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{{short description|Neighbourhood, in Chennai district, in Tamil Nadu State, in India | {{short description|Neighbourhood, in Chennai district, in Tamil Nadu State, in India}} | ||
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{{Use Indian English|date= October 2020}} | {{Use Indian English|date= October 2020}} | ||
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| subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | | subdivision_type2 = [[List of districts of India|District]] | ||
| subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai district|Chennai]] | | subdivision_name2 = [[Chennai district|Chennai]] | ||
| subdivision_type3 = [[Taluk]] | | subdivision_type3 = [[Taluk]] | ||
| subdivision_name3 = [[Egmore taluk|Egmore]] | | subdivision_name3 = [[Egmore taluk|Egmore]] | ||
| subdivision_type4 = Metro | | subdivision_type4 = Metro | ||
| subdivision_name4 = [[Chennai]] | | subdivision_name4 = [[Chennai]] | ||
| subdivision_type5 = [[List of Chennai Corporation wards|Zone & Ward]] | | subdivision_type5 = [[List of Chennai Corporation wards|Zone & Ward]] | ||
| subdivision_name5 = [[Teynampet|9 & 118]] | | subdivision_name5 = [[Teynampet|9 & 118]] | ||
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| elevation_footnotes = | | elevation_footnotes = | ||
| elevation_m = 9 | | elevation_m = 9 | ||
| elevation_ft = 29 | | elevation_ft = 29 | ||
| population_total = 14,912<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/33/3302_PART_A_DCHB_CHENNAI.pdf|title=Census of India 2011: District Census Handbook, State Tamil Nadu, Chennai (Royapettah is ward no. 0112)|work=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> | | population_total = 14,912<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/33/3302_PART_A_DCHB_CHENNAI.pdf|title=Census of India 2011: District Census Handbook, State Tamil Nadu, Chennai (Royapettah is ward no. 0112)|work=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India|access-date=2020-10-19}}</ref> | ||
| population_as_of = 2011 | | population_as_of = 2011 | ||
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| demographics1_title1 = [[Official]] | | demographics1_title1 = [[Official]] | ||
| demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | | demographics1_info1 = [[Tamil language|Tamil]] | ||
| timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | | timezone1 = [[Indian Standard Time|IST]] | ||
| utc_offset1 = +5:30 | | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | ||
| postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | | postal_code_type = [[Postal Index Number|PIN]] | ||
| postal_code = 600014 | | postal_code = 600014 | ||
| area_code_type = Telephone code | | area_code_type = Telephone code | ||
| area_code = 044 | | area_code = 044 | ||
| registration_plate = TN- | | registration_plate = TN-06 | ||
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| blank1_info_sec1 = [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] | | blank1_info_sec1 = [[Greater Chennai Corporation]] | ||
| blank2_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency | | blank2_name_sec1 = [[Urban planning|Planning]] agency | ||
| blank2_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]] | | blank2_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority|CMDA]] | ||
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| blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]] | | blank4_name_sec1 = [[Lok Sabha|LS]] | ||
| blank4_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)]] | | blank4_info_sec1 = [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)]] | ||
| blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]] | | blank5_name_sec1 = [[Vidhan Sabha|VS]] | ||
| blank5_info_sec1 = [[Thousand Lights]] | | blank5_info_sec1 = [[Thousand Lights]] | ||
| blank1_name_sec2 = | | blank1_name_sec2 = [[Member of parliament|MP]] | ||
[[Member of parliament|MP]] | | blank1_info_sec2 = [[Dayanidhi Maran]] | ||
| blank1_info_sec2 = [[Dayanidhi Maran]] | | blank2_name_sec2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] | ||
| blank2_name_sec2 = [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] | | blank2_info_sec2 = [[Ezhilan Naganathan]] | ||
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| blank3_info_sec2 = | | website = http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/ | ||
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}} | }} | ||
'''Royapettah''' is a neighbourhood of [[Chennai]], India. | |||
== Location == | |||
