A book on 'T.Nagar
Andrum Indrum' authored
by Nalli Kuppusamy.
Some interesting
points :
1) T.Nagar was
planned in 1923-25.
2) T.Nagar was
a big lake
in 1916. Names like
Lakeview road in Mambalam,
lake area in
Nungambakkam at present
prove this.
3) Only one
person by name
Subramaniyam Iyer owned
hundred acres of
land in T.Nagar
in 1920s.
4) Mambalam is
older than T.Nagar
which was called
as New Mambalam
initially.
5) One ground
of land was
rupees five hundred
in 1920s.
6) One acre
of land was
rupees two thousand
in 1923.
7) In 1933 ,
Pondichery Chokkalinga Mudhaliar
built ten shops
and named it
as Pondy Bazar
to glorify his
native place Pondichery.
8) Renganathan street
was an Agraharam ,
a residential area
in 1948.
9) During second
world war , Madras
High Court was
shifted temporarily to
Holy Angels School
in T.Nagar.
10) In 1930 ,
fourteen grounds of
land for T.Nagar
Social club was
purchased for rupees
two thousand nine
hundred from Government.
11) In 1930s ,
after 10 pm
foxes use to knock
the doors of
houses in T.Nagar.
12) There was
a big comman
well in T.Nagar
on which Kannadasan
statue stands now.
13) Staying in
hotels was considered
as below dignity
in 1930s.
14) In 1930s,
there was no
radio . Hence , people use
to assemble at
Panagal park to
listen 7.15 pm news.
There was no
movement of people
after 8 pm.
CHANGE IS
THE ONLY UNCHANGEABLE
THING IN THE
WORLD .
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