List of renamed things in Tamil Nadu
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Ever since the British
left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu
was no exception to this trend.
Even the state
and its capital, Chennai
were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras (the city) used to be the capital of the much larger Madras (the state).
Name Changes in Chennai
state owned transport corporations operated buses to facilitate public transport in the state and interstate connectivity through roads. It named various corporations by prominent personalities/kings of regional/national importance. However the practice was scrapped and it started naming the corporations as TNSTC
– Regional Division (Ex TNSTC Villupuram Division) after communal violence broke in the district of Virudhunagar during May 1997 after formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport corporation in which buses bearing the name Veeran Sundaralingam were burnt by some groups.
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
left India in 1947, many streets, places and buildings throughout India were assigned new "Indian names". Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
was no exception to this trend.
Even the state
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
and its capital, Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
were renamed post Indian Independence. Before the name changes, Madras (the city) used to be the capital of the much larger Madras (the state).
- Madras PresidencyMadras PresidencyThe Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
was renamed to Madras (State) after independence in 1947. - Madras (State)Madras PresidencyThe Madras Presidency , officially the Presidency of Fort St. George and also known as Madras Province, was an administrative subdivision of British India...
was renamed to Tamil Nadu in 1968. - Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras (state)) was renamed to ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
in 1996 (Chennai is still referred to very often as Madras)
Name Changes in ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
- Mount Road to Anna Salai.
- Edward Elliot Road to Dr. Radhakrishnan Salai
- Elliot's Beach Road to Sardar Patel Road
- Mowbray's Road to T.T.K Road after Thiruvallur Thattai Krishnamachari
- Commander-in-chief Road to Ethiraj Salai after V. L. EthirajV. L. EthirajV. L. Ethiraj was an Indian lawyer and philanthropist who founded Ethiraj College for Women, a college in Chennai, India.His father was Thiru. Vellore Lakshmanaswamy Mudaliar from Thottapalayam village in Vellore district in Tamil Nadu, India.V. L...
- Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma GandhiMahatma GandhiMohandas Karamchand Gandhi , pronounced . 2 October 1869 – 30 January 1948) was the pre-eminent political and ideological leader of India during the Indian independence movement...
Salai. - Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) to Metropolitan Transport CorporationMetropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)- External links :* * * *...
(MTC) - Chepauk Stadium or MCC (Madras Cricket Club) ground to M.A. Chidambaram Stadium
- Warren Road to Bhaktavatsalam Salai
- Lloyds Road to Avvai Shanmugam Salai
- Oliver Road to Musiri Subramaniam Salai
- Montieth Road to Red Cross Road
- Pycrofts Road to Bharathi Salai
- Lattice Bridge Road to Kalki Salai
- Chamiers Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road
- Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road
- Old Mamallapuram (Mahapalipuram) Road, beginning as MadhyaKailash temple has been christened as 'Rajiv Gandhi Salai'
- Beach Road became 'Kamarajar Salai
- Ponamallee High Road became Periar EVR Salai' after Erode Venkata Ramaswamy Naicker
- Royapettah High Road became Thiru Vi Ka Salai after Vriddachalam Kalyanasunduram
- LB Road became Dr.Muthulakshmi Salai after Dr. Muthulakshmi Reddi
Tamil Names
Here is a list of Tamil Names for places in Tamil Nadu and their Anglicised versions- Tiruvallikeni – TriplicaneTriplicaneTriplicane also has the famous powerful Ellamman temple in SMV Koil street. A beautiful Sundaramurthy Vinayagar temple is right opposite to the Ellamman Temple....
- Mayilapur – MylaporeMylaporeMylapore is a cultural hub and neighborhood in the southern part of the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. Earlier, Mylapore used to be called Vedapuri....
- Purasaiwalkam - PurasawalkamPurasawalkamPurasawakkam , also known as Purasaiwakkam or Purasai, is a residential area and shopping district in Chennai in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is close to the Chennai Central and Egmore railway stations. Purasawalkam is considered a perfect mixture of commercial and residential hub. The name...
- Amainthakarai - AminjikaraiAminjikaraiAminjikarai is one of the oldest localities in Chennai. It is located on the banks of the Cooum River. The arterial Poonamallee High Road runs through it. Aminjikarai was annexed to Madras District in the year 1946, and Arumbakkam and Anna Nagar were carved out of Aminjikarai in the '50s and '70s...
