Chennai

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Chennai is a major coastal metropolis in southern India, serving as the capital of Tamil Nadu and a key cultural, economic, and automotive hub.


Statements (53)
Predicate Object
instanceOf City
District
Metropolis
administrativeBody Greater Chennai Corporation
beach Elliot’s Beach
Marina Beach
capitalOf Tamil Nadu
climate Tropical wet and dry climate
coastline Bay of Bengal coast
continent Asia
country India
educationalInstitution Anna University
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
University of Madras
formerName Madras
governingType Municipal corporation
hasAirport Chennai International Airport
hasMetroSystem Chennai Metro
hasMonument Fort St. George
Valluvar Kottam
hasMuseum Government Museum, Chennai
hasRailwayStation Chennai Central railway station
Chennai Egmore railway station
hasSeaport Chennai Port
Kamarajar Port
hasTemple Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
hasZoo Arignar Anna Zoological Park
isCoastalCity true
judicialBody Madras High Court
knownFor Automotive industry
Bharatanatyam
Carnatic music
Classical music and dance
Information technology industry
legislativeBody Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
locatedIn Tamil Nadu
locatedOn Bay of Bengal
Coromandel Coast
nickname Detroit of India
Gateway to South India
officialLanguage Tamil
region South India
religionMajority Hinduism
river Adyar River
Cooum River
sportsFacility Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
sportsTeam Chennai Super Kings
stateGovernmentSeat Government of Tamil Nadu
timeZone Indian Standard Time
UTCOffset +05:30
vehicleRegistrationCode TN-01

Referenced by (134)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Chennai Central railway station
Chennai Egmore railway station
Chennai International Airport
Cooum River
Elliot’s Beach
Fort St. George
Government Museum, Chennai
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
Kamarajar Salai
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Madras High Court
Madras Legislative Council ("Madras (city)")
Madras Port
Madras Time ("Madras")
Madras Time
Marina Beach
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
Presidency College, Madras
University of Madras
locatedIn
Anna University
Chennai Super Kings
Cooum River
Elliot’s Beach
Government Museum, Chennai
Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Kamarajar Salai
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
Marina Beach
Parthasarathy Temple, Triplicane
Presidency College, Madras
city
Agra Cantt railway station
Krantivira Sangolli Rayanna Bengaluru Station
New Delhi Railway Station
Pune Junction
Veer Savarkar International Airport
connectsTo
C. Rajagopalachari ("Madras")
M. S. Swaminathan ("Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India")
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ("Madras")
T. T. Krishnamachari ("Madras, Tamil Nadu, India")
placeOfDeath
George Norton ("Madras")
K. Balaji
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan ("Madras")
Srinivasa Ramanujan ("Madras")
workLocation
Advocate General of Madras ("Madras")
Advocate General of Madras ("present-day Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India")
Commander-in-Chief, Madras Army ("Madras")
Royal Indian Navy mutiny ("Madras")
location
Chennai Central railway station
Chennai Metro
Kamarajar Port
Madras Port
servesCity
Government of Tamil Nadu
Madras Presidency ("Madras")
Tamil Nadu
capital
Chennai International Airport
Greater Chennai Corporation
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, Chennai
cityServed
India
South India
Tamil Nadu
hasMajorCity
Government of Tamil Nadu
Presidency College, Madras ("Madras")
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity
A. R. Rahman
D. Udaya Kumar
Indra Nooyi
placeOfBirth
Annie Besant ("Madras")
George Norton ("Madras")
M. A. Chidambaram
residence
Chennai Egmore railway station
Chennai International Airport
Chennai International Airport ("Chennai metropolitan area")
serves
Adyar River
Cooum River
flowsThrough
Greater Chennai Corporation ("Chennai urban area")
Greater Chennai Corporation ("Greater Chennai")
governs
Coromandel Coast
Indian Ocean
hasMajorPort
Chennai Metro
M. S. Swaminathan Research Foundation
headquartersLocation
Kapaleeshwarar Temple
Valluvar Kottam
locatedInCity
Arignar Anna Zoological Park
Kamarajar Port
locatedNear
Arignar Anna Zoological Park
Sriharikota
nearbyCity
Annie Besant ("Madras (Chennai)")
M. A. Chidambaram
placeOfActivity
Madras Time ("Madras")
Madras Time
timeZoneOf
Madras Time ("Madras")
Madras Time
usedIn
Gateway to South India
appliesTo
Chennai Super Kings
base
A. R. Rahman
basedIn
Padma Lakshmi
birthPlace
Tamil cinema
centeredIn
Valluvar Kottam
cityLandmarkOf
Telangana (parts) ("Madras")
colonialCapitalAdministering
Tamil people
culturalCapital
Fort St. George
currentCityName
British East India Company ("Madras")
establishedTradingPost
Chennai ("Madras")
formerName
Fort St. George ("Madras")
formerNameOfCity
British Indian Army ("Madras")
garrison
Madras Army ("Madras")
garrisonLocation
Thomas Pitt ("Madras")
governed
Odisha (parts) ("Madras")
governedFrom
Coromandel Coast
hasCity
Greater Chennai Corporation
headquartersCity
Monkombu Sambasivan Swaminathan
headquartersLocationOfFoundedOrganization
Chennai Super Kings
homeCity
Greater Chennai Corporation
jurisdiction
Tamil Nadu
largestCity
Madras Port ("Chennai metropolitan region")
linkedTo
Kapaleeshwarar Temple ("Chennai district")
locatedInDistrict
Adyar River
majorCityOnRiver
Chennai Central railway station ("George Town, Chennai")
near
Fort St. George ("George Town, Chennai")
nearbyPlace
Kamarajar Port ("Chennai Metropolitan Area")
nearbyUrbanArea
Madras Presidency ("Madras")
notableCity
Kamarajar Salai ("Chennai road network")
partOf
Cooum River ("Chennai district")
passesThrough
Adyar River ("Chennai district")
passesThroughDistrict
Madras Army
presentDayLocation
Madras High Court
principalSeat
Ganesh Chaturthi
publicCelebrationCenters
Gateway to South India
refersTo
Greater Chennai Corporation ("Chennai Metropolitan Area (partly)")
regionServed
Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly
seatOfGovernment
Chennai English
spokenIn
First Anglo-Mysore War ("Madras")
treatySignedAt

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