madras Metropolitan Plan, 1971-1991 - Setting up Madras Metropolitan Development Authority'. Confidence: high. G.O. quoted; SMP says 1973 (minor conflict).
Dates: date: 1972-11-13
Source (official): CMDA, Government Orders accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): CMDA, About accessed 2026-09-10

Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (Act 53 of 1968)

Type: s. 3 'the State of Madras shall be known as the State of Tamil Nadu'; amends Art. 290A and the First Schedule; in force on the appointed day. Confidence: high. High for the Act, number, assent and appointed day; S.O. number and dates of passage not established.
Dates: assent: 1968-12-20; date: 1969-01-14 (appointed day; Gazette of India 30-12-1968 Pt II s. 3(ii)); repealed as spent: 2001-09-14 (Act 47 of 2001)
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act 1968 accessed 2026-09-10 · statutory text mirror
Source (secondary): LegitQuest accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Lawsisto accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, From Madras to Tamil Nadu: a forgotten re-naming accessed 2026-09-10

Mylapore and San Thome delivered to the English in the Nawab's name

Type: Floyer's letter 21 Sept 1749; Nawab Muhammad Ali's firman dated 1 Zeacada 1162 = 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; Boscawen hoists English colours 11 Oct 1749. Confidence: high. Love's dated documents; SV 'in 1750' and web '21 Oct 1749' recorded as conflicts on the place nodes.
Dates: firman: 1749-10-02 (O.S.); date: 1749-10-11
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 291 n.6; II 398-399
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Neknam Khan's cowle and the Triplicane lease

Type: Golconda cowle fixing the Town Rent at Pags. 1,200 and distinguishing Madraspatam from 'the Fort and Town of Chinapatam'; Triplicane leased at Pags. 50 following Langhorn's application of 13 Apr 1672. Confidence: high. Love quotes the records.
Dates: date: 1672; application: 1672-04-13; lease: July 1672 (Musa Khan)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82-83; I 339-352; I 352 n.5
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'in 1672 that Triplicane was definitely given over to the English for an annual rent of fifty pagodas'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 339-343

Order merging Vanagaram and Adayalampattu with GCC (426 to 442 sq km; 200 to 300 wards)

Type: MA&WS Department order dated 31 Dec 2024 (number not given); to take effect with the next council in February 2027. Confidence: medium. Medium for the decision; low for 442 sq km and the Feb 2027 date (single press sources); G.O. number not established.
Dates: date: 2024-12-31 (order) / 2025-01-02 (reported)
Source (secondary): DT Next, TN govt issues order (2 Jan 2025) accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Live Chennai, 3 Oct 2025 accessed 2026-09-10

Order to move the boatmen's village north from the south beach

Type: on the Chief Engineer's advice. Confidence: high. Love.
Dates: date: 1780
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 208

Poonamallee granted to the Company

Type: grant by Muhammad Ali; 'certainly anterior to Clive's defence of Arcot'. Confidence: high. Love, with 'appears'; Wikipedia (Crole/Hunter) says 1749.
Dates: date: 1750 (Love: 'appears to have been made in 1750')
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II ~436

Rented villages taken into direct Company management

Type: the Company keeps the villages 'in their own hands'; all rented villages made over by grant by 1720 (Sriram). Confidence: high. Love, GCC and Sriram agree.
Dates: date: 1720
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 194
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'directly taken over by Government in 1720'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Madras grew part 1 accessed 2026-09-10

San Thome taken by Golconda

Type: siege by Mir Jumla's forces with Dutch blockade; capitulation; most Portuguese took refuge in Madras. Confidence: high. Love, GCC and Shngreiyo.
Dates: date: May 1662
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'fell into the hands of the Sultan of Golconda in 1662'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. XXVI
Source (scholarly): Shngreiyo (2016) accessed 2026-09-10 · capitulation May 1662

Second Master Plan approved

Type: G.O.Ms. No. 190, H&UD, 2.9.2008. Confidence: high. G.O. quoted.
Dates: date: 2008-09-02
Source (official): CMDA, Master Plan accessed 2026-09-10

Sri Ranga's cowle confirming the grant

Type: cowle of the Rajah of Vijayanagar adding Narimedu and naming the new town 'Zera Renga Rayapatam, my towne'; distinguishes it from 'the Village of Madrasapatam'. Confidence: high. Love quotes the grant.
Dates: date: Oct-Nov 1645
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 68-71; I 82-83
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Srirangarayapatnam, My Town'

States Reorganisation Act, 1956 (Act 37 of 1956)

Type: Kanyakumari taluks and Shencottah added (s. 4); Malabar and Kasaragod to Kerala (s. 5); Laccadives to a UT (s. 6); rest of South Kanara to Mysore. Confidence: high. Statutory text.
Dates: date: 1956-11-01
Source (secondary): Indian Kanoon, States Reorganisation Act 1956 accessed 2026-09-10 · statutory text mirror
Source (secondary): CommonLII, SRA 1956 accessed 2026-09-10

Sunnud granting Ernavore, Sadayankuppam, Vepery, Perambur and Pudupakkam with the right of coining

Type: sunnud of the young Nawab of Arcot (after Safdar Ali's murder 5 Oct 1742), obtained by Governor Benyon's vakil; excepts the Metta custom-house ground. Confidence: high. High for 4 Nov 1742; Periamet inclusion disputed (see place nodes).
Dates: date: 1742-11-04 (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10

Persons

A. B. Vajpayee

Type: Prime Minister; inaugurated TIDEL Park. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 2000-07-04
Source (official): PIB archive, PM's speech 4 Jul 2000 accessed 2026-09-10

Aaron Baker

Type: first President of Fort St George (thrice President at Bantam); built 'a Bastion close to the Sea' 1653. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: arrived as president: 1652-09-01; sea bastion: 1653
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · lines 10577, 10633
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 305 (Hague records)

Adiappa Narayan (Bemala Audiappa Narayana)

Type: Benyon's dubash; mainly instrumental in establishing Chintadripet; spent Pags. 18,000 on its temple; owner of Kathivakkam. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: chintadripet: 1734-36; died: 1743
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 502-504
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Admiral Edward Boscawen

Type: hoisted English colours at San Thome 11 Oct 1749. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: colours: 1749-10-11
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 398-399

Aiyappa (Ayyappa) Nayak of Poonamallee

Type: brother of Damarla Venkatadri; conducted affairs on the coast; wrote to Day at Armagon 1639 wishing to found a town in his father's name. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: letter to day: 1639
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 14; I 83 (Chamber's c.1660 Relation)
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · Ayyappa Nayak resided at Poonamallee

