Royapuram

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{{Infobox settlement
| name = Royapuram
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| settlement_type = neighbourhood
| image_skyline = Royapuram Fishing Harbour.jpg
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| image_caption = Royapuram fishing harbour
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| coordinates = {{coord|13.10403|N|80.29366|E|display=inline,title}}
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = India
| subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]
| subdivision_name1 = [[Tamil Nadu]]
| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]]
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai District|Chennai]]
| subdivision_type3 = Metro
| subdivision_name3 = Chennai
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| demographics_type1 = Languages
| demographics1_title1 = Official
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]
| utc_offset1 = +5:30
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]
| postal_code = 600 013
| registration_plate = '''TN-04'''
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'''Royapuram''' is a locality in the northern part of the city of [[Chennai]], Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for [[Royapuram Railway Station]]. The station is the first railway station of [[south India]], opening in 1856, and is today the oldest surviving railway station of the [[Indian subcontinent]]<ref>{{cite news |title=The train to Royapuram|url=http://www.livemint.com/2012/05/25202444/The-train-to-Royapuram.html |publisher=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=25 May 2012 }}</ref>

==History==
The region existed as a well known settlement during the [[Chola]] times, but the name Royapuram is derived from a Tamil appellation for St. Peter, Royappa, in connection with St. Peter's Church in the area.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-miscellany/article2441789.ece|title=Madras miscellany|last=Muthiah|first=S.|date=2011-09-11|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> From the 14th century, the erstwhile [[Vijayanagara Empire|Vijayanagara Rulers]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/madras-is-not-alien/article6338551.ece|title=Madras is not alien|last=Krishnamachari|first=Suganthy|date=2014-08-21|work=The Hindu|access-date=2019-05-18|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> controlled this region till the Madras land grant to [[History of Chennai|Francis Day]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.chennai.tn.nic.in/chndistprof.htm#hist|title=District profile - Chennai district administration- official website.|publisher=Chennai.tn.nic.in|access-date=2009-09-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=C S Srinivasachari|title=History of the City of Madras|year=1939|pages=[https://archive.org/details/historyofthecity035512mbp/page/n124 63]–69|url=https://archive.org/details/historyofthecity035512mbp}}</ref>
[[File:Royapuram-Stn-Oct07.jpg|thumb|left|180px|[[Royapuram Railway Station]], opened in 1856]]
[[Royapuram Railway Station]] was the first railway station constructed in [[South India]] and second railway line in [[South Asia]]. The first train service commenced in 1856 from here to [[Arcot]], the then capital of the [[Carnatic region]].<ref>{{cite news | title = The South's first station | location = Chennai| date = 26 February 2003 | url = http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/02/26/stories/2003022600240300.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20030702084613/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2003/02/26/stories/2003022600240300.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2 July 2003 | newspaper = [[The Hindu]] | access-date = 19 Nov 2011}}</ref>

==Politics==
{| class="wikitable" class="toccolours" style="float:right; margin:1em 0 1em 1em; font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Royapuram vote<br /> by alliance in assembly elections'''
|-
! Year
![[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK)
![[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''53.3%''' ''50,647''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|39.1% ''37,144''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''[[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''56.8%''' ''44,465''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|39.3% ''30,753''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|35.4% ''27,485''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''57.8%''' ''44,893''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''[[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''59.0%''' ''46,218''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|37.8% ''29,565''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989*]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|8.0% ''6,532''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''46.0%''' ''37,742''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''[[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|'''50.3%''' ''40,727''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|48.7% ''39,432''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|49.1% ''36,455''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''50.3%''' ''37,390''
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''[[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]]'''
| style="text-align:center; background:honeyDew;"|31.3% ''22,626''
| style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"|'''33.5%''' ''24,217''
|}

===State assembly politics===
{{main|Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)}}

==Lok Sabha politics==
[[Royapuram (State Assembly Constituency)|Royapuram assembly constituency]] is part of [[Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title = List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date = 2008-10-08
|work = Tamil Nadu
|publisher = Election Commission of India
|url-status = dead
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20060504185928/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date = 2006-05-04
}}</ref>

==Notable people==
* [[Isaivani]], [[gaana]] singer
* [[Raghava Lawrence]], Indian actor and director

==References==
{{Portal|India}}
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{{Neighborhoods of Chennai}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]
[[Category:Coastal neighbourhoods of Chennai]]

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