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Chennai (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 13 05 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 13.0833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 080 17 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 80.2833 decimal degrees |
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Note: British East India Company built fort and trading post here 1639-1640; blockaded by Daud Khan 1702; attacked unsuccessfully by Marathas 1741; captured by France 1746 and returned by treaty 1748; held by France 1672-1674; ceded to Britain 1749. |
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| Chennai (preferred,C,V,Tamil (transliterated),U)
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| Ceṉṉai (C,V)
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| Madras (C,V,English,U)
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| Chennapatnam (NA,V)
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| Chennapuri (NA,V)
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| Tamizhagam (NA,V)
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| Tamulinadu (NA,V)
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| சென்னை (NA,V,Tamil,U)
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| Fort Saint George (H,V)
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| Madraspatam (H,V)
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| Madraspatnam (H,V)
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............ | original Tamil village, 17th cen. |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Chennai (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded by Francis Day in 1639, on site of Indian village |
| city (C) |
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| state capital (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| harbor (C) |
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built 1862-1901 |
| industrial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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