2006-06-12 19:10:53 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ India ➔ Chennai
chennai's original name was chennaipatinam. the brits changed it to madras. so of late ppl wanted the brit name out. and chennaipatinam was a ctually a harbor. so the city came to be called chennai
2006-06-13 18:44:05 · answer #1 · answered by tobeornottobe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Madras Former Name
2016-11-04 07:55:05 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Indian subcontentent has had many name changes in the past 50 years, i.e. Bombay, Ceylon, Burma, etc. The changes are usually an effort to move away from the English name given when the area was ruled by the British to a local language name.
While it may be understandable, it sure makes life more complicated!
2006-06-12 19:19:34 · answer #3 · answered by wfm100 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beucase of the U.K cause they cant say the name Madras so they called Chennai
2006-06-19 18:27:27 · answer #4 · answered by rusipatel125 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They changed it back to the original name, Chennai because the people of the sate voted to do so.
Madras was the British name
2006-06-12 19:14:40 · answer #5 · answered by umangu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
chennai's original name was chennaipatinam. the latter it has been changed it to madras...so governmenthas again changed to chennai...
2006-06-17 01:13:38 · answer #6 · answered by maya 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Chennai is the name from Chennaipatinam which formerly named.
2006-06-16 20:18:56 · answer #7 · answered by vino 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha....
i think so because of the rulers and the fast growing modern india made the name look odd
2006-06-12 19:17:31 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because of that ugly plaid fabric associated with the former name!
2006-06-12 19:13:51 · answer #9 · answered by ucd_grad_2005 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cuz ppl r so totally job less?!
2006-06-18 00:56:28 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