List of renamed public places in Tamil Nadu
Ever since the British left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu was no exception to this trend.
Even the state and its capital, Chennai were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras (the city) used to be the capital of the much larger Madras (the state).
- Madras Presidency was renamed to Madras (State) after independence in 1947.
- Madras (State) was renamed to Tamil Nadu in 1968.
- Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras (state)) was renamed to Chennai in 1996 (Chennai is still referred to very often as Madras)
Name Changes in Chennai
- Mount Road to Anna Salai.
- Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
- Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road
- Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road after Thiruvallur Thattai Krishnamachari
- Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai after V. L. Ethiraj
- Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai.
- Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) to Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC)
- Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai
- Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai
- Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai
- Montieth Road to Red Cross Road
- Pycrofts Road to Bharathi Salai
- Lattice Bridge Road to Kalki Salai
- Chamiers Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road
- Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road
- Old Mamallapuram (Mahapalipuram) Road, beginning as MadhyaKailash temple has been christened as 'Rajiv Gandhi Salai'
- Beach Road became 'Kamarajar Salai
- Ponamallee High Road became Periar EVR Salai' after Erode Venkata Ramaswamy Naicker
- Royapettah High Road became Thiru Vi Ka Salai after Vriddachalam Kalyanasunduram
- LB Road became Dr.Muthulakshmi Salai after Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi
Tamil Names
Here is a list of Tamil Names for places in Tamil Nadu and their Anglicised versions
Other Name Changes in Tamil Nadu
Transport Corporations
The Tamil Nadu state owned transport corporations operated buses to facilitate public transport in the state and interstate connectivity through roads. It named various corporations by prominent personalities/kings of regional/national importance. However the practice was scrapped and it started naming the corporations as TNSTC – Regional Division (Ex TNSTC Villupuram Division) after communal violence broke in the district of Virudhunagar during May 1997 after formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport corporation in which buses bearing the name Veeran Sundaralingam were burnt by some groups.
Tamil Names
Here is a list of Tamil Names and their Anglicised versions