Dr. Zakir Hussain
In 1969, Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu, meaning Tamil country
madras state
in chennai, 1968
Madras.
MADRAS
kazhudhai (Kaidey in Madras Tamil)
the madras courier
1968
the madras courier
Chennai or Madras as it is still called, is the Capital state of Tamil Nadu
yes
Chennai, originally known as Chennapatnam. In honour of Damerla Chennappa Nayakudu, father of Venkatadri Nayakudu, who controlled the entire coastal country from Pulicat in the north to thePortuguese settlement of Santhome , the settlement which had grown up around Fort St. George was named after him as Chennapattanam. After that british named it as madras to honour a person called madura (local chennaite) who helped them. After a long period of bearing the name of madras it was decided to change it back to chennai by the CM of TamilNadu.