Andrew Cogan

Type: East India Company Agent; endorsed the English copy of the grant; charged for fort expenditure 1 Mar 1640 to 30 Jun 1643. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: arrival: 1640-02-20; styled agent: 1640
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 17, lines 4578-4584, 4654: the Nayak's grant to Day; 'firman granted Mr. Day ... by the Nague Damela Vintiitedya'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The Grant is dated August 1639'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · line 6558: Cogan styled 'Agent'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ch. on the Mint, c. p.180: charge against Cogan for sums spent on the Fort

Arjun Ram Meghwal

Type: MoS Law and Justice (Independent Charge); answered Rajya Sabha Unstarred Q. 600, 7 Dec 2023. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: answer: 2023-12-07
Source (official): DoJ, Rajya Sabha Replies Winter Session 2023, Q. 600 accessed 2026-09-10

Asad Khan

Type: Mughal Vizier; perwanna of 10 Feb 1693 granting Egmore, Pursewaukum and Tandore. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1693-02-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 593 n.4
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289
Source (secondary): DT Next, Purasawalkam column accessed 2026-09-10

Benjamin Robins

Type: engineer; 1750 proposals to fortify Muthialpet and Peddanaickenpet as Black Town. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: proposals: 1750-51
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 410

Beri Timmappa (Timmana)

Type: dubash; endowed the Chenna Kesava Perumal temple 1648; family tradition of the 'Madarasen' etymology. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: endowment: 1648
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 284 n.: Fryer's 'Pagod' = 'the temple built by Timmanna'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 86-87

C. N. Annadurai (Anna)

Type: Chief Minister; Government resolution to rename Madras State 18 July 1967; Cooum Improvement Scheme 19 Sep 1967; 1968 tower inauguration; died 3 Feb 1969. Confidence: medium. Press and Sriram; no Assembly record fetched for 1967.
Dates: resolution: 1967-07-18; cooum scheme: 1967-09-19; tower: 1968-01-21; died: 1969-02-03
Source (secondary): Deccan Chronicle, 14 Jan 2018 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Karunanidhi's boating jetties accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Trade Fair of 1968 accessed 2026-09-10

C.Ve. Shanmugam

Type: Rajya Sabha member; asked Unstarred Question No. 600 on the High Court name, 7 Dec 2023. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: question: 2023-12-07
Source (official): DoJ, Rajya Sabha Replies Winter Session 2023, Q. 600 accessed 2026-09-10

Charles Floyer

Type: Governor; letter to Muhammad Ali 21 Sept 1749 on the French at St Thome. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: letter: 1749-09-21
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 398-399

Chennappa Nayak

Type: father of Damarla Venkatadri and Aiyappa; eponym of Chennapatnam per the c.1660 Relation and Mackenzie's 1800 genealogy. Confidence: medium. Derivation rests on a c.1660 English relation and a late genealogy; Love flags the alternative.
Dates: eponym claim: 1639 (Aiyappa's letter)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 83; I 70-72 (Mackenzie's 1800 list: 'Founded the Village of Chinai[k]upom')
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Chinna Venkatadri

Type: Chief Merchant of Madras; bought Guindy Lodge from Langhorne 1678, later gifted it to the Company. Confidence: medium. Single government source (Raj Bhavan); not in Love.
Dates: purchase: 1678
Source (official): TN Raj Bhavan, History - Chennai accessed 2026-09-10

Coja Petrus Uscan

Type: Armenian merchant; rebuilt the Marmalong Bridge (tablet 1726); built Vepery Chapel 1740s. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: bridge: 1726; chapel: 1740s
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 231; II 396-397

Comte de Lally

Type: French commander; siege of Madras Dec 1758-Feb 1759; Chepauk burnt. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: siege: 1758-12 to 1759-02
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 550
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Damarla Venkatadri (Venkatappa) Nayak of Wandiwash

Type: Vijayanagar Nayak; granting party of the 1639 grant. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1639-07-22 / 1639-08-22
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 17, lines 4578-4584, 4654: the Nayak's grant to Day; 'firman granted Mr. Day ... by the Nague Damela Vintiitedya'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The Grant is dated August 1639'
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 14

Dr S. Suresh

Type: led the first Madras Day heritage walk at Fort St George. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: walk: 2004-08-22
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah accessed 2026-09-10

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos

Type: Governor; the canal through the city (1876-78 famine relief) named after him 1878. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: named: 1878
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The Duke who gave us a canal accessed 2026-09-10

Duke of Edinburgh

Type: opened Presidency College. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: opening: 1870-03-25
Source (official): Presidency College, History accessed 2026-09-10

Edappadi K. Palaniswami

Type: Chief Minister; unveiled the expanded Chennai district at Fort St George. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Press; G.O. not established.
Dates: unveiled: 2018-01-04
Source (secondary): DT Next, Expanded Chennai gets one more Revenue division accessed 2026-09-10

Elihu Yale

Type: President/Governor 1687-92; administered the Corporation oaths 29 Sept 1688; quit-rent survey; requested Egmore, Pursewaukum and Tandore 19 Apr 1692 (per GCC/Sriram); Yale's 1690 footbridge proposal. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: oaths: 1688-09-29; request: 1692-04-19
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 503
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 517-518; I 537-538
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Emperor Farrukhsiyar

Type: Mughal emperor; farman of 1717 (proclaimed 24 July 1717) including the five villages. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: farman proclaimed: 1717-07-24
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155

Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

Type: President of India; inaugurated Valluvar Kottam. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1976-04-15
Source (official): Chennai District, Valluvar Kottam accessed 2026-09-10

Father Ephraim de Nevers

Type: Capuchin; built the church of St Andrew. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: arrived madras: c.1642; certified: 1650
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 47-48

Francis Day

Type: East India Company factor; grantee of the 1639 grant. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant received: 1639-07-22 (document) / 1639-08-22 (Love's emendation); reached madras: 1639-07-27; arrival with cogan: 1640-02-20
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 17, lines 4578-4584, 4654: the Nayak's grant to Day; 'firman granted Mr. Day ... by the Nague Damela Vintiitedya'
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'The Grant is dated August 1639'
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Does it matter if Madras Day is July or August 22? accessed 2026-09-10 · Day's covering letter dated 27 July

George Morton Pitt

Type: Governor; founded Chintadripet to develop calico supply. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: chintadripet: Oct-Dec 1734
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 258-261

