The fabric takes its name from the former name of the city of Chennai in south India. Is Madras a state? After Indian Independence, the Madras Presidency became the Madras Province on 15 August 1947. On 26 January 1950, it was formed as Madras State by the Government of India. ... ...
Viraswami Chettiar, late Pandit in the Madras Presidency College. This book is simply interwoven with Tamil Proverbs. "Mathar Neethy "is another story book containing many fine proverbs; and the same may be said of a book called: குடு ்ே ்ரக்ஷணி "The ...
(from which the name Madras was shortened). At that time theweavingof cotton fabrics was a local industry, and the English invited the weavers and local merchants to settle near the fort. By 1652 the factory ofFort St. Georgewas recognized as a presidency (an administrative unit governed by...