- Poovirunthavalli - PoonamalleePoonamalleePoonamallee is a town in the Poonamallee taluk of the Thiruvallur district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
Transport Corporations
The Tamil NaduTamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...
state owned transport corporations operated buses to facilitate public transport in the state and interstate connectivity through roads. It named various corporations by prominent personalities/kings of regional/national importance. However the practice was scrapped and it started naming the corporations as TNSTC
TNSTC
The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation is the public transport bus operator of Tamil Nadu, India. It operates buses along intra and inter state bus routes, as well as city routes.There are currently 6 divisions in TNSTC:*TNSTC Coimbatore...
– Regional Division (Ex TNSTC Villupuram Division) after communal violence broke in the district of Virudhunagar during May 1997 after formation of Veeran Sundaralingam Transport corporation in which buses bearing the name Veeran Sundaralingam were burnt by some groups.
- PallavaPallavaThe Pallava dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which ruled the northern Tamil Nadu region and the southern Andhra Pradesh region with their capital at Kanchipuram...
n Transport Corporation (PTC) & Dr.AmbedkarB. R. AmbedkarBhimrao Ramji Ambedkar , popularly also known as Babasaheb, was an Indian jurist, political leader, philosopher, thinker, anthropologist, historian, orator, prolific writer, economist, scholar, editor, a revolutionary and one of the founding fathers of independent India. He was also the Chairman...
Transport Corporation (DATC) to Metropolitan Transport CorporationMetropolitan Transport Corporation (Chennai)- External links :* * * *...
(MTC) (TN-01/02) - Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation (TTC) & Rajiv GandhiRajiv GandhiRajiv Ratna Gandhi was the sixth Prime Minister of India . He took office after his mother's assassination on 31 October 1984; he himself was assassinated on 21 May 1991. He became the youngest Prime Minister of India when he took office at the age of 40.Rajiv Gandhi was the elder son of Indira...
Transport Corporation (RGTC) to State Express Transport CorporationSETCState Express Transport Corporation Limited , formerly known as Thiruvalluvar Transport Corporation runs long distance express services exceeding 250 km and above throughout the state of Tamil Nadu linking all important capital cities, historical places, religious places and commercial places...
(SETC) (TN-01/07) - Thanthai Periyar Transport Corporation (TPTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV I (TN-32)
- Pattukottai Azhagiri Transport Corporation (PATC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV II (VelloreVelloreVellore It is considered one of the oldest cities in South India and lies on the banks of the Palar river on the site of Vellore Fort. The city lies between Chennai and Bangalore and the Temple towns of Thiruvannamalai and Tirupati...
) (TN-23) - Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R Transport Corporation (PTMGRTC) to TNSTC Villupuram DIV III (KanchipuramKanchipuramKanchipuram, or Kanchi, is a temple city and a municipality in Kanchipuram district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a temple town and the headquarters of Kanchipuram district...
) (TN-21) - ChozhanChola DynastyThe Chola dynasty was a Tamil dynasty which was one of the longest-ruling in some parts of southern India. The earliest datable references to this Tamil dynasty are in inscriptions from the 3rd century BC left by Asoka, of Maurya Empire; the dynasty continued to govern over varying territory until...
Transport Corporation to TNSTC KumbakonamKumbakonamKumbakonam , also spelt as Coombaconum in the records of British India , is a town and a special grade municipality in the Thanjavur district in the southeast Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Located 40 kilometres from Thanjavur and 272 kilometres from Chennai, it is the headquarters of the Kumbakonam...
DIV I (TN-49) - Deeran Chinnamalai Transport Corporation (DCTC) to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV II (Trichy) (TN-45)
- Marudu Pandiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV III (KaraikudiKaraikudiKaraikudi is a town in Sivaganga District in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.Chettinad literally 'Chetti land' in Tamil, is a collection of 76 villages/towns. Chettinad stretched from Ramnad District and Pudukottai State of 'British' India. The Chettiars, or more properly the Nattukottai...