Henry Greenhill

Type: Agent under Baker; completed two curtains of the Inner Fort 1652; kept the title President briefly 1655. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: curtains completed: 1652; interim president: 1655
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 105-106
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 160-161

Hyder Ali of Mysore

Type: raids on Madras 1767 and 1769 prompting the New Black Town walls; 1780 raid (the Mount, Saidapet, Chingleput suffered). Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: raids: 1767, 1769, 1780
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 596 (Chintadripet raided); II 603-608
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III ~451

James Brodie

Type: grantee of 11 acres at St Thome (Adyar), grant No. 195 of 2 Sept 1796; built Brodie Castle. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1796-09-02
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. III (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · III 562

Jawaharlal Nehru

Type: Prime Minister; inaugurated the Integral Coach Factory. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1955-10-02
Source (official): ICF official history accessed 2026-09-10

John Brohier

Type: engineer; diverted the Elambore River across the Island 1755; San Thome Redoubt 1749-53. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: diversion: 1755; redoubt: 1749-53
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 492; II 414-417

John Call

Type: engineer; plan of 11 Dec 1759; scheme for New Black Town walls (seventeen bastions). Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: plan: 1759-12-11; walls scheme: after 1769
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 492-493 (Call's plan); II 603-608

Joseph Collet

Type: Governor 1717-20; retook the five villages 1717; founded Collet Petta; cowle to Sunku Rama 1719. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: retook villages: 1717-09-23/24; collettpet: 1717-20; cowle: 1719
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155; II 168; II 258-261
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Kanakaraya Mudali

Type: kanakkupillai of the Export Warehouse; dharmakarta of the Kapaleeshwarar temple after 1749 (web summary of Sriram pt 2, not verified against the post text). Confidence: low. Web summary of the post; not verified against the post text.
Dates: dharmakarta: after 1749
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The men who built the Mylapore temple part 2 accessed 2026-09-10

Lord Connemara

Type: Governor; laid the Connemara Public Library foundation. Confidence: medium. Wikipedia lead only.
Dates: foundation: 1890-03-22
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Connemara Public Library accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Lord Hardinge

Type: Viceroy; inaugurated Ripon Building. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1913-11-26
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Centenary of a civic landmark accessed 2026-09-10

Lord Harris

Type: Governor; inaugurated Royapuram station. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1856-06-28
Source (scholarly): IRFCA, Royapuram accessed 2026-09-10

Lord Minto

Type: Viceroy; laid the Ripon Building foundation stone. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: foundation stone: 1909-12-11 (conflict: 12 Dec)
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Centenary of a civic landmark accessed 2026-09-10

Lord Napier

Type: Governor; laid the Presidency College foundation stone Oct 1867; Napier Bridge decided 1868. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: foundation stone: 1867-10; bridge decided: 1868
Source (official): Presidency College, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Napier bridge feature accessed 2026-09-10

Lord Wenlock

Type: Governor; inaugurated the Madras High Court. Confidence: high. Eras file rates the High Court row high.
Dates: inauguration: 1892-07-12
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, Madras High Court accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

M. E. Grant-Duff

Type: Governor; laid out and named the Marina. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: marina: 1884
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., A brief history of the Marina accessed 2026-09-10

M. K. Stalin

Type: Chief Minister; approved CMA expansion to 5,904 sq km 13/14 Oct 2022; Metro Phase 2 construction commenced 13 Oct 2022; Central Tower foundation 14 Feb 2025; reopened Victoria Public Hall 24 Dec 2025. Confidence: medium. Press.
Dates: cma approval: 2022-10-13/14; central tower: 2025-02-14; vph: 2025-12-24
Source (secondary): DT Next, CM Stalin approves CMA expansion accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): DT Next, Central Tower foundation accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): Chennaionline, 24 Dec 2025 accessed 2026-09-10

M. Karunanidhi

Type: Chief Minister; named the Anna Flyover 1 Jul 1973; Kalaivanar Arangam Jan 1974; announced the renaming of Madras as Chennai 17 July 1996. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: flyover: 1973-07-01; kalaivanar arangam: 1974-01; renaming announcement: 1996-07-17
Source (secondary): UPI, 17 July 1996 accessed 2026-09-10 · 403; snippet
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Nineteen years after a name change accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Anna Flyover: some facets accessed 2026-09-10

Manali Muthukrishna Mudaliar

Type: built the new Town Temple (Chennakesava Perumal) in China Bazaar after the demolition of the old temple. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: built: 1766-1770s
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 577

Morarji Desai

Type: inaugurated the LIC Building. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Single press feature.
Dates: inauguration: 1959-08-23
Source (secondary): DT Next, LIC feature (2018) accessed 2026-09-10

Musa Khan

Type: Neknam Khan's successor; leased Triplicane to the Company July 1672 at Pags. 50. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: lease: July 1672
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. c. 339-343

Naga Battan

Type: powder-maker; endowed the Chenna Kesava Perumal temple 1646. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: endowment: 1646
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82: 1646 grant

Nathaniel Higginson

Type: first Mayor of Madras named in the 1687 charter; Governor to whom the 1693 villages were assigned. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: named mayor: 1687-12-30; villages assigned: 1693
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · pp. 497-499
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289

Nattu Muthiappa Mudali

Type: 'original dharmakarta' of the Kapaleeshwarar temple in the early 18th century; renovated the shrine, built the Jagadiswarar and Sundareswarar shrines and a small western gopuram. Confidence: medium. Sriram citing archival work; 16th vs early 18th c. conflict noted in eras file.
Dates: dharmakarta: early 18th c.
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., The men who built the Mylapore temple part 1 accessed 2026-09-10 · citing Kanakalatha Mukund and Waghorne

Nawab Da'ud Khan

Type: Mughal Nawab; two perwannas of Sept 1708 for five villages; marched to Poonamallee 17 July 1701; demanded rendition c.1711-12. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1708-09; at poonamallee: 1701-07-17
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 21-22; II 289; II 18; II 103-104

Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah

Type: Nawab of Arcot; firman of 2 Oct 1749 O.S. delivering Mylapore/San Thome; Poonamallee grant 1750; ceded the Chingleput Jagir 1763; Chepauk resident from 1767, palace 1768. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: firman: 1749-10-02 (O.S.); poonamallee: 1750; jagir: 1763-10-16; chepauk: 1767-09-06 / 1768-01-18
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 398-399; II ~436; II 611-612
Source (official): Chennai District, History accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10

