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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). * Madras Presidency was renamed Madras (State) after independence in 1947. * Madras (State) was renamed Tamil Nadu in 1968. * Madras, the capital of Tamil Nadu (formerly Madras (state)) was renamed Chennai in 1996 (Chennai is still referred to very often as Madras) == Name Changes in Chennai == * 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. Ethiraj * Nungambakkam High Road to Mahatma Gandhi Salai. * Pallavan Transport Corporation (PTC) to Metropolitan Transport Corporation (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 * Marshall's Road to Rukmani Lakshmipathy salai * South Boag Road to Chevalier Sivaji Ganesan salai * Chamiers Road to Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar Road * Griffith Road to Maharajapuram Santhanam Road * Harris Road to Adithanar Salai * 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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「List of renamed public places in Tamil Nadu」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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