Egmore
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Vidhan Sabha constituencyEzhumboor | |
Egmore is a neighbourhood of
History
The earliest references to Egmore occur in the inscriptions of the Chola king
Egmore is the Anglicised form of "Ezhumbur", the name of a pre-British era village situated on the northern banks of the River.[2] Despite the fact that Egmore had been a part of the East India Company's possessions since 1720, it was not until the "Golden age of British rule" stretching from 1858 to 1947 that Egmore witnessed some real growth. The Egmore Museum was one of the first notable monuments to be constructed here. The construction of this famous landmark was undertaken immediately after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The Connemara Library was created as an annex housing the Museum's vast book collection and became operational in 1896.
Egmore, in 1796, was the site of the Military Male Orphan Asylum near Madras. This asylum was headed by
Various buildings
- Chennai Egmorerailway station
- Office of the commissioner of Greater Chennai Police department.
- Spencer Plaza
- Prince Plaza
- Hotel Chennai Gate
- Hotel Taj Connemara
- Hotel Ambassador Pallava
- Hotel Westin Park
- Hotel Ashoka
- Parsn Towers
- Madras Studio
- Rajarathinam Stadium
- Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium
- Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Centre
- Churches
- Presbyterian Churchcommonly referred to as the 'Kirk')
- Good Shepherd's Convent
- Methodist church on the Poonamallee High Road. The church was established and consecrated in 1905 on the site of a garden house purchased by the Mission in 1892.[3]
- Education
- Connemara Public Library, one of the biggest libraries in India
- The National Art Gallery (Chennai)
- Government Museum, Chennai
- Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI)
- Women's Christian College
- Ethiraj College for Women
- Don Bosco Higher Secondary School
- Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai
- Madras School of Social Work
- Digital Scholar - Digital Marketing Institute
Politics
Year | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) |
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2006
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40.3% 31,975 | 48.5% 38,455 |
2001
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47.6% 33,103 | 47.7% 33,189 |
1996
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19.7% 13,876 | 72.6% 51,061 |
1991
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47.8% 21,936 | 50.5% 23,139 |
1989*
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21.1% 16,124 | 49.8% 38,032 |
1984
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47.4% 27,246 | 51.8% 29,795 |
1980
|
37.6% 23,444 | 61.2% 38,200 |
1977
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28.0% 19,414 | 38.6% 26,746 |
State assembly politics
Egmore has been a stronghold for
- Note: In 1989, ADMK was split between Jayalalithaa faction, and only the Jayalalithaa faction is reported in the ADMK column since they were the highest vote getter from the divided faction. The Janaki faction got 4,293, which is about 5.6% of the voters.
Lok Sabha politics
Egmore assembly constituency is part of
Transport
Egmore Railway Station is the second most important in the state of Tamil Nadu after the Chennai Central Railway Station. It was constructed in 1908 and functioned as the headquarters of the now defunct Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway till 1951.
Egmore is well connected to other parts of the city. Many of the state-run Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses run through Egmore. Egmore has its own suburban train station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram railway line, which connects it to other parts of the city.
Geolocation
References
- ^ a b Venkayya, V. (June 1905). E. Hultzsch (ed.). The Triplicane Inscription of Dantivarman. Vol. 8. Government of India.
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ignored (help) - ^ ChennaiCorporation.com: The Leading Chennai Corporation Site on the Net
- ^ History of Wesley church
- ^ "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 February 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-08.