Nawab Sa'adatullah Khan

Type: Nawab of the Carnatic; refused to restore the five villages 1717. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: refusal: 1717
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 152-155

Nawab Safdar Ali

Type: Nawab of Arcot; probably authorised the 1742 grant; murdered at Vellore. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: murdered: 1742-10-05
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289 and n.1

Neknam Khan

Type: Golconda general/governor; cowle of 1672 fixing the Town Rent at 1,200 pagodas and distinguishing Madraspatam from 'the Fort and Town of Chinapatam'. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: cowle: 1672
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 82-83; I 339-352

Paradis

Type: French officer; forded the Adyar and defeated the Nawab's army 24 Oct 1746 O.S.. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: battle: 1746-10-24 (O.S.)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 356, 374

Prince of Wales (1875)

Type: laid the foundation stone of the enclosed harbour. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: foundation stone: 1875
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Chennai got a port 1 accessed 2026-09-10

Priya Rajan

Type: Mayor sworn 4 March 2022. Confidence: low. Wikipedia only in this pass.
Dates: sworn: 2022-03-04
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2022 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

R. Venkataraman

Type: Industries Minister; promoted the Guindy Industrial Estate. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: estate: 1958
Source (official): TANSIDCO, About us accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, The back story (vol 27 no 5) accessed 2026-09-10

Rajah Sri Ranga (Sri Ranga Raya) of Vijayanagar

Type: granted the cowle of Oct-Nov 1645 confirming the English grant, adding Narimedu, and naming the new town 'Zera Renga Rayapatam, my towne'. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: cowle: Oct-Nov 1645
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 68-71; I 82-83
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10 · 'Srirangarayapatnam, My Town'

Richard Benyon

Type: Governor whose vakil obtained the 1742 sunnud. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1742-11-04
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 289-290; II 502-504 (his dubash Adiappa Narayan)

Richard Portman

Type: Company minister; dedicated St Mary's with the Governor under commissions from the Bishop of London. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: dedication: 1680-10-28
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 436

Robert Palk

Type: Governor to whom the Nawab applied for the Chepauk ground 18 Jan 1768. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: request received: 1768-01-18
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 611-612

S. Muthiah

Type: historian; co-founder of Madras Day 2004 (date decided, schedule drawn up). Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: idea: 2004
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Madras Day accessed 2026-09-10

S. S. Vasan

Type: founder of Gemini Studios (from 1940/41); died 1969. Confidence: medium. Sriram and Wikipedia lead.
Dates: studio: 1940/41; died: 1969
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks: Gemini Studios accessed 2026-09-10

Saidai Duraisamy

Type: first Mayor of the expanded 200-member Corporation, sworn 25 Oct 2011. Confidence: low. Wikipedia only in this pass.
Dates: sworn: 2011-10-25
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, 2011 Tamil Nadu local elections accessed 2026-09-10 · lead only; low

Sashi Nair

Type: journalist (Press Institute of India); co-founder of Madras Day 2004. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: idea: 2004
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Madras Day accessed 2026-09-10

Shawmier Sultan

Type: Armenian merchant; grant of ground at Marmalong/Saidapet 1767 for his printed cloths. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: grant: 1767
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 616

Sir Francis Spring

Type: Chairman of the Madras Port Trust 1904 and Chief Engineer 1906; re-oriented the harbour entrance to the north-east. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: chairman: 1904; chief engineer: 1906
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., How Chennai got a port 2 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (official): MoPSW Sagar Vidya Kosh, Chennai Port accessed 2026-09-10

Sir Josiah Child

Type: Company chairman; general letter of 28 Sept 1687 setting out the Corporation scheme; audience with James II. Confidence: medium. file rating 'medium-high': Official page; consistent with Love.
Dates: letter: 1687-09-28
Source (official): GCC, Inauguration of the Corporation accessed 2026-09-10

Sir William Langhorn (Langhorne)

Type: Governor 1672-78; applied for the restoration of Triplicane 13 Apr 1672; built the great bulwark (James Bulwark); reform of the fortifications 1676-84; Guindy Lodge builder per Raj Bhavan. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: triplicane application: 1672-04-13; bulwark: c.1672-77; guindy lodge: early 1670s (believed; sold 1678)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 352 n.5; I 349-351
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 367-372, 370 n.
Source (official): TN Raj Bhavan, History - Chennai accessed 2026-09-10

Sri Prakasa

Type: Governor; inaugurated the 1952 legislature building (later Kalaivanar Arangam). Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1952-05-02
Source (scholarly): Sriram V., Lost Landmarks: Kalaivanar Arangam accessed 2026-09-10

Streynsham Master

Type: Agent; negotiated for Egmore and its villages 1678; New Garden c.1676-80. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: negotiation: 1678
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 410
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 430-431

Sunku Rama

Type: merchant; cowle for the garden that became Chintadripet 1719 (held bad 1734); settled Da'ud Khan's demand c.1711-12. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: cowle: 1719; resumed: 1734-08-12
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 258-261; II 103-104

Thomas Ivie

Type: Agent; built the earthen 'Mudd wall' round the town. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: mud wall: 1644-1648
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · i. 304-305
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · I 117

Thomas Pitt

Type: Governor 1698-1709; Black Town brick wall 1700-07; Egmore Redoubt begun; resisted the 1702 resumption; received the five villages 1708; survey/map c.1705-11. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: governor: 1698-1709; five villages: 1708-09
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 12; II 20-21; II 21-22; II 88-92 Pitt's map
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · ii. c. 4 Black Town wall

V. V. Giri

Type: Vice-President; inaugurated the Anna Nagar tower with CM Annadurai. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: inauguration: 1968-01-21
Source (secondary): DT Next, Trade Fair of 1968 accessed 2026-09-10
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Our readers write (vol 33 no 6) accessed 2026-09-10

Vincent D'Souza

Type: publisher (Mylapore Times); proposed Madras Day 2004. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: idea: 2004
Source (scholarly): Madras Musings, Tributes to Mr. Muthiah accessed 2026-09-10
Source (secondary): The Madras Day accessed 2026-09-10

William Gyfford

Type: 'President and Governor of all our affaires on the Coast of Choromandel and in the Bay of Bengall' after Hedges' dismissal. Confidence: high. Named in a dated event quoted or cited by the research file.
Dates: appointed: 1683-12-21 (Company letter) / 1684 (in force)
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. I (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · p. 459, lines 31930-31935, 31982
Source (archival): Wheeler, Madras in the Olden Time vol. I (1861) accessed 2026-09-10 · Consultation 10 July 1684 on the new charter
Source (secondary): Wikipedia, William Gyfford accessed 2026-09-10 · 26 Jan 1685; low

