Date: Sunday, October 23, 2011, 12:42 AM
From: ramanujam kishore
Subject: Fw: Chennai from 1883 to 1939
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WE SHOULD PRESERVE THIS
MEENAKSHISUNDARAM
Chennai from 1883 to 1939 & About Chennai
Temple Mylapore
Parrys
Pycrofts Road
First Line Beach
Central Station
Egmore 1912
Ambulance at Chennai 1940
Bank of Madras 1935
Car Showroom Chennai 1913
Ford 1917
Chennai Market (Kothval Chawdi) 1939
Chennai Marina Beach 1913
Mylapore - Chennai 1939
Departmental Store 1883
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9.10.2011ABOUT CHENNAI
Ø Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India ,
along with Bombay . It is next only to Bangalore .
Madras generates around 35,000 jobs annually.
Ø Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India .
Ø Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having
over 20 lakh vehicles.
Ø The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile industry producing
0% of the country's auto parts and vehicles.
Ø Chennai is India 's fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty most populous cities
in the world (#35).
Ø Chennai as ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in 2003.
Ø Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook in 2003.
Ø Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in 2003.
Ø The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South Asia .
Ø Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the country
according to leading cine industry experts. Because of its cheapness and all modernized technologies, several post-production works for the movies from the Eastern India and
also from North-East India are now being done in Chennai.
Madras (Chennai) old facts...........
Ø Gateway of South India .
Ø Cultural capital of India .
Ø Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after Copacabana Beach
in Rio de Janeiro .
Ø Has one of oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.
Ø Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next only to Bombay .
Ø Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when all the post production work in the entire South Indian
cine industry was done only at Chennai.
Ø The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one of the largest
in South Asia .
Ø The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in India .
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