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about chennai
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Chennai is the capital of the south indian state , Tamilnadu.the old name of chennai is madras, chennapatnam etc. founded by the British in 1632 when fort St.George was established . Thesettlements around the fort grew about to be the present day chennai. Main language is Tamil, one of the ancient languages . English is widely spoken by all, also Telugu, Hindi , Malayalam speaking people are present.
Ancient tamil history says that the old townshps of Mylai(Mylapore), Tiruvallikeni, Tiruvottriyur etc were existing from long time before British settlement in chennai.
Present day chennai, is a cosmopolian hub where peope not only from diferent states of India are living but also people of different natonalities are seen in chennai , like employees in various MNCs viz hyundai, ford, citibank, , embassy staff, research workers on tamil art and architecture etc |
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location
Chennai Central Railway station is the gateway for South India, from here trains to all parts of india is avalable. chennai has good air and road connectivity. Anna International airport and Kamaraj domestic Airport conncts throughair. Chennai mofussil bus terminus at oyambedu is one of the biggest in asia