Zulfikar Khan

Type: Mughal general in the Carnatic, son of Asad Khan; credited with the 1693 grant by GCC/Sriram; ordered the 1702 resumption. Confidence: medium. Love's Index lists perwannas from both Asad Khan and Zulfikar Khan; GCC/SV credit Zulfikar Khan.
Dates: grant attributed: 1693; resumption order: 1702
Source (official): GCC, Origin and Growth accessed 2026-09-10
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. II (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · II 20-21
Source (archival): Love, Vestiges of Old Madras vol. Index (1913) accessed 2026-09-10 · perwannas 'from Zulfikar Khan, I 518, 593'

How the places became one city

1522 (Portuguese church); 1893-96 rebuilding: structure.san-thome-cathedral → place.san-thome (built_at; Church of St Thomas over the tomb). Confidence high.
1639: event.grant-1639 → person.aiyappa-nayak (granted_by; intermediary; Naik of Poonamallee attending to affairs on the coast). Confidence high.
1639-07-22 / 1639-08-22: event.grant-1639 → person.damarla-venkatadri-nayak (granted_by; Nayak's grant to Day (O.C. 1690), through his brother Aiyappa Nayak of Poonamallee). Confidence high.
1640-03-01: structure.fort-st-george → place.chennapatnam (built_at; building begun on the surf-bank just south of Madraspatam, at a fishing kuppam; site = Chinapatam (Love's inference)). Confidence medium.
1640-03-01: person.francis-day → structure.fort-st-george (founded; Cogan and Day begin the fort under the 1639 grant). Confidence high.
1640-03-01: person.andrew-cogan → structure.fort-st-george (founded; Cogan's reported expenditure date). Confidence high.
1640-1714: structure.fort-st-george-inner-fort → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; the original square fort). Confidence high.
1640-1714: structure.fort-house → structure.fort-st-george-inner-fort (part_of; central factory house). Confidence high.
1640-1780: place.maqua-town → unit.madras-city (part_of; boatmen's suburb south of the White Town). Confidence high.
1644-1648: person.thomas-ivie → structure.ivie-mud-wall (founded; Painters' Petition c.1654; 1653 'over the Towne Walls'). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.ivie-mud-wall → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.black-town-mud-wall → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.black-town-brick-wall → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.market-street-buzar → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.cassa-verona-mosque → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.armenian-church-black-town → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.english-burial-ground → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1644-1757: structure.black-town-drainage-canal → place.old-black-town (part_of; structure of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1646 (endowment): person.naga-battan → structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old (founded; endowment grant naming Chinapatam). Confidence high.
1646-48 (endowments): structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old → place.old-black-town (built_at; temple on part of the present High Court grounds). Confidence high.
1648 (endowment): person.beri-timmappa → structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old (founded; endowment; Fryer's 'Pagod' = 'the temple built by Timmanna'). Confidence high.
1650s-1710: structure.company-gardens → place.muthialpet (part_of; Company's Old Garden in Muthialpet (1,600 yards north of the Inner Fort); New Garden across the Elambore). Confidence high.
1650s-1750: place.muthialpet → place.old-black-town (part_of; suburb of Old Black Town (Pitt's survey 1707-10)). Confidence high.
1652: structure.mallikarjunar-pagoda-muthialpet → place.muthialpet (part_of; north end of Muthialpet). Confidence medium.
1652-09-01: unit.agency-of-fort-st-george → unit.madras-presidency (succeeded_by; Court of Committees decision 1652 (Baker's commission); Bantam letter O.C. 2284). Confidence high.
1653: person.aaron-baker → structure.fishing-point-york-point (founded; 'a Bastion close to the Sea' (Hague records)). Confidence medium.
1653-1700: structure.white-town-walls → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; Outer Fort round the Christian Town). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.st-thomas-point → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.fishing-point-york-point → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.round-point-charles-point → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.caldera-point-gloucester-point → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.james-bulwark → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.sea-gate → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.middle-gate → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.choultry-gate → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.st-thomas-gate → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.river-gate-river-battery → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1653-1700: structure.beach-palisades-stockades → structure.white-town-walls (part_of; named work of the Outer Fort). Confidence high.
1655: unit.madras-presidency → unit.agency-of-fort-st-george (succeeded_by; Company retrenchment orders (commissioners Curtis and Chambers); reduced to an Agency under Surat). Confidence high.
1662-1697: event.san-thome-golconda-1662 → place.san-thome (destroyed; fortifications demolished at English urging; final demolition of the walls begun 8 Jan 1697). Confidence high.
1670s-1750: place.peddanaickenpet → place.old-black-town (part_of; suburb of Old Black Town across the canal). Confidence high.
1672: event.cowle-1672 → person.neknam-khan (granted_by; cowle fixing the Town Rent). Confidence high.
1672 (lease; recognised 1676; made over in perpetuity by 1720): place.triplicane → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; lease by Neknam Khan's successor (Musa Khan) at Pags. 50 quit-rent; Golconda farman 1676). Confidence high.
1673-1702 attested: type.masula-boat → place.madraspatnam (used_at; Company surf-landing service). Confidence high.
1680s: structure.powder-mill → place.the-island (built_at; 400 yards west of the White Town). Confidence high.
1683-12-21 (letter) / 1684 (in force): unit.agency-of-fort-st-george → unit.madras-presidency (succeeded_by; East India Company general letter of 21 Dec 1683; Gyfford President and Governor). Confidence high.
1687-09-28 / 1687-12-30: person.josiah-child → unit.corporation-of-madras (founded; general letter and Company charter). Confidence high.
1687-12-30: event.charter-1687 → person.josiah-child (granted_by; Company charter drawn up after Child's audience with James II). Confidence high.
1687-12-30 (charter names 'Our Town of Fort St. George and Citty of Madrassapatam'); the two towns 'virtually one town' by c.1700: place.old-black-town → unit.madras-city (part_of; Charter of 30 Dec 1687; usage). Confidence high.
