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I have heard people saying that this entire madras presidency belonged to a land loprd called chennaiyappan before the british period. and he was supposed to have granted most of his property to the Govt. for the sake of public and hence the city has been named after him...

Yet I'm not sure whether its true ....

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9y ago

Because, the name Chennai can speak easily

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11y ago

it got its name from chennappa

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Q: What was the reason behind the name chennai?
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