page_title: Timeline of Chennai
section_title: 20th century
hierarchical_section_title: Timeline of Chennai / 20th century
caption_attribution_description: English: want to see the chennai much earlier
context_page_description: This is a timeline of major events in the history of Chennai.
context_section_description: 1901: The city, covering an area of about 70 sq km, has a population of 540,000.
  1905: Chennai Port Trust is formed.
  1906: Indian Bank is founded.
  King Institute, Guindy is founded.
  1910: Parsi fire temple is built at Royapuram.
  1911: Government Royapettah Hospital is established.
  1914: Water mains and drainage are formed.
  Street lights are introduced.
  Kilpauk water works is inaugurated.
  Bombardment of Madras—German fighter vessel Emden bombarded the sea shore and disappeared during the First World War.
  1917: First aeroplane flies; Simpson & Co. arranges for the trial flight.
  1923: The city is expanded to occupy an area of about 80 sq km.
  1924: School of Indian Medicine is founded.
  Radio broadcasting begins (31 July).
  1925: Loyola College is founded.
  First bus transport begins.
  1928: Tambaram TB Sanatorium is established (9 April).
  1930: First broadcasting station is founded at Ripon Buildings complex.
  1931: Suburban electric train services start (from Chennai Beach to Tambaram).
  1934: Raja Sir Muthiah Chettiyar is appointed first mayor of the city.
  1938: All India Radio is formed and broadcasting from Ripon Buildings ceases.
  Government Stanley Hospital is established.
  1942: Second World War results in evacuation of Madras.
  1943: Japanese fighter plane drops bombs on city and disappears.
  Population of the city crosses the million mark.
  1945: Regional Meteorological Centre is established from the old Madras observatory.
  1946: Mambalam, Saidapet, Government Farm, Puliyur, Kodambakkam, Saligramam, Adayar and Alandur villages, which formed part of Saidapet Municipality, are annexed to the city. Sembiyam, Siruvallur, Peravallur, Small Sembarambakkam and Ayanavaram, which formed part of Sembium Panchayat Board, are annexed to the city. Aminjikarai, Periyakudal, Maduvankarai villages, which formed part of Aminjikarai Panchayat Board, are annexed to the city. Part of Velacheri village, belonging to Velacheri Panchayat Board, is annexed to the city.
  1947: Indian national flag is hoisted over Fort. St. George.
  Madras city chose capital of Madras state
  1950: Boundary of the city is extended to cover 129 sq km by the inclusion of Saidapet and Sembium
  1952: Nehru Stadium is built.
  Integral Coach Factory starts functioning.
  1953: Government Dental College is founded (10 August).
  1954: Adyar Cancer Institute is founded (18 June).
  1956: Gandhi Mandapam is built.
  1956: Madras city is made the capital of Tamil Nadu state.
  1957: Sri Lanka opens its consulate.
  1959: Guindy Children's Park is inaugurated.
  LIC Building is built.
  1960: Kilpauk Medical College starts functioning.
  1961: Malaysia opens its consulate.
  1965: Heavy Vehicles Factory is established at Avadi.
  1966: Japan opens its consulate.
  Stedeford Hospital starts functioning (25 February).
  1969: First World Tamil Congress is held.
  Madras State was renamed Tamil Nadu, meaning Tamil country.
  1971: Snake Park is inaugurated.
  1972: Madras Metropolitan Development Authority is formed.
  1973: Madras Corporation is superseded.
  1974: Rajaji Mandapam is built.
  Madras Television Centre is founded.
  Taj Coromandel hotel, the first Taj Group hotel, is opened (14 April).
  Taj Group of Hotels opens its second hotel in the city, the Fisherman's Cove.
  1975: Kamaraj Mandapam is built.
  Valluvar Kottam is built.
  Chola Sheraton hotel is opened (18 October).
  1976: New (present) lighthouse is built.
  1977: Madras Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewage Board is formed.
  Kanagam, Taramani, Thiruvanmiyur, Velacheri, Kodambakkam, Virugambakkam, Saligramam, Koyambedu, Thirumangalam, Villivakkam, Errukancheri, Kolathur and Kodungaiyur panchayat areas are annexed to the city.
  1978: Sankara Nethralaya hospital is founded (6 September).
  1981: Adyar Gate Hotel, later the Park Sheraton hotel is constructed.
  1982: Hindu Mission Hospital, Chennai is founded (5 December).
  1983: Zoo is shifted to Vandalur.
  Apollo Hospitals opens the country's first corporate hospital.
  1985: Sri Ramachandra Medical Centre is established (11 September).
  1987: Singapore opens its consulate (17 September).
  Madras Medical Mission hospital is esta
caption: City of Madras in 1909
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