1687-12-30 (charter names 'Our Town of Fort St. George and Citty of Madrassapatam'); the two towns 'virtually one town' by c.1700: place.chennapatnam → unit.madras-city (part_of; Charter of 30 Dec 1687; usage). Confidence high.
1687-12-30 (charter names 'Our Town of Fort St. George and Citty of Madrassapatam'); the two towns 'virtually one town' by c.1700: place.madraspatnam → unit.madras-city (part_of; Charter of 30 Dec 1687; usage). Confidence high.
1687-12-30 (first Mayor named): person.nathaniel-higginson → unit.corporation-of-madras (founded; charter). Confidence high.
1693: event.grant-1693 → person.zulfikar-khan (granted_by; GCC, Sriram and DT Next (Egmore) attribute the grant to Zulfikar Khan; Love's Index lists perwannas from both). Confidence medium.
1693-02-10: place.egmore → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; perwanna of Vizier Asad Khan (GCC/Sriram: Zulfikar Khan), rent free; requested 19 Apr 1692). Confidence high.
1693-02-10: place.purasawalkam → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; perwanna of Vizier Asad Khan (GCC/Sriram: Zulfikar Khan), rent free; requested 19 Apr 1692). Confidence high.
1693-02-10: place.tondiarpet → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; perwanna of Vizier Asad Khan (GCC/Sriram: Zulfikar Khan), rent free; requested 19 Apr 1692). Confidence high.
1693-02-10: event.grant-1693 → person.asad-khan (granted_by; perwanna of the Vizier). Confidence high.
1698-1717: structure.egmore-redoubt → place.egmore (built_at; converted from a native choultry under Pitt; completed under Harrison). Confidence high.
1700-1707: person.thomas-pitt → structure.black-town-brick-wall (founded; 'walled in towards the land when Governor Pit ruled it' (Hamilton)). Confidence high.
1708-09: event.grant-1708 → person.daud-khan (granted_by; two perwannas for five towns). Confidence high.
1708-09 (resumed 1711; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717): place.tiruvottiyur → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; two perwannas of Nawab Da'ud Khan (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); Farrukhsiyar's farman 1717). Confidence high.
1708-09 (resumed 1711; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717): place.nungambakkam → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; two perwannas of Nawab Da'ud Khan (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); Farrukhsiyar's farman 1717). Confidence high.
1708-09 (resumed 1711; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717): place.vyasarpadi → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; two perwannas of Nawab Da'ud Khan (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); Farrukhsiyar's farman 1717). Confidence high.
1708-09 (resumed 1711; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717): place.kathivakkam → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; two perwannas of Nawab Da'ud Khan (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); Farrukhsiyar's farman 1717). Confidence high.
1708-09 (resumed 1711; retaken 23-24 Sept 1717): place.sattangadu → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; two perwannas of Nawab Da'ud Khan (P.C. 28 Sept 1708); Farrukhsiyar's farman 1717). Confidence high.
1714-1717: structure.fort-st-george-inner-fort → structure.fort-st-george (succeeded_by; Inner Fort demolished and replaced by the Fort Square). Confidence high.
1714-1717: unit.madras-presidency → structure.fort-st-george-inner-fort (destroyed; demolished under Harrison and replaced by the Fort Square). Confidence high.
1717-07-24 (farman proclaimed): event.recovery-1717 → person.farrukhsiyar (granted_by; Emperor's farman including the five villages). Confidence high.
1717-20: place.collettpet → place.tiruvottiyur (part_of; pettah built on the south side of the town). Confidence high.
1717-20: person.joseph-collet → place.collettpet (founded; encouraged immigration of weavers and painters to Trivatore). Confidence high.
1726: person.coja-petrus-uscan → structure.marmalong-bridge (founded; rebuilt; tablet dated 1726). Confidence high.
1726 (rebuilt): structure.marmalong-bridge → place.adyar-river (built_at; Coja Petrus Uscan's tablet). Confidence high.
1734-36: person.adiappa-narayan → place.chintadripet (founded; 'mainly instrumental in establishing the weaving village'). Confidence high.
1740s: structure.vepery-chapel → place.vepery (built_at; Coja Petrus Uscan). Confidence high.
1740s: person.coja-petrus-uscan → structure.vepery-chapel (founded; Love II 396-397). Confidence high.
1742 (disputed): place.periamet → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; GCC and NIC include Periamet in the 1742 grant; Love's sunnud excepts the Metta custom-house ground). Confidence medium.
1742-11-04: place.vepery → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; sunnud of the Nawab of Arcot (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)). Confidence high.
1742-11-04: place.perambur → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; sunnud of the Nawab of Arcot (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)). Confidence high.
1742-11-04: place.pudupakkam → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; sunnud of the Nawab of Arcot (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)). Confidence high.
1742-11-04: place.ernavore → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; sunnud of the Nawab of Arcot (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)). Confidence high.
1742-11-04: place.sadayankuppam → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; sunnud of the Nawab of Arcot (P.C. 11 Jan 1743)). Confidence high.
1742-11-04 (a month after his death): event.grant-1742 → person.safdar-ali (granted_by; grant probably authorised by Safdar Ali; made by his son, 'the young Nawab' (Love uses no name)). Confidence medium.
1746-49: event.french-occupation-1746-49 → place.old-black-town (destroyed; French demolished the Indian houses adjoining the north wall of the Fort and formed a glacis (southern portion)). Confidence high.
1749-10 (firman 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; English colours 11 Oct 1749): place.mylapore → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; firman of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah; possession taken by Boscawen in the Nawab's name). Confidence high.
1749-10 (firman 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; English colours 11 Oct 1749): place.san-thome → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; firman of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah; possession taken by Boscawen in the Nawab's name). Confidence high.
1749-10 (firman 2 Oct 1749 O.S.; English colours 11 Oct 1749): place.adyar → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; firman of Nawab Muhammad Ali Wallajah; possession taken by Boscawen in the Nawab's name). Confidence high.
1749-10-02 (O.S.): event.mylapore-san-thome-transfer-1749 → person.muhammad-ali-wallajah (granted_by; firman dated 1 Zeacada 1162). Confidence high.
1749-53: structure.san-thome-redoubt → place.san-thome (built_at; Brohier). Confidence high.