Royapettah is located at the central part of the city of Chennai, with an elevation of 9 m (29 ft.) above mean sea level.<ref name="Royapettah Tamil Nadu India">{{cite web|url=https://earth.google.com|title=Search Coordinates and Elevation of Royapettah Tamil Nadu India|work=Google Earth|access-date=2020-10-09}}</ref> The neighbourhood comes under Teynampet Zone (number 9) and ward number 118 (old number 112) of the [[Chennai Corporation]].<ref name="Teynampet zone">{{cite web|url=https://chennaicorporation.gov.in/zone/index.htm|title=Welcome to Greater Chennai Corporation/Zone details|work=Greater Chennai Corporation|access-date=2020-11-06}}</ref> | |||
{{Location map many | India Tamil Nadu | |||
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| coordinates1 = {{coord|13.0540|N|80.2641|E}} | |||
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=== Boundaries === | === Boundaries === | ||
Royapettah is bounded in the direction of Northwest by [[Nungambakkam]], North by [[Chintadripet]], Northeast by [[Chepauk]], West by [[Gopalapuram, Chennai|Gopalapuram]], East by [[Triplicane]], Southwest by [[Teynampet]], South by [[Mylapore]] and | Royapettah is bounded in the direction of Northwest by [[Nungambakkam]], North by [[Chintadripet]], Northeast by [[Chepauk]], West by [[Gopalapuram, Chennai|Gopalapuram]], East by [[Triplicane]], Southwest by [[Teynampet]], South by [[Mylapore]] and Southeast by [[Marina Beach]]. | ||
Southeast by [[Marina Beach]]. | |||
== History == | == History == | ||
Royapettah, along with the suburbs of [[Nungambakkam]] and [[Teynampet]], was part of the Great Choultry Plain, as the British had it in their records back in 1721.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=442}} Soon after the arrival of the British in the city in the early 17th century, a large Eurasian population started settling in Royapettah and surrounding regions in the 17th and 18th centuries.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=77–78}} Muslim settlements started appearing in the neighbourhood from the latter half of the 18th century.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=5}} In 1798, the [[British East India Company]] constructed the [[Amir Mahal]] to house its administrative offices.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} When the Company annexed the Carnatic kingdom in 1855 with the [[Doctrine of Lapse]], the [[Chepauk Palace]], the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} However, the British granted the Amir Mahal to the Prince of Arcot and the office building was soon converted into a palace by Robert Chrisholm.{{sfn|Jayewardene-Pillai|2007|p=200}} In 1876, the Nawab moved in with his family into the Amir Mahal, which has since been the residence of the Nawabs of Arcot.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} | [[File:Thousand Lights Mosque (6708373959).jpg|left|thumb|[[Anna Salai]] near the [[Thousand Lights Mosque]]]] | ||
Royapettah, along with the suburbs of [[Nungambakkam]] and [[Teynampet]], was part of the Great Choultry Plain, as the [[British Raj|British]] had it in their records back in 1721.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=442}} Soon after the arrival of the British in the city in the early 17th century, a large Eurasian population started settling in Royapettah and surrounding regions in the 17th and 18th centuries.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=77–78}} Muslim settlements started appearing in the neighbourhood from the latter half of the 18th century.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=5}} In 1798, the [[British East India Company]] constructed the [[Amir Mahal]] to house its administrative offices.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} When the Company annexed the Carnatic kingdom in 1855 with the [[Doctrine of Lapse]], the [[Chepauk Palace]], the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} However, the British granted the Amir Mahal to the [[Prince of Arcot]] and the office building was soon converted into a palace by [[Robert Chisholm (architect)|Robert Chrisholm]].{{sfn|Jayewardene-Pillai|2007|p=200}} In 1876, the Nawab moved in with his family into the Amir Mahal, which has since been the residence of the Nawabs of Arcot.{{sfn|Muthiah|2004|p=168}} | |||
The Purification Church was apparently the first church built in the neighbourhood around 1769. However, this was replaced in 1848 by the Presentation Church, also known as the Wallajahpet Church. | The Purification Church was apparently the first church built in the neighbourhood around 1769. However, this was replaced in 1848 by the Presentation Church, also known as the Wallajahpet Church. This was built on a 21-ground plot granted by the Nawab in 1813.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=197}} The Subramania Swamy Temple located adjacent to the church was built around 1889 in the area now known as Zam Bazaar.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=197}} The [[Thousand Lights Mosque]] was built in 1810.{{sfn|Priya and Radhakrishnan, 2016|p=43}} In 1819, the first Methodist chapel in India was opened in Royapettah by the Methodist missionary James Lynch who settled down in the neighbourhood a year before. The church grew into the Wesley Church, which was dedicated in 1853.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=389}} | ||
