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Central Railway Station - 1873

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  Please do not use the pictures without getting my permission, as these photos are copywritten. If you need one please write to me, email address is given below. If you all think that Central Railway Station was the 1strailway station, then you are wrong. The very 1st railway station was built at Roaypuram, sadly now that station is just used for very few local train stoppages and most of goods train stoppage. Coming back to Central Railway Station, the very same ground where the current building is standing was called “Nari Medu”.  The word “Medu” in Tamizh means Hillock. When the East India Company decided to move the central railway station from Royapuram to Nari Medu they had a challenge in bringing down the hillock to a flat plain land. So, where the debris would be shifted was their biggest question? In came Stephen Popham [British politician and solicitor] who bought the entire Broadway area which was called Muthialpet.  Every one made fun of Popham for buying a “...

Tamil Nadu Police Museum - Egmore

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Ripon Building

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  Please do not use the pictures without getting my permission, as these photos are copywritten. If you need one please write to me, email address is given below. Rippon building is one among the most beautiful building in Madras now Chennai. It will be at least in the top 5 biggest buildings built during the British Raj Era in size wise. The building was mainly built for the office bearers of Madras Corporation. For more details of who is Ripon and why the building is named after Ripon you got to refer to historian Mr. Sriram.V explaining to you all in detail about the history.   https://youtu.be/gLIpm9EEJmg  williamsatish25@gmail.com