1750: event.poonamallee-grant-1750 → person.muhammad-ali-wallajah (granted_by; grant to the Company). Confidence high.
1750 (Love: 'appears'): place.poonamallee → unit.madras-presidency (absorbed_into; grant by Nawab Muhammad Ali to the Company; later held as a farm rented by the Nawab). Confidence high.
1750-51: place.muthialpet → place.new-black-town (part_of; Robins's proposals; Court's letter approving his plan 1750). Confidence high.
1750-51: place.peddanaickenpet → place.new-black-town (part_of; Robins's proposals 1750). Confidence high.
1750-51: place.new-black-town → unit.madras-city (part_of; appellation Black Town transferred). Confidence high.
1750-51: place.old-black-town → place.new-black-town (succeeded_by; appellation 'Black Town' transferred to Muthialpet and Peddanaickenpet after the demolition of most of Old Black Town). Confidence high.
1756-59: unit.madras-presidency → place.old-black-town (destroyed; Old Black Town swept away for the Esplanade after Lally's siege). Confidence high.
1757 (Love: military exigencies) / after 1758-59 (GCC): unit.madras-presidency → structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old (destroyed; demolition; site area 24,000 sq ft; equal area assigned 1766). Confidence high.
1758-59: event.lally-siege-1758-59 → place.chepauk (destroyed; village burnt by the French). Confidence high.
1763-10-16: event.chingleput-jagir-ceded-1763 → person.muhammad-ali-wallajah (granted_by; cession of the Jagir). Confidence high.
1766 (site grant) / 1770s (built): structure.chenna-kesava-perumal-temple-old → structure.town-temple (relocated_to; equal area in Peddanaikpetta assigned to the inhabitants). Confidence high.
1766-1770s: structure.town-temple → place.peddanaickenpet (part_of; site assigned in Peddanaikpetta (Gangaram Street / China Bazaar)). Confidence high.
1766-1770s: person.manali-muthukrishna-mudaliar → structure.town-temple (founded; new temple in China Bazaar). Confidence high.
1772: structure.esplanade-obelisks → place.new-black-town (part_of; southern boundary stones of New Black Town). Confidence high.
1780 (order) / 1799 (settlement; not established): place.maqua-town → place.royapuram (relocated_to; removal of the boatmen's village from the south beach to a site farther north). Confidence medium.
1780s: structure.pophams-broadway → place.new-black-town (part_of; street between Muthialpet and Peddanaickenpet). Confidence high.
1796-98: structure.brodie-castle → place.adyar (built_at; grant No. 195 of 2 Sept 1796; shown on the 1798 survey). Confidence high.
1796-98: person.james-brodie → structure.brodie-castle (founded; grant No. 195 of 2 Sept 1796). Confidence high.
1799 (not established in an archival or government source): unit.madras-presidency → place.royapuram (founded; 720 acres granted to the boat people by the Marine Board / Lord Clive per web sources). Confidence low.
17th-18th c.: structure.st-marys-church → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; within the White Town / Fort). Confidence high.
17th-18th c.: structure.st-andrews-capuchin-church → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; within the White Town / Fort). Confidence high.
17th-18th c.: structure.town-hall-white-town → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; within the White Town / Fort). Confidence high.
17th-18th c.: structure.barracks-hospital-mint-white-town → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; within the White Town / Fort). Confidence high.
17th-18th c.: structure.lighthouse-exchange-1796 → structure.fort-st-george (part_of; within the White Town / Fort). Confidence high.
17th-20th c. (usage); 1996 (official return to 'Chennai'): place.chennapatnam → unit.madras-city (renamed_to; 'Madras' applied by the British to the combined towns while Indians used Chennapattinam; Chennai adopted officially 1996). Confidence medium.
1844-01-01: structure.lighthouse-exchange-1796 → structure.lighthouse-doric-column (succeeded_by; Doric column lit). Confidence high.
1856: structure.royapuram-station → place.royapuram (built_at; Madras Railway Company terminus). Confidence high.
1868/69; 1909; 1944: structure.napier-bridge → place.cooum-river (built_at; bridge at the Cooum mouth). Confidence medium.
1884: person.grant-duff → structure.marina-promenade (founded; laid out and named the Marina). Confidence high.
1888-1892: structure.madras-high-court → place.old-black-town (built_at; built on the site of Old Black Town / the Great Pagoda (High Court grounds)). Confidence high.
1894-06-01: structure.lighthouse-doric-column → structure.lighthouse-high-court-dome (succeeded_by; High Court dome light commissioned). Confidence high.
1904-1919 (NE entrance re-orientation): person.francis-spring → structure.madras-harbour (founded; Chairman 1904, Chief Engineer 1906). Confidence medium.
1905-08: structure.egmore-station → place.egmore (built_at; SIR terminus). Confidence high.
1907: structure.royapuram-station → structure.madras-central-station (succeeded_by; Central became the city's main terminus). Confidence high.
1907: structure.royapuram-station → structure.madras-central-station (relocated_to; main-station role moved to Central). Confidence high.
1911: place.new-black-town → place.george-town (renamed_to; renaming (instrument not given in file)). Confidence high.
1913: unit.corporation-of-madras → structure.ripon-building (relocated_to; Corporation moves to Ripon Buildings (inaugurated 26 Nov 1913)). Confidence medium.
1937-04-01: unit.madras-presidency → unit.madras-province (succeeded_by; Government of India Act 1935 s. 46; Provincial Orders). Confidence high.
1940/41: person.s-s-vasan → structure.gemini-studios (founded; Gemini Studios under S.S. Vasan). Confidence medium.
1950-01-26: unit.madras-province → unit.madras-state (succeeded_by; Constitution of India, Art. 1 and First Schedule Part A). Confidence high.
1955-10-02: structure.integral-coach-factory → place.perambur (built_at; 518-acre site chosen 1951). Confidence high.
1958: structure.guindy-industrial-estate → place.guindy (built_at; 404 acres). Confidence high.
1958: person.r-venkataraman → structure.guindy-industrial-estate (founded; promoted as Industries Minister). Confidence high.
1963-65: structure.ambattur-industrial-estate → place.ambattur (built_at; 1,167 acres). Confidence medium.
1969-01-14: unit.madras-state → unit.tamil-nadu (renamed_to; Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (Act 53 of 1968), s. 3; appointed day by Central Government notification (Gazette of India 30-12-1968 Pt II s. 3(ii))). Confidence high.
1970-75: structure.ennore-thermal-power-station → place.ernavore (built_at; decommissioned ETPS site at Ernavur (eras file)). Confidence medium.
1975 (CMA notified): unit.chennai-city → unit.chennai-metropolitan-area (part_of; TN Town and Country Planning Act 1971; CMA notification). Confidence high.
1977-01-10: structure.lighthouse-high-court-dome → structure.marina-lighthouse (succeeded_by; Marina lighthouse functioning). Confidence high.