) (TN-63) - Veeran Azhagu Muthukon Transport Corporation to TNSTC Kumbakonam DIV IV (Pudukkotai) (TN-55)
- AnnaC. N. AnnaduraiConjeevaram Natarajan Annadurai , popularly called Anna , or Arignar Anna was a former Chief Minister of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu...
Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV I (TN-27) - Annai Sathya Transport Corporation to TNSTC Salem DIV II (DharmapuriDharmapuriDharmapuri is a town and the administrative headquarters of Dharmapuri district in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located 65 km north of Salem. Dharmapuri is a part of the Kongu Nadu an ancient division of Tamilakam. It is one of the ancient towns of Tamil Nadu and a rapid developing...
) (TN-29) - CheranCheranCheran can refer to:*Cheran , the name of a Tamil dynasty in South India.*Cheran , a Tamil film director.*Cherán, a municipality the Mexican state of Michoacán.*Chéran, a river in eastern France....
Transport Corporation to TNSTC CoimbatoreCoimbatoreCoimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
DIV I(TN-37 then TN-38) - Jeeva Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV II (ErodeErodeErode is a city, a municipal corporation and the headquarters of Erode district in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.It is situated at the center of the South Indian Peninsula, about southwest from the state capital Chennai and on the banks of the rivers Cauvery and Bhavani, between 11° 19.5"...
) (TN-33) - Bharathiyar Transport Corporation to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV III Ooty then merged to TNSTC Coimbatore DIV I(TN-43)
- Pandiyan Transport Corporation to TNSTC MaduraiMaduraiMadurai is the third largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. It served as the capital city of the Pandyan Kingdom. It is the administrative headquarters of Madurai District and is famous for its temples built by Pandyan and...
DIV I (TN-59 then TN-58) - Kattabomman Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV II (TirunelveliTirunelveliTirunelveli , also known as Nellai , and historically as Tinnevelly, is a city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is the headquarters of the Tirunelveli District and the sixth biggest city in Tamil Nadu...
) (TN-72) - Nesamany Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV III (NagercoilNagercoilNagercoil is the 12th largest city in the southernmost Indian state of Tamil Nadu and a municipality and administrative headquarters of Kanyakumari District...
) (TN-74) - Rani Mangamma Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV IV (DindigulDindigulDindigul is a town and municipality in the Tamil Nadu state of southern India. The name Dindigul comes from the Portmanteau of “Thindu” meaning pillow and “kal” meaning Rock and refers to the bare hill dominating the city’s both land and skyscape...
) (TN-57) - Veeran Sundaralingam Transport Corporation to TNSTC Madurai DIV V (VirudhunagarVirudhunagarVirudhunagar is a municipality in Virudhunagar district of the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.In the beginning of 20th century AD, Virudhupatti was one among the six important places of Ramanathapuram District. Due to the rapid growth in the field of Trade and Education, it was renamed as...
) (TN-67)
Tamil Names
Here is a list of Tamil Names and their Anglicised versions- Kovai/Kovanputhur from CoimbatoreCoimbatoreCoimbatore , also known as Kovai , is the second largest city in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It is a major commercial centre in Tamil Nadu and is known as the "Manchester of South India"....
- ThoothukudiThoothukudiThoothukudi , also known as Tuticorin, is a port city and a Municipal Corporation in Thoothukudi district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Thoothukudi is the headquarters of Thoothukudi District....
from Tuticorin - Thiruchirapalli from Trichy
- TiruchengodeTiruchengode-Location:Tiruchengode is in south India in the state of Tamil Nadu, approximately 18 km from the City of Erode, 44 km from Salem, and 35 km from Namakkal.-Major Occupations:...
from Trichengode - ChennaiChennaiChennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
from Madras - Kanyakumari from Cape Comorin
- Tharangampadi from TranquebarTranquebarTharangambadi is a panchayat town in Nagapattinam district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, 15 km north of Karaikal, near the mouth of a distributary of the Kaveri River. Its name means "place of the singing waves"...
- Thanjavur from Tanjore
- Udagamandalam/Udagai from OotacamundOotacamundOotacamund , is a town, a municipality and the district capital of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Ootacamund is a popular hill station located in the Nilgiri Hills...
or Ooty - Ramanathapuram from Ramnad
- Madurai from Madura
- Parangipettai from Porto nova