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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|India}}~~
	* [[Chennai]]		* [[Chennai]]
	* [[List of Chennai Corporation wards]]		* [[List of Chennai Corporation wards]]

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	The '''Greater Chennai Corporation''',<ref name="Greater Chennai Corporation">{{cite news\|title= Chennai Corporation to be Greater Chennai Corporation now \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-Corporation-to-be-Greater-Chennai-now/articleshow/50784400.cms\|first=Julie\|last=Mariappan\|date=30 January 2016\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Chennai\|access-date=2016-01-30}}</ref> formerly known as the '''Corporation of Madras''' (1668-1996) and '''Corporation of Chennai''' (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a Royal Charter issued by [[James II of England\|King James II]] on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] outside [[Great Britain]].<ref name="320yrs">{{cite news\|title= Chennai Corporation to celebrate 320 years \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923115809/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=23 September 2008\|first=Kannal\|last=Achutan\|date=23 September 2008\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai\|access-date=2012-09-01}}</ref> It is among the oldest municipalities in Asia after Daman Municipality, which was established in 1588.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dmcdaman.in/history.php \|title = Daman Municipal Council}}</ref> It is the largest municipal corporation is Tamil Nadu with an area of 426 km<sup>2</sup>. It is headed by a [[mayor]], who presides over 200 [[councillor]]s each of whom represents one of the [[List of Chennai Corporation wards\|200 wards of the city]].<ref>http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/wards_{{Not a typo\|comm\|itee}}.pdf</ref> It is the second oldest city civic body in the world after the [[City of London]].<ref name="325yrs">{{cite news\|title= Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai}}</ref>		The '''Greater Chennai Corporation''',<ref name="Greater Chennai Corporation">{{cite news\|title= Chennai Corporation to be Greater Chennai Corporation now \|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-Corporation-to-be-Greater-Chennai-now/articleshow/50784400.cms\|first=Julie\|last=Mariappan\|date=30 January 2016\|work=[[The Times of India]]\|location=Chennai\|access-date=2016-01-30}}</ref> formerly known as the '''Corporation of Madras''' (1668-1996) and '''Corporation of Chennai''' (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a Royal Charter issued by [[James II of England\|King James II]] on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] outside [[Great Britain]].<ref name="320yrs">{{cite news\|title= Chennai Corporation to celebrate 320 years \|url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923115809/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=23 September 2008\|first=Kannal\|last=Achutan\|date=23 September 2008\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai\|access-date=2012-09-01}}</ref> It is among the oldest municipalities in Asia after Daman Municipality, which was established in 1588.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://dmcdaman.in/history.php \|title = Daman Municipal Council}}</ref> It is the largest municipal corporation is Tamil Nadu with an area of 426 km<sup>2</sup>. It is headed by a [[mayor]], who presides over 200 [[councillor]]s each of whom represents one of the [[List of Chennai Corporation wards\|200 wards of the city]].<ref>http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/wards_{{Not a typo\|comm\|itee}}.pdf</ref> It is the second oldest city civic body in the world after the [[City of London]].<ref name="325yrs">{{cite news\|title= Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world\|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece\|work=[[The Hindu]]\|location=Chennai}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	== References ==		== References ==
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	==External links==		==External links==

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	== References ==		== References ==

			==External links==
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			* [http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/ Official website]
			* [https://web.archive.org/web/20121202212744/http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/chennai_city_municipal_corporation_act.pdf The Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919]

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			[[Category:Government of Chennai]]
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			==See also==
			{{Portal\|India}}
			* [[Chennai]]
			* [[List of Chennai Corporation wards]]
			* [[List of mayors of Chennai]]
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	== References ==		== References ==

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