1988: structure.kotturpuram-bridge → place.adyar-river (built_at; bridge replacing the punt ferry). Confidence medium.
1995-2007 (elevated along the canal): structure.mrts → structure.buckingham-canal (built_at; MRTS viaduct on the bed of the southern stretch). Confidence high.
1996 (assent 1996-09-05; commencement not established): unit.corporation-of-madras → unit.corporation-of-chennai (renamed_to; TN Act 28 of 1996 substituting 'Chennai' for 'Madras' in the 1919 Act). Confidence high.
1996 (inferred): unit.madras-metropolitan-development-authority → unit.chennai-metropolitan-development-authority (renamed_to; general substitution of 'Chennai' for 'Madras' in State laws by TN Act 28 of 1996; no separate instrument found). Confidence low.
1996-07-17 (announcement) / 1996-09-05 (Act assent; commencement not established): unit.madras-city → unit.chennai-city (renamed_to; City of Madras (Alteration of Name) Act, 1996 (TN Act 28 of 1996), s. 3). Confidence high.
2004: person.vincent-dsouza → event.madras-day (founded; idea proposed and first observance 22 Aug 2004). Confidence high.
2004: person.sashi-nair → event.madras-day (founded; idea proposed and first observance 22 Aug 2004). Confidence high.
2004: person.s-muthiah → event.madras-day (founded; idea proposed and first observance 22 Aug 2004). Confidence high.
2015-10-26: unit.corporation-of-chennai → unit.greater-chennai-corporation (renamed_to; G.O.(Ms) No. 152 dated 26.10.2015). Confidence medium.
July 1672: event.cowle-1672 → person.musa-khan (granted_by; lease of Triplicane at Pags. 50 by Neknam Khan's successor). Confidence high.
Oct 1973: structure.thiru-vi-ka-bridge → place.adyar-river (built_at; concrete bridge replacing Elphinstone). Confidence medium.
Oct 1973: structure.elphinstone-bridge → structure.thiru-vi-ka-bridge (succeeded_by; new bridge inaugurated; Elphinstone disused). Confidence medium.
Oct-Dec 1734: place.chintadripet → unit.madras-city (part_of; Company foundation on resumed ground (P.C. 12 Aug and 21 Oct 1734)). Confidence high.
Oct-Dec 1734: person.george-morton-pitt → place.chintadripet (founded; P.C. 21 Oct 1734 conditions of settlement; building began Dec 1734). Confidence high.
Oct-Nov 1645: event.cowle-1645 → person.sri-ranga-raya (granted_by; cowle of the Rajah of Vijayanagar). Confidence high.
Pallava (A.D. 808 inscription per RJISAC): structure.parthasarathy-temple → place.triplicane (built_at; temple town). Confidence medium.
about 1703: structure.egmore-bridge → place.the-island (built_at; bridge from Egmore to the Island). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.marina-lighthouse → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.anna-memorial → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.government-marine-aquarium → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.ice-house-castle-kernan → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.capper-house-queen-marys → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.kalaignar-pen-monument → structure.marina-promenade (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.lighthouse-high-court-dome → structure.madras-high-court (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.visvesvaraya-tower → place.anna-nagar (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.burmah-oil-tanks → structure.madras-harbour (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
as dated on the node: structure.cooum-boat-jetties → place.cooum-river (part_of; eras file element table). Confidence high.
beach; memorial c.1931: structure.elliots-beach → place.besant-nagar (built_at; eras file 2026 row). Confidence medium.
by 1674 (inland site; probable); present fabric substantially 18th c.: structure.kapaleeshwarar-temple → place.mylapore (built_at; Love's identification of the pagoda south-west of San Thome, 1674). Confidence medium.
by 1798 (Sriram: northern limit) / settled 1799 (not established): place.royapuram → unit.madras-city (part_of; boatmen's village removal ordered 1780; grant of 1799 not found in Love III or a government source). Confidence low.
by 1798 (within the limits; no separate grant found): place.chepauk → unit.madras-city (part_of; 1798 boundary resolution; Company's Garden at Chepauk in the 1750s). Confidence medium.
by 1798 at latest (probably de facto with Egmore's dependent hamlets after 1693/1720; inference): place.chetpet → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; 1798 boundary resolution (Court of Recorder Act); 1775 bound-hedge line for Chetpet). Confidence high.
by 1798 at latest (probably de facto with Egmore's dependent hamlets after 1693/1720; inference): place.kilpauk → unit.madras-city (absorbed_into; 1798 boundary resolution (Court of Recorder Act); 1775 bound-hedge line for Chetpet). Confidence high.
c.1642-1650: person.ephraim-de-nevers → structure.st-andrews-capuchin-church (founded; certified 1650 as having built the church). Confidence high.
c.1658: structure.capuchin-pandal-chapel-muthialpet → place.muthialpet (part_of; adjacent to the Portuguese burying place). Confidence medium.
c.1672-77: person.william-langhorn → structure.james-bulwark (founded; 'the great Bulworke built by Sir William Langhorn'). Confidence high.
c.1716: structure.triplicane-bridge → place.the-island (built_at; bridge from Triplicane to the Island). Confidence high.
c.1718-20: place.washermanpet → unit.madras-city (part_of; Company settlement of its washers within the Tondiarpet/Muthialpet tract already Company territory). Confidence medium.
c.1718-20: unit.madras-presidency → place.washermanpet (founded; Company settles its washers north of Black Town). Confidence medium.
c.1840 / 1850s: structure.elphinstone-bridge → place.adyar-river (built_at; stone multi-arch bridge). Confidence medium.
coterminous until 2011; again from 2018: unit.chennai-city → unit.chennai-district (part_of; district = Corporation area (pre-2011: about 176-178 sq km; 2018: 426 sq km)). Confidence medium.
early 1670s (believed): structure.guindy-lodge → place.guindy (built_at; Raj Bhavan history). Confidence medium.
early 1670s (believed): person.william-langhorn → structure.guindy-lodge (founded; Raj Bhavan history). Confidence medium.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.thiruvanmiyur → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.pallavaram → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.saidapet → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.guindy → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.velachery → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.ambattur → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
not established (generally via the Nawab's country and the 1763 Chingleput Jagir; no source names the village): place.avadi → unit.chingleput-jagir (part_of; not established). Confidence low.
probably 1768: structure.chepauk-palace → place.chepauk (built_at; Nawab's request of 18 Jan 1768 for vacant sandy ground). Confidence medium.
probably 1768: person.muhammad-ali-wallajah → structure.chepauk-palace (founded; request of 18 Jan 1768; depicted on an accurate French map). Confidence medium.