UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

2022-03-30T00:31:17Z

robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

← Older revision		Revision as of 06:01, 30 March 2022
Line 1:		Line 1:
			{{Short description\|Lake in Madras, India}}
	'''The Long Tank''' was a natural [[lake]] which was situated on the western frontier of the city [[Madras]], [[India]]. Comprising two sections - the Mylapore Tank to the south and a feeder lake Nungambakkam Tank to the north, it extended for about five miles from Sterling Road in the north to the suburb of [[Saidapet]] in the south. About a mile in width, it formed the boundary of Madras city as well as the district till 1921.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=S \|first1=Muthaiah \|title=Better in Madras than at Essex \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madras-miscellany-better-in-madras-than-at-essex/article7800117.ece \|access-date=10 February 2019 \|work=The Hindu \|date=24 October 2015}}</ref>		'''The Long Tank''' was a natural [[lake]] which was situated on the western frontier of the city [[Madras]], [[India]]. Comprising two sections - the Mylapore Tank to the south and a feeder lake Nungambakkam Tank to the north, it extended for about five miles from Sterling Road in the north to the suburb of [[Saidapet]] in the south. About a mile in width, it formed the boundary of Madras city as well as the district till 1921.<ref>{{cite news \|last1=S \|first1=Muthaiah \|title=Better in Madras than at Essex \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madras-miscellany-better-in-madras-than-at-essex/article7800117.ece \|access-date=10 February 2019 \|work=The Hindu \|date=24 October 2015}}</ref>

->Sc2353: removed Category:Former lakes; added Category:Former lakes of Asia using HotCat

2021-09-02T21:44:59Z

removed Category:Former lakes; added Category:Former lakes of Asia using HotCat

New page

'''The Long Tank''' was a natural [[lake]] which was situated on the western frontier of the city [[Madras]], [[India]]. Comprising two sections - the Mylapore Tank to the south and a feeder lake Nungambakkam Tank to the north, it extended for about five miles from Sterling Road in the north to the suburb of [[Saidapet]] in the south. About a mile in width, it formed the boundary of Madras city as well as the district till 1921.<ref>{{cite news |last1=S |first1=Muthaiah |title=Better in Madras than at Essex |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/madras-miscellany-better-in-madras-than-at-essex/article7800117.ece |access-date=10 February 2019 |work=The Hindu |date=24 October 2015}}</ref>

Much of the Mylapore Tank was filled up in the 1920s to create the planned township of [[T. Nagar]]. The Nungambakkam Tank was filled up in 1971 and the memorial [[Valluvar Kottam]] constructed on the reclaimed land.

==External links==
* {{cite news|title=Locating a lost lake of Madras|url=http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/society/locating-a-lost-lake-of-madras/article6089792.ece|first=V.|last=Sriram|author-link=V. Sriram|work=[[The Hindu]]}}
* [https://www.indiatimes.com/culture/travel/shocking-pictures-of-chennai-floods-2015-318551-25.html indiatimes.com - Shocking pictures of Chennai floods]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Chennai topics}}

[[Category:Former lakes of Asia]]

The Long Tank, Madras - Revision history

UpdateBot: robot: Update article (please report if you notice any mistake or error in this edit)

->Sc2353: removed Category:Former lakes; added Category:Former lakes of Asia using HotCat