In 1819, the Madras Eye Infirmary (MEI) | In 1819, the Madras Eye Infirmary (MEI) was founded in the neighbourhood.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=372}}{{sfn|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}} It remains the oldest specialist eye hospital in Asia and the second oldest in the world.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=372}} Modelled on [[Moorfields Eye Hospital]] in London, the hospital was moved to [[Egmore]] in 1884 and became the [[Egmore Eye Hospital|Government Ophthalmic Hospital]] in 1886.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=372}} The [[Government Royapettah Hospital]] was opened in 1911.{{sfn|TNHealth.org, n.d.}} The first superintendent of the hospital was Col. C. Donovan.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=369}} | ||
In 1858, Monahan Girls' School, one of the oldest Protestant schools, was opened in Royapettah.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=389}} In 1928, the neighbourhood had one of the earliest school for physical education in the Wesley School.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=100}} The Royapettah post office appeared in 1834 as a subsidiary of the [[General Post Office, Chennai|General Post Office]] at [[George Town, Chennai|George Town]].{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=330–331}} With the opening of the Woodlands Hotel in 1938 and the Modern Hindu Hotel on General Patter's Road, the neighbourhood became the home to the first Indian-style, vegetarian hotels in the city.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=76–77}} | In 1858, Monahan Girls' School, one of the oldest Protestant schools, was opened in Royapettah.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=389}} In 1928, the neighbourhood had one of the earliest school for physical education in the Wesley School.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|p=100}} The Royapettah post office appeared in 1834 as a subsidiary of the [[General Post Office, Chennai|General Post Office]] at [[George Town, Chennai|George Town]].{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=330–331}} With the opening of the Woodlands Hotel in 1938 and the Modern Hindu Hotel on General Patter's Road, the neighbourhood became the home to the first Indian-style, vegetarian hotels in the city.{{sfn|Muthiah|2014|pp=76–77}} | ||
In the 1930s, a [[Royapettah Clock Tower|clock tower]] was built in the neighbourhood. Gani and Sons, formerly known as the South India Watch Company, provided the clock instrument for the clock tower.{{sfn|Venkatraman, ''The New Indian Express'', 27 August 2012}} | In the 1930s, a [[Royapettah Clock Tower|clock tower]] was built in the neighbourhood. Gani and Sons, formerly known as the South India Watch Company, provided the clock instrument for the clock tower.{{sfn|Venkatraman, ''The New Indian Express'', 27 August 2012}} | ||
By the middle of the 20th century, Anna Salai had become the hub of automobile manufacturers in [[South India]], including conglomerates such as [[Simson (company)|Simson]], [[Addison Motor Company]], [[Royal Enfield]], South India Automotive Company, George Oaks of the [[Amalgamations Group]], [[Standard Motor Products of India Limited|Standard Motor Products of India]], and [[TVS Motor Company]].{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 6 July 2018}} This, coupled with low rental rates in the nearby streets, resulted in automobile spare manufacturers and dealers opening shops in the region, including [[Pudupet (Chennai)|Pudupet]], [[Chintadripet]], General Patters Road, Whites Road, State Bank Street and so forth.{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 6 July 2018}} General Patters Road became the hub of automobile service and spare dealers.{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 6 July 2018}} This resulted in the region coming to be called ''The Detroit of India''.{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 6 July 2018}} | |||
== Demographics == | == Demographics == | ||
