'Madras Then: The Story of Madras' is the tale of several small villages that grew to become metropolis. In the sixteenth century, when the Dutch raised the price of pepper by 5 shillings, 24 merchants in London formed the East India Company in 1600 to corner the India trade. This event was to change the course of Indian history and to lead to the formation of several Indian cities, including Madras. A city of myth and historical importance, Madras and the region around the city has served as an important administrative, military and economic centre for many centuries. With rare archival photographs from museums and libraries from around the world the book showcases a large number of photographs from private collections and tells a story of a city earlier also known as Blacktown. City of the oldest living language in the world, Chennai is different from the other three metros of India. A city also popularly called the cultural centre of South India, Chennai is fast becoming home to some of the major global IT and automobile companies as well as India's foremost centre of medical tourism. A city of politics and films, Chennai has made Karunanidhi and Jayalalitha as popular as Rajnikanth and Kamal Hassan. From a lazy, sleepy Madras of the early twentieth century, the city is changing rapidly and this photo journey showcases the different facets of this beautiful city on the harbour.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Roli Books Pvt Ltd
ISBN-13
9788174369147
eBay Product ID (ePID)
190981398
Product Key Features
Book Title
Madras Then Chennai Now
Author
Tishani Doshi, Nandita Krishan
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Local History
Publication Year
2014
Genre
Photography
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
296mm
Item Width
294mm
Item Weight
2174g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Nandita Krishan, Tishani Doshi
Country/Region of Manufacture
India
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