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Posted: Aug 22 2016 (12:54)
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Last Response: Aug 22 2016 (17:58)
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Last Response: Aug 22 2016 (17:58)
Vanakkam Madras, Happy 377th birthday to you
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Dear friends, I take immense pleasure and pride in greeting my pettai, Madras (aka) Chennai, on its 377th birthday. Yes, today is "Madras Day" and there have been celebrations in a gala manner all over the city over the last week. It was on 22nd August 1639 that a sliver of land, where now stands Fort St George, was handed over by the local Nayak rulers to the East India Company’s Francis Day, his dubash (translator) Beri Thimmappa, and their superior, Andrew Cogan. ...
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Dear friends, I take immense pleasure and pride in greeting my pettai, Madras (aka) Chennai, on its 377th birthday. Yes, today is "Madras Day" and there have been celebrations in a gala manner all over the city over the last week. It was on 22nd August 1639 that a sliver of land, where now stands Fort St George, was handed over by the local Nayak rulers to the East India Company’s Francis Day, his dubash (translator) Beri Thimmappa, and their superior, Andrew Cogan. ...
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Though i stayed at Chennai for 6 months or so (fortunately our guest house was at North Usman road, which was a sort of 'happening' place) it was a memorable one. Of course liked the filter kaapi a lot along with various types of south Indian food (starting from HSB to road side food stall)....Railway connectivity is a plus point as Chennai is well connected with rest of India and watching back to back arrivals at Kodambakkam towards Egmore early in the morning or late evening departures from MAS were a part of railfanning i used to do all alone. Indeed a memorable phase in my life, though a short lived one :)
had my eye operated in 1995 in MAS. Nurses & doctors were very good.
Tons and tons of Bengalis arrive in MAS for treatment. In fact, there is a "kutty (mini)" Bengal in MacKay's Garden/Thousand Lights area. I'm attaching a link click here so it's of help to people from East.