How Chennai Got Its Name?
Etymology. the Name Chennai Is of Telugu Origin. It Was Derived from the Name of a Telugu Ruler, Damarla Mudirasa Chennappa Nayakudu, Father of Damarla...
Etymology. The name Chennai is of Telugu origin. It was derived from the name of a Telugu ruler, Damarla Mudirasa Chennappa Nayakudu, father of Damarla Venkatapathy Nayak, a Nayak ruler who served as a general under Venkata III of the Vijayanagar Empire from whom the British acquired the town in 1639.
How Madras get its name?
The name Madras was Derived from Madrasan a fisherman head who lived in coastal area of Madras. ... The modern city of "Chennai" arose from the British settlement of Fort St. George and its subsequent expansion through merging numerous native villages and European settlements around Fort St. George into the city of Madras.
Why did Madras renamed as Chennai?
In 1996, Tamil Nadu capital Chennai got its current name. Earlier it was known as Madras. At that time the nationwide trend was to rename cities in native language. Elangovan said Madras was renamed as Chennai in memory of the Telugu ruler Chennappa.
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