VIJAYAWADA Cockrane started a canal
17 from vijayawada to
Elumbu
03 Villupuram , started
buckingham canal
r river
(cockrane canal)
Elumbur river was cut to
equalize water level late Elumbur bridge
1700’s 17 along elumbur and
CHENNAI
10 coovum river cut for
land ownership of our people has 17 connection along
20
been transferred to British egmore and other
parts of the city ,
13th and 14th nov 1720 - & settlement along
cyclone came so the bridge
17 the bridge arose
damage which was access
bridge for trade along the 21 Densification of
city
18th century 17 black town
34 foundation of
Chindadripet for
Carnatic war - nawab of
Arcot influence of
17 weaving
nawabs40
B L A C KT O W N
settlement along
coovum river and
also Elumbur’s
cotton street CHINDADRIPET
17 large
residential
Battle of madras , it was conquered
17 44 plots was
by the French - Aix la Chapelle -
given to
signed a treaty where Madras should46
European
be returned to British.
families
17
establishment of egmore palace by nawabs of arcot -
brits got the palace to egmore fort as it is strategic site
50 using it as military force for ammunition.
Anglo Mysore war
- Hyder Ali
17 EGMORE REDOUBT
invades (in part67
of Chennai)
17 roads along Cooum river were
laid (Monteith road , Noah casa
98 major road )
C
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St. Andrew’s Church
18
M
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constructed R M
18
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1819 Eye Hospital moved to Egmore
Grid pattern street
18 –
settlements introduced,
with Palladian 21 1820
architectural influence
(Scottish style).
18 Commissioner’s Office moved from Vepery to Egmore
(present-day Police Museum, originally a bungalow in a paddy
42 field).
Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
18
established.
44
Madras School of
Fine Arts founded.
18
50
Pudupet established; Black Town
Early natives shifted to Chindadripet and
1800s Purasaiwalkam.
18
Zoo established at the present-day
Egmore Museum site.
55
18 Police Headquarters established
Famine; Buckingham
1876 - 56
19th century
Canal used for
irrigation and trade. 1878
18 Egmore Hospital established.
81
Connemara
Market (British
Lat
goods market, e
now vanished).
180
18 Residential growth
0s
Connemara Library established.18
expanded in and
90 around Egmore.
96
Police Commissioner Road,
Late formerly known as Ramsey
19th Road, laid out.
Wesley Church
was
19
constructed. 03
19 Redoubt Fort was built, used for
ammunition storage and as an
05 asylum for wounded soldiers.
Egmore Railway Station was
established, marking a decline in
19
Cooum River transportation as 08
railways became the new mode of
transit.
19 Rajarathnam Stadium, originally a parade ground for the police, was
built on the site of the Grassmere government bungalow. The Tamil
09 Nadu Archives were also established.
Egmore Metropolitan Magistrate
Court was founded.
19
16
century
Co-optex Society
19 was formed to
35 promote handloom
weaving and support
local weavers
20t h
The first 20 automobile
shops were set up in
19
Pudupet, marking the 40
area’s development into
a transit hub. Directorate of Fire
19 Services and a fire
41 station were
established.
Ethiraj College for Women was
founded by V.L. Ethiraj to prioritize 19
women’s education. 48
19 The Indian Oil
Corporation (IOC) set
49 up a children's ward.
The Madras School
of Social Work was
19
established. 52
19 Boundary
demarcation between
53 Andhra and Chennai
around the Cooum
River
Don Bosco
School was
19
founded. 58
19 Shift from bungalows to
high-rise residential
70 buildings in the area.
Fountain Plaza was
built.
19
74
Cooum River treatment began,
19 alongside developments like Alsa
82 Mall, Spencer Plaza, Rani
Meyyammai Hall, and Raja
Muthiah Road.
19
21st century
Due to land constraints,
multi-storey vertical
developments emerged. The 90
Cooum River became heavily
polluted, with issues of 20 Chennai River
Conservation Project
encroachment, sewage, and
unplanned growth becoming
01 launched to address the
environmental
rampant.
degradation of the city’s
Renovation of
20 rivers, including the
Rajarathnam Stadium
and the launch of the 09
Cooum.
Cooum River Renewal
Project aimed at 20 Egmore Metro Station was
inaugurated, enhancing
cleaning and revitalizing
the river.
15 connectivity and public
transport in the area.