Madras, India

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city metropolis state capital

Madras, India—now known as Chennai—is a major coastal metropolis in South India and the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Madras	41
Madras (former name of Chennai, India)	1
Madras (now Chennai)	1
Madras, India canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ metropolis ⓘ state capital ⓘ
administrativeDivision	Greater Chennai Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ
coastlineFeature	Coromandel Coast of Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonialPower	United Kingdom ⓘ
country	India ⓘ
currentName	Chennai NERFINISHED ⓘ
formerNameOf	Chennai NERFINISHED ⓘ
foundedBy	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasAirport	Chennai International Airport NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBeach	Elliot’s Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ Marina Beach NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasClimate	tropical wet and dry climate ⓘ
hasEducationalInstitution	Anna University NERFINISHED ⓘ Indian Institute of Technology Madras NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasNickname	Detroit of India ⓘ Gateway to South India ⓘ
hasRailwayStation	Chennai Central NERFINISHED ⓘ Chennai Egmore NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasSeaport	Chennai Port NERFINISHED ⓘ Ennore Port NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasUniversity	University of Madras NERFINISHED ⓘ
isCapitalOf	Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
isEconomicCentreOf	Tamil Nadu NERFINISHED ⓘ
isMajorUrbanCentreOf	South India NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor	Bharatanatyam dance ⓘ automobile industry ⓘ classical Carnatic music ⓘ film industry (Kollywood) ⓘ information technology industry ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification	Aw ⓘ
locatedIn	Chennai district NERFINISHED ⓘ Chennai metropolitan area NERFINISHED ⓘ South India ⓘ Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedOn	East Coast Road corridor NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Bay of Bengal NERFINISHED ⓘ
majorLanguage	English ⓘ Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
officialLanguage	Tamil NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Coromandel Coast NERFINISHED ⓘ
river	Adyar River NERFINISHED ⓘ Cooum River NERFINISHED ⓘ Kosasthalaiyar River NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone	Indian Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+05:30 ⓘ

Referenced by (44)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

P. Subbarayan → placeOfDeath → Madras, India ⓘ

William Emerson → workLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Dr. T. M. Nair → placeOfActivity → Madras, India ⓘ

subject surface form: T. M. Nair

this entity surface form: Madras (now Chennai)

Theagaroya Chetty → residence → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

S. Satyamurti → workLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Madras → namedAfter → Madras, India ⓘ

subject surface form: Madras, Oregon

this entity surface form: Madras (former name of Chennai, India)

Mani Ratnam → placeOfBirth → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Governor of Madras → hasCapital → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Governor of Madras → location → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Madras Observatory → location → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

K. Kamaraj → placeOfDeath → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Viswanathan Anand → placeOfBirth → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Rukmini Devi Arundale → placeOfBirth → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Madras (Lok Sabha) → locatedIn → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

reconstruction of religious thought in Islam → placeOfLectures → Madras, India ⓘ

subject surface form: The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam

this entity surface form: Madras

Governors of East India Company presidencies → residence → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

C. N. Annadurai → deathPlace → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Board of Control for Cricket in India → foundedIn → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

A. S. Dileep Kumar → placeOfBirth → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → mainWorkLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → deathPlace → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Muhammad Ali Khan Wallajah → laterSeatOfPower → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Lord Pigot → placeOfDeath → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Treaty of Madras → tookPlaceIn → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Seven Years' War in India → involvedTerritory → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

J. H. C. Whitehead → placeOfBirth → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Second Madras → refersToFormerNameOfComparisonCity → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Sir Henry Pottinger → residence → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Sir George Frederick Stanley → workLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

subject surface form: George Frederick Stanley

this entity surface form: Madras

First Carnatic War → involvedCity → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Carnatic → importantCity → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Wallajah dynasty → capital → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Notturno indiano → setting → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Corporation of Madras → appliesToJurisdiction → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Corporation of Madras → hasHeadquartersLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Third Carnatic War → significantLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Azim-ud-Daula → residence → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Norman Robert Pogson → workLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Henry Irwin → placeOfWork → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Sir George Barlow → workLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Armies of the British East India Company → headquartersLocation → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Presidency armies of British India → garrison → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Madras Cavalry → garrison → Madras, India ⓘ

this entity surface form: Madras

Shiyali → workedIn → Madras, India ⓘ

subject surface form: Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan

this entity surface form: Madras