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. The Doveton House in Chennai was constructed by the famous architect Benjamin Roebeck in the year 1798. There are pillars in the front region and half moon steps at the back of the Senate House which resemble the colonial style and evoke the memories of the White House, as it is similarly built. At the beginning, the Doveton House was a residential building where English officers stayed on their visit to Chennai. Also, the Gaekwad of Baroda was kept in custody here as he attempted to kill a British resident in his state. Doveton House was where the children of Tipu Sultan were exiled in exchange for the good behaviour of the tiger of Mysore. The name Doveton House was coined when Lieutenant General John Doveton took charge of the building in 1837. After Doveton, this house was used as a prison where British officials kept the

  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 “big sewage dit

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. williamsatish25@gmail.com  

  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. The reason for building this Memorial Hall is that the East India Company faced a huge set back during the Sepoy Mutiny and they were spared from the trouble of uprising in the Madras Presidency, for the good behaviour of the Chennai People this hall was built. Architecture Greek style, architects by Captain George Winscom & Colonel Horseley.  williamsatish25@gmail.com

  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