[DOC] [TLE] History of Chennai - Wikipedia [PAR] Chennai, formerly known as Madras, is the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu and 
is India's fourth largest city. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of 
Bengal. ... Chennai boasts of a long history from the English East India Company, 
... While most of the original city of Madras was built and settled by Europeans, 
the... [DOC] [TLE] East India Company - Wikipedia [PAR] The East India Company (EIC), also known as the Honourable East India 
Company (HEIC) or .... The company established trading posts in Surat (1619), 
Madras (1639), ..... The arrival of tax-exempt Company tea, undercutting the local 
merchants, triggered the Boston Tea Party in the Province of Massachusetts Bay, 
one of... [DOC] [TLE] Fort St. George, India - Wikipedia [PAR] Fort St George (or historically, White Town) is the name of the first English (later 
British) fortress in India, founded in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras, ... The East 
India Company (EIC), which had entered India around 1600 for trading ... of Arcot 
and Srirangapatna, as well as the French forces based at Pondichry, at bay. [DOC] [TLE] Francis Day (Madras) - Wikipedia [PAR] Francis Day (16051673) was an English colonial administrator, associated with 
the East India Company. He served as a factor of the Company's factory at 
Masulipatnam from 1632 to 1639. In 1639, he negotiated the purchase of a strip 
of land south of the Dutch ... Along with Andrew Cogan, he is regarded as the 
founder of Madras. [DOC] [TLE] 22nd August 1639: Madras (now Chennai) is Founded by the East ... [PAR] On 22nd August 1639 Madras (now Chennai) was founded by the East India ... 
Following the Dutch, came the British East India Company who bought a small 
piece ... The city of Chennai as we see it today, was essentially a British 
settlement... [DOC] [TLE] Chennai (Madras) | SILK ROAD - Unesco [PAR] The city played a pivotal role in the trading routes that crossed the Bay of Bengal, 
and ... The British East India Company first settled in southern India in 1611, but 
moved to the area of Madras in 1639 in order to be near the established textile... [DOC] [TLE] British East India Company Raj - World History in Context - Gale [PAR] 16001750: The British East India Company in the Mughal Empire .... that later 
became Madras, one of the three great port cities of India, in 1639 on the ... 
Calcutta, the third of the great urban centers, was founded by the company in 
1690 ... even larger role in modern India's historyas the second city of the 
British empire... [DOC] [TLE] Merchants' buildings, Madras - British Library [PAR] Water-colour drawing of the Merchants' buildings at Chennai (Madras) by ... on 
the Bay of Bengal and was founded in 1639 by the British East India Company. ... 
The city was one of India's major ports and mercantile centres, based around the
... [DOC] [TLE] Chennai, India - definition of Chennai, India by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Founded in 1639 as Fort St. George by the British East India Company, Chennai 
was ... Chennai - a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras. [DOC] [TLE] Madras, India - definition of Madras, India by The Free Dictionary [PAR] A city of southeast India on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Founded 
in 1639 as Fort St. George by the British East India Company, Chennai was... [DOC] [TLE] Health Capital of India - The Free Dictionary [PAR] Founded in 1639 as Fort St. George by the British East India Company, Chennai 
was ... Chennai - a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras. [DOC] [TLE] Chennapatnam - definition of Chennapatnam by The Free Dictionary [PAR] Founded in 1639 as Fort St. George by the British East India Company, Chennai 
was ... Chennai - a city in Tamil Nadu on the Bay of Bengal; formerly Madras. [DOC] [TLE] madras

Question: In 1639 the East India Company founded the city of Madras on this bay
Answer: Bay of Bengal