Origin of the Word “Madras”
The name Madras is believed to have originated from the word “Madarasapatinam”. It was a fishing village in the north of fort St. George. According to British map makers, Madras was originally Mundir-raj or Mundiraj.
Sujatha, noted Tamil writer, has in one of his stories has told it might also have derived its name from the ruler of this part “Matharaju” or from a community named “Marakal Nayar” that vanished later or from a affluent Portugese person named “Emanuel Madras”, whose tombstone inscriptions were found while digging to lay the foundation of a church in Mylapore of Chennai.
It is also said Madras would have derived its name from “Madrassa”, a Persian word meaning Educational Institution having its ground on the surmise that there might have been an “Muhammadan College”
Origin of the Word “Chennai”
Almost the whole of Chennai (From Pulicat to San thome) was ruled in 17th Century by Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak and his brother Ayyapa Nayak. On 20th February, 1640, the agents of the East India Company, Francis Day and Cogan managed to secure a grant from the rulers to build a fort – St. George Fort (named after a saint of England) and set up their factory in Madarasapatnam. The fort St.George and the settlements of English were named as Chennapatnam, after the name of the father of the two rulers, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak and Ayyapa Nayak - Chennapa Nayak. The English preferred to use name of Madarasapatnam, while the Indians chose to refer the area Chennapatnam. In course of time, Madras was regarded as the site of the Fort and Chennapatnam as the Indian town to the north. Thus, it is said that the current “Chennai” derived its name from the word “Chennapatnam”
Another theory states that the name is derived from “Chenakesava Perumal Temple”, which was built in the year 1646.
From “Madras” to “Chennai”
The Tamil Nadu in the period after independence was called as Madras State, which included the coastal parts of modern-day Andhra Pradesh, northern Kerala (Malabar) and Bellary and Dakshin Kannada districts of Karnataka. Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the States of Kerala and Mysore were separated from the Madras state. In 1969, Madras State was renamed to Tamil Nadu.On 17 July 1996, Madras was officially renamed Chennai. In 2016, approval has been accorded for naming "Madras High court" as "Chennai High court".
Sources
http://www.chennaicorpora
http://www.hubert-herald.
https://en.wikipedia.org/
Sujatha’s short story – “Nagarvalam”
The name Madras is believed to have originated from the word “Madarasapatinam”. It was a fishing village in the north of fort St. George. According to British map makers, Madras was originally Mundir-raj or Mundiraj.
Sujatha, noted Tamil writer, has in one of his stories has told it might also have derived its name from the ruler of this part “Matharaju” or from a community named “Marakal Nayar” that vanished later or from a affluent Portugese person named “Emanuel Madras”, whose tombstone inscriptions were found while digging to lay the foundation of a church in Mylapore of Chennai.
It is also said Madras would have derived its name from “Madrassa”, a Persian word meaning Educational Institution having its ground on the surmise that there might have been an “Muhammadan College”
Origin of the Word “Chennai”
Almost the whole of Chennai (From Pulicat to San thome) was ruled in 17th Century by Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak and his brother Ayyapa Nayak. On 20th February, 1640, the agents of the East India Company, Francis Day and Cogan managed to secure a grant from the rulers to build a fort – St. George Fort (named after a saint of England) and set up their factory in Madarasapatnam. The fort St.George and the settlements of English were named as Chennapatnam, after the name of the father of the two rulers, Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak and Ayyapa Nayak - Chennapa Nayak. The English preferred to use name of Madarasapatnam, while the Indians chose to refer the area Chennapatnam. In course of time, Madras was regarded as the site of the Fort and Chennapatnam as the Indian town to the north. Thus, it is said that the current “Chennai” derived its name from the word “Chennapatnam”
Another theory states that the name is derived from “Chenakesava Perumal Temple”, which was built in the year 1646.
From “Madras” to “Chennai”
The Tamil Nadu in the period after independence was called as Madras State, which included the coastal parts of modern-day Andhra Pradesh, northern Kerala (Malabar) and Bellary and Dakshin Kannada districts of Karnataka. Under the States Reorganisation Act, 1956, the States of Kerala and Mysore were separated from the Madras state. In 1969, Madras State was renamed to Tamil Nadu.On 17 July 1996, Madras was officially renamed Chennai. In 2016, approval has been accorded for naming "Madras High court" as "Chennai High court".
Sources
http://www.chennaicorpora
http://www.hubert-herald.
https://en.wikipedia.org/
Sujatha’s short story – “Nagarvalam”
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