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[[File:Victoria Public Hall, Chennai.JPG|thumb|[[Victoria Public Hall]] is among the Chennai buildings that Chetty erected.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110506213436/http://www.hindu.com/2011/05/03/stories/2011050363600400.htm Victoria Public Hall restoration to be completed by June], ''The Hindu'', 3 May 2011</ref>]]
[[Diwan Bahadur]] '''Thaticonda Namberumal Chetty''' (c. 1856 – 3 December 1925) was an [[India]]n contractor, engineer, builder and businessman who constructed a number of public buildings in the city of [[Chennai|Madras]] in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

== Career ==

Namberumal Chetty was born in Madras (now Chennai) in 1856.<ref name="neve">{{cite book|title=The meaning of the local: politics of place in urban India|pages=105–106|first1=Geert|last1=de Neve|first2=Henrike|last2=Donner|publisher=Routledge|year=2006|isbn=1844721140|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N4BW5e8reosC&pg=PA105}}</ref>He belonged to a [[Komati (caste)|Komati Chetty]] family.<ref name="neve" /> Namberumal Chetty started his business as a builder in 1880.<ref name="southernindiap650">{{cite book|title=Southern India: Its History, People, Commerce, and Industrial Resources|last=Playne|first=Somerset|author2=J. W. Bond |author3=Arnold Wright | year=1914|page=650 |isbn=9788120613447|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8WNEcgMr11kC&pg=PA650}}</ref> During his career, Chetty constructed the buildings of the [[Government Museum, Chennai]],<ref name="neve" /> [[Victoria Technical Institute]], [[YMCA]], [[Madras Law College]], [[Connemara Library]], [[Bank of Madras]] and the [[Victoria Memorial Hall]].<ref name="southernindiap650" /> The National Bank of India building that he constructed in 1914 was demolished in the late 20th century.<ref>S. Muthiah, [https://web.archive.org/web/20040415174459/http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/18/stories/2002121800280300.htm The splendour of banker's row], ''The Hindu'' (Metro Plus Chennai), 18 December 2002</ref> Many of the buildings constructed by Chetty use red brick manufactured in kilns that Chetty owned.<ref name="neve" />

Apart from building activities, Chetty was also a popular merchant and imported timber from [[Rangoon]] and [[Moulmein]].<ref name="southernindiap650" />He served as the [[Managing Director]] of the Trichur Timber and Saw Mills Ltd. which exported timber to [[Bombay]], [[Calcutta]], [[Colombo]], London, [[Liverpool]], Germany, New York and South Africa.<ref name="southernindiap650" /> He also owned a small [[tram]]way line which functioned as a feeder to the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]].<ref name="southernindiap650" />

== Legacy and honours ==

In November 1901, Namberumal Chetty was awarded the title of "[[Rao Sahib]]".<ref name="southernindiap650" /> Later he was awarded a "Rao Bahadur" title and in 1923, a "Diwan Bahadur" title was bestowed upon him.<ref name="neve" /> At the opening of the Victoria Students Hostel on 29 January 1900, [[Arthur Havelock|Sir Arthur Havelock]], [[governor of Madras]] said:

{{quote|Mr. Namberumal Chetty will have his name recorded in Madras with many small and beautiful buildings in stone, brick and mortar. It should be a proud remembrance for him and his descendants that he has so much to do with the beautifying of the city<ref name="southernindiap650" />}}

Namberumal Chetty was also the first native Indian in Madras city to own an automobile.<ref name="neve" /><ref name="madrasmusings">{{cite journal|title=Historic Residences in Chennai-10|journal=Madras Musings|first=V.|last=Sriram|volume=18|issue=19|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2018%20No%2019/historic_residences_of_chennai_10.html|date=16–31 January 2009}}</ref>

== Notes ==

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