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Volume : II, Issue : VII, August - 2012 Historians' Views On The Origin Of Madras K.MURUGIAH DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : The name of India is originated from the river name Indus. India has large number of
cities like Chennai, Kolkatta, Mumbai and Delhi. Madras is the pioneering settlements
of British in India. It was the first city established by the East India Company and capital
of southern part of India. So that Madras may rightly to be called the Athens of India in
Modern time and Tamil nadu is called as 'The Greece of South East Asia'. It is the fourth
largest metropolitan city in India today. Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : K.MURUGIAH, (2012). Historians' Views On The Origin Of Madras. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. II, Issue. VII, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/1183.pdf References : - H.C., The Brief Survey of Indian History, Madras, 1933, p. 232.
- N.S.Ramaswami, The Founding of Madras, Madras, 1977, p. 46.
- S. Muthaiah, Madras Rediscovered, Chennai, 2008, p. 4.
- K.Rajayyan, Tamilnadu A Real History, Trivandrum, 2005, p.47.
- H.D.Love, Vestiges of Old Madras 1600 -1800, Vol. I, New Delhi, 1996, p.278
- S. Krishnaswamy Aiyangar, Sources of Vijayanagar History, Madras, 1924, p. 21.
- P.Rajaraman, Chennai Through the Ages, Chennai, 1997, p. 51.
- R. Krishna Rao Bhonsle, Origin of the Word, Madras, The Madras Tercentenary Commemoration Volume, Madras, 1939, pp. 35 – 36.
- N.S. Ramaswami, op.cit., p. 52.
- S. Muthaiah, Madrs Rediscovered, Madras, 2008, p.4.
- C.S.Srinvasachari, History of the City of Madras, Madras, 1939, p.44.
- N.S.Ramaswami, op.cit., pp. 40- 41.
- Ibid., pp. 49- 50.
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