Talk:History of Chennai

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Renaming well-known cities is silly. Everybody in the world knows Madras, don't wonder why foreign investors shun Chennai. --Vladko 05:58, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Photograph of Mountroad

The picture showing Mountroad in 1950's looks very much like Pookadai junction in Parrys. The Indo-Sarcenic building in the backdrop looks like Chennai High court complex and the halogen street lamps suggest the picture should have been of 1960s rather than 1950s. Thanks Wikiality 11:14, 24 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Conflicting with history

I am not sure if there's enough evidence for the following paragraph: "However in 1953, the political and administrative dominance of Tamils, both at the Union and State levels ensured that Madras was not transferred to the new state of Andhra though the city was historically and geographically part of the Andhra region" From all accounts, Mylapore, and Tiruvallikeni (Triplicane) were Tamil speaking parts, so were villages such as Mambalam, Nungambakkam and Kodambakkam. I think this paragraph needs to be changed, unless there sufficient evidence for this side of the story. --Chandrachoodan Gopalakrishnan 12:30, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

This article doesnt quote much history anyways. Needs a lot of clean-up. Thanks. Wiki San Roze ^talk 13:16, 8 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Ancient History

Last when I visited Chennai, I was told that Thiruvalluvar lived in Mailai local of the city. Is there any strong evidence of it. If so this would take the history to first century BCE! Thanks! Wiki San Roze ^talk 02:11, 27 May 2007 (UTC)