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	==See also==		==See also==
	~~{{Portal\|India}}~~
	* [[Parks in Chennai]]		* [[Parks in Chennai]]

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{{Infobox park
| name = May Day Park
| photo =
| photo_width = 240
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| type = [[Urban park]]
| location = [[Chintadripet]], [[Chennai]], {{flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| area = {{convert|14.5|acre|ha|abbr=off}}
| created = 13 September 1950
| operator = [[Corporation of Chennai]]
| visitation_num =
| status = Open all year
| embedded =
| coordinates = {{coord|13.0734444|80.2710335|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
}}

The '''May Day Park''', originally known as '''Napier Park''', is a [[park]] in the city of [[Chennai]], [[India]].<ref name="subburajp10">{{cite book|title=Tourist Guide to Chennai|first=V.|last=Subburaj|page=10|publisher=Sura Books|year=2008|ISBN=978-81-7478-040-9}}</ref> It is located on Deputy Mayor Kabalamoorthy Road in [[Chintadripet]].

==History==
On 28 January 1869, a resolution was passed by the Madras municipality proposing the creation of a park at the site of the [[stables]] of Messrs. Burghall and Company in [[Chintadripet]]tah.<ref name="report_municipality">{{cite book|title=Report of the administration of the municipality of Madras for the year 1869|pages=58–59|year=1870|publisher=H. Morgan}}</ref> The proposal was forwarded to the Government of [[Madras Presidency]] and on 15 April 1869, the proposal was approved and land was allotted for the construction of the park.<ref name="report_municipality" /> The park was named after [[Francis Napier, 10th Lord Napier]], the [[Governor of Madras]] at the time of its creation.

==The park==
The park covers about {{convert|14.5|acre|ha|abbr=off}} and was opened to the public on 13 September 1950 by the then Minister of Agriculture, A. B. Shetty. The park is used to hold public meetings during the May Day celebrations when rallies are conducted from the park. The park is divided into two portions. There are facilities for [[cricket]], [[association football|football]], [[volleyball]] and [[badminton]] on the eastern and western sides of the park.

The park has been adopted and maintained by Simpson & Co.<ref>{{cite web
| last = Amirthalingam
| first = M.
| author-link =
| title = Parks of Chennai
| work = Envis Centre on Conservation of Ecological Heritage and Sacred Sites of India
| publisher = CPREEC
| date =
| url = http://ecoheritage.cpreec.org/Viewcontall.php?$mFHxgACv$o49kYS5Naq
| format =
| doi =
| accessdate = 4 Feb 2012}}</ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[Parks in Chennai]]

==References==
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{{Chennai Topics}}

[[Category:Parks in Chennai]]
[[Category:Urban public parks]]
[[Category:1950 establishments in Madras State]]

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