https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Sholavaram Sholavaram - Revision history 2026-10-26T00:10:09Z Revision history for this page on the wiki MediaWiki 1.43.6 https://en.bharatpedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sholavaram&diff=535226&oldid=prev PasqualeCairnduf: Adding Basic Details More To Come 2024-09-03T13:53:25Z <p>Adding Basic Details More To Come</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Neighborhood in Chennai, India}}<br /> {{more footnotes|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2019}}<br /> {{Use Indian English|date=February 2019}}<br /> <br /> {{Infobox settlement<br /> | name = Sholavaram<br /> | official_name = <br /> | native_name = <br /> | native_name_lang = ta<br /> | other_name = Cholavaram<br /> | settlement_type = [[Suburb]]<br /> | image_skyline = Sholavaramaeri.jpg<br /> | imagesize = 300px<br /> | image_caption = [[Sholavaram Lake]]<br /> | image_map = <br /> | mapsize = <br /> | map_caption = <br /> | image_map1 = <br /> | mapsize1 = <br /> | map_caption1 = <br /> | pushpin_map = India Chennai#Tamil Nadu<br /> | pushpin_mapsize = <br /> | pushpin_map_alt = <br /> | pushpin_map_caption = <br /> | pushpin_label = <br /> | pushpin_label_position = <br /> | pushpin_image = <br /> | coordinates = {{coord|13|14|07|N|80|09|49|E|type:city_region:IN|display=inline,title}}<br /> | subdivision_type = [[Country]]<br /> | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}}<br /> | subdivision_type1 = [[States and territories of India|State]]<br /> | subdivision_name1 = [[File:TamilNadu Logo.svg|23x16px|border|link=|alt=|Tamil Nadu]][[Tamil Nadu]]<br /> | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of Tamil Nadu|District]]<br /> | subdivision_name2 = [[Tiruvallur district|Tiruvallur]]<br /> | subdivision_type3 = [[Metropolitan area|Metro]]<br /> | subdivision_name3 = [[Chennai metropolitan area|Chennai]]<br /> | subdivision_type4 = <br /> | subdivision_name4 = <br /> | established_title = <br /> | established_date = <br /> | founder = <br /> | named_for = <br /> | government_type = <br /> | governing_body = <br /> | unit_pref = Metric<br /> | area_total_km2 = <br /> | elevation_m = 19<br /> | elevation_footnotes = <br /> | population_total = <br /> | population_as_of = <br /> | population_footnotes = <br /> | population_density_km2 = <br /> | population_rank = <br /> | population_demonym = <br /> | demographics_type1 = Languages<br /> | demographics1_footnotes = <br /> | demographics1_title1 = Official<br /> |demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]]<br /> | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]]<br /> | utc_offset = +5:30<br /> | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]]<br /> | postal_code = 600 067<br /> | area_code = 044<br /> | area_code_type = Telephone code<br /> | registration_plate = <br /> | blank1_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency<br /> | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]]<br /> | blank3_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha]] constituency<br /> | blank3_info_sec1 = [[Tiruvallur Lok Sabha constituency|Tiruvallur]]<br /> | blank4_name_sec1 = [[Tamil Nadu Assembly]] constituency<br /> | blank4_info_sec1 = [[Madavaram Assembly constituency|Madavaram]]<br /> | footnotes = <br /> }}<br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;&#039;Cholavaram&#039;&#039;&#039;, also spelled &#039;&#039;&#039;Sholavaram&#039;&#039;&#039;, is a suburb {{convert|24|km|mi|abbr=on}} north of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. It is popular as Sholavaram and is also known for the [[Cholavaram lake]]. Adjoining the lake, there was a defunct Air Force Airfield which was used as a [[motor racing]] track. It was an air strip used during [[World War II]]; After the [[Madras Motor Sports Club]] was formed in mid-50s, it selected Sholavaram&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%208/zooming-to-a-start-at-sholavaram.html|title=Madras Musings - We care for Madras that is Chennai|website=madrasmusings.com|access-date=2020-04-08|archive-date=10 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410065335/http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2020%20No%208/zooming-to-a-start-at-sholavaram.html|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; to conduct its racing events. Since then racing events took place every year&lt;ref&gt;{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/field/843780/why-did-70000-fans-flock-to-a-town-in-tamil-nadu-to-watch-indians-motor-racing-in-the-early-1970s|title=Why did 70,000 fans flock to a town in Tamil Nadu to watch Indians motor-racing in the early 1970s?|last=Takle|first=Abhishek|website=Scroll.in|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-08|archive-date=28 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128103042/https://scroll.in/field/843780/why-did-70000-fans-flock-to-a-town-in-tamil-nadu-to-watch-indians-motor-racing-in-the-early-1970s|url-status=live}}&lt;/ref&gt; and continued till late 1980s until the Madras Motor Sports Club built a new track at [[Irungattukottai]], [[Sriperumbudur]], [[Chennai]].<br /> <br /> The Malayalam actor [[Jayan]] was killed in a helicopter accident here during the shooting of his film [[Kolilakkam]] on 16 November 1980.<br /> <br /> ==See also==<br /> * [[Chennai International Airport]]<br /> {{Portal|India|Sports}}<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{Reflist}}<br /> <br /> ==External links==<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081226132957/http://www.mmsc.in/history.htm History of Sholavaram Racing Strip]<br /> *[https://web.archive.org/web/20061206031957/http://auto.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1142703.cms Origins of Sholavaram]<br /> <br /> {{Chennai Topics}}<br /> {{Neighbourhoods of Chennai}}<br /> {{Areas of Chennai}}<br /> {{Indian motorsports}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Sport in Chennai]]<br /> [[Category:Motorsport venues in India]]<br /> [[Category:Tourist attractions in Chennai]]<br /> [[Category:Neighbourhoods in Chennai]]</div> PasqualeCairnduf