As of [[Census of India 2011]], the total population of Royapettah was 14,912, including 7,444 males and 7,468 females.<ref name="Census 2011 Royapettah Chennai">{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/33/3302_PART_A_DCHB_CHENNAI.pdf |title=District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town Directory |publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |work=Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu |page=30|access-date=2020-10-21}}</ref> | As of [[Census of India 2011]], the total population of Royapettah was 14,912, including 7,444 males and 7,468 females.<ref name="Census 2011 Royapettah Chennai">{{cite web|url=https://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/33/3302_PART_A_DCHB_CHENNAI.pdf |title=District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town Directory |publisher=Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India |work=Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu |page=30|access-date=2020-10-21}}</ref> | ||
Royapettah | ==Politics== | ||
Royapettah comes under the [[Thousand Lights Assembly constituency]] and the [[Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency]]. The suburb hosts the headquarters of the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]], an Indian regional political party founded by the former [[chief minister of Tamil Nadu]] [[M. G. Ramachandran]]. The headquarters, known as the ''Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai'', is located at V. P. Raman Salai. | |||
== | == Facilities == | ||
The [[Government Royapettah Hospital]], which serves as the chief healthcare institution in the neighbourhood, is the city's largest peripheral hospital{{sfn|''The Times of India'', 17 August 2012}} and its limit extends up to [[Chengalpattu]].{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 30 April 2013}} Second in the government sector next only to the [[Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital]], the Royapettah Government Hospital has a full-fledged emergency department, including triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.{{sfn|Josephine, ''The Hindu'', 28 April 2019}} | The [[Government Royapettah Hospital]], which serves as the chief healthcare institution in the neighbourhood, is the city's largest peripheral hospital{{sfn|''The Times of India'', 17 August 2012}} and its limit extends up to [[Chengalpattu]].{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 30 April 2013}} Second in the government sector next only to the [[Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital]], the Royapettah Government Hospital has a full-fledged emergency department, including triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.{{sfn|Josephine, ''The Hindu'', 28 April 2019}} | ||
== | == Transportation == | ||
Located | Located centrally within the city, Royapettah is well connected to other neighbourhoods of Chennai, with several bus routes passing through it. Whites road, Avvai Shanmugam Salai and [[Royapettah High Road]] are the primary streets in the neighbourhood. The city's arterial [[Anna Salai]] tangentially touches the western periphery of the neighbourhood. Royapettah has a flyover on Royapettah High Road. There are plans to build a 5-kl/day sewage treatment plant along the pliers of the flyover and is under construction.{{sfn|''The Times of India'', 14 September 2020}} | ||
Royapettah is served by the [[LIC metro station|LIC]] and [[Thousand Lights metro station|Thousand Lights]] metro stations on the [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|Blue Line]] of the [[Chennai Metro]], which runs along the western periphery of the neighbourhood. The [[Royapettah metro station]] on the [[Purple Line (Chennai Metro)|Purple Line]] of the Chennai Metro is under construction.{{sfn|''The Hindu'', 3 October 2021}} | |||
== | == Adjacent communities == | ||
{{Adjacent communities | {{Adjacent communities | ||
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== References == | == References == | ||
{{ref begin}} | {{ref begin}} | ||
* {{cite book|title= Imperial conversations: Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India|page=200|first=Shanti|last=Jayewardene-Pillai|publisher=Yoda Press|year=2007|isbn=978-8190363426 | * {{cite book |title=Imperial conversations: Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India |page=200 |first=Shanti |last=Jayewardene-Pillai |publisher=[[Yoda Press]] |year=2007 |isbn=978-8190363426}} | ||
* {{cite book | title=Madras Rediscovered| last=Muthiah| first=S.| year=2004| author-link=S. Muthiah| publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd| isbn=81-88661-24-4}} | * {{cite book |title=Madras Rediscovered |last=Muthiah |first=S. |year=2004 |author-link=S. Muthiah |publisher=East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd |isbn=81-88661-24-4}} | ||
* {{cite book | last = Muthiah| first = S. | author-link = S. Muthiah | title = Madras Rediscovered| publisher = EastWest | date = 2014 | location = Chennai | isbn = 978-93-84030-28-5}} | * {{cite book |last=Muthiah |first=S. |author-link=S. Muthiah |title=Madras