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Tours to Chennai

Go on Tours to Chennai to learn the growth and development of a small fishing village into the fourth largest city of India. Chennai saw the arrival of the Portuguese and subsequently the Dutch trading companies in the 16th century AD. In 1522 AD, the Portuguese established the Sao Tome or San Thome Fort thereby taking the ancient Pallava port of Mylapore further back. The Dutch established themselves in Pulicat towards the North by 1612 AD.

On 20th February 1640 AD, the British soldiers under the leadership of Francis Day and Andrew Cogon landed at the Coromandal Coast. The foundation of the Fort St George was dug on 23rd April 1640 AD at Chennaipatnam, a fishing village. The Raja of Chandragiri, the last ruler of the Vijayanagar rulers gave the land to the British. The fort was ready in 1644 AD with a boundary wall enclosing the 100 sq m land. The fort was named after St. George, the patron saint of England and thus the city of Madras was founded. Take the tours of Chennai to have a look of the George Town, which subsequently developed in the area of Fort St. George. The settlement was under the territory of Banten in Java till 1683 AD. Accorded its first municipal charter in 1688 AD by James II, the oldest municipal corporation in India was thus established.

On Tours to Chennai, you will learn that the city of Madras saw lots of ups and downs during the 18th and early 19th centuries AD when the British and French armies vied for preeminence in India. The French were able to capture it on one occasion for a short while. Robert Clive of British India used Madras as a base for his military expeditions during the Wars of the Carnatic. Finally the French withdrew to Pondicherry in 1756 AD leaving it for the British to develop Fort St. George. During the 19th century, Madras became the seat of the Chennai Presidency, one of the four divisions of British Imperial India.

The development of Madras into a metropolitan city of the present is said to have begun with Fort St. George. No Tours to Chennai is complete without the visit to the momentous St. George Fort. More like a compound of the colonial mansions rather then a fort, it has the residential quarters of Lord Clive, the tallest towering flagstaff in India, British Regiment Mess and the Lighthouse. Madras merged all neighboring areas to develop into the modern day city.

After India became independent in 1947, Madras became the capital of Madras State that was later renamed Tamil Nadu. Madras was renamed Chennai in 1997 by the Chief Minister M.K. Karunanidhi as an ode to the village of Chennaipatnam from which the present city traces its origin. On tours to Chennai, visit the 3 main divisions of the city, namely, Fort St. George or the administrative and commercial complex of the city, the Paris Corner and Chennai Central.

Chennai is an interesting place with lots of tourist attractions. On Tours to Chennai, visit the Fort St. George, Kapaleeshwar Temple, Marina Beach, National Art Gallery, Parthasarthy Temple and Santhome Cathedral.

Check out the following, on Tours to Chennai:

 Chennai Tourist Attractions

 Shopping in Chennai

 Hotels in Chennai

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