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{{Infobox company
| name = Nalli
| logo = Nalli.gif
| image = Nalli.jpg
| image_caption = The main store of Nalli in [[Panagal Park]], [[Chennai]]
| type = Silk sarees
| genre = Wardrobe store
| foundation = 1928 
| founder = Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti
| location_city = Chennai
| location_country = India
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| locations = [[Chennai]], [[New Delhi]], [[Mumbai]], [[Bengaluru]], [[Hyderabad]], [[Kochi]], [[Kolkata]], [[Ahmedabad]], [[Coimbatore]], [[Madurai]], [[Tiruchirappalli]], [[Kanchipuram]], [[Puducherry (union territory)|Puducherry]], [[United States|U. S. A.]], [[Singapore]]
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| area_served = India
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'''Nalli''' is an [[India]]n [[wardrobe]] store and [[silk]] [[sari|saree]] emporium based in [[Chennai]]. It is one of the oldest saree shops in the Chennai's commercial neighbourhood of [[T. Nagar]].

== History ==
Nalli was established in T. Nagar in 1928 by Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti, a [[weaver (occupation)|weaver]] who belonged to the Padmasaliyar community.<ref name="softcorner_thehindu">{{cite news|title=The 'soft' corner for silks|url=http://www.hindu.com/businessline/2000/03/20/stories/102069m3.htm|date=20 March 2000 | location=Chennai, India|work=The Hindu}}</ref> Chinnasamy Chetti was a famous weaver of Kanchipuram sarees who had been weaving silk sarees since 1900 and gifted a Kanchipuram saree, the ''Durbar Pet'', as a souvenir to [[George V of the United Kingdom|George V]] during his visit to India in 1911. In 1928, he moved to the then Madras city and became one of the first to open a shop in the neighbourhood of T. Nagar which was founded in the early 1920s.<ref name="tnagar_thehindu">{{cite news|title=T.Nagar: Shop till you drop, and then shop some more |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/29/stories/2006082903011900.htm|date=29 August 2006}}</ref> The shop initially functioned from a house until Nalli established his own showroom in 1935.<ref name="tnagar_thehindu" /> Nalli Chinnasamy Chetti died in 1958 and was succeeded by his grandson [[Nalli Kuppuswami Chetti|Nalli Kuppusamy Chetti]].<ref>[http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2005/03/17/stories/2005031701720400.htm Nalli plans lifestyle stores]</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/3414759.cms All in the FAMILY]</ref>

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* {{official website|http://www.nalli.com}}
*{{official website|https://www.nalli.com/woman/saree/kanchipuram}}

[[Category:Retailing in Chennai]]
[[Category:Retail companies of India]]
[[Category:Clothing brands of India]]
[[Category:Companies based in Chennai]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1928]]
[[Category:Retail companies established in 1928]]

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