Chennai My City

  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. I do not take credits for the writing of this article for it was written by Ms.Janani Sampth for the The New Indian Express [ https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/2013/feb/02/looking-back-on-chennais-first-ever-electric-theatre-446655.html ] Contrary to the common perception that erstwhile Madras’ first theatre, the Electric Theatre, was established in 1900, the earliest advertisement material available for the theatre, shows that it began its run only in 1913. Established by Warwick Major and Reginald Eyre, the theatre, however, had only a two-year run, after which it was taken over by the government. With almost all the old theatres in the city having gone from the city, perhaps the buildings, both that housed Electric Theatre and Mrs Klugg’s bioscope, stand as reminders of the time when the city be...

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. Major-General Sir Thomas Munro, 1st Baronet KCB (27 May 1761 – 6 July 1827) was a Scottish British East India Company Army officer and statesman. In 1820, he was appointed governor of Madras, where he founded systems of revenue assessment and general administration which substantially persisted into the twentieth century. He is regarded as the father of the `Ryotwari system'. The Tirumala Thirupathi Devasthalam still hold a huge cauldron gifted by him called Munro Gangalam, in which food for the Lord Venkateswara is prepared, even though Lord Munro never visited the temple.  Governor Madras from September 16, 1814 – July 10, 1827. williamsatish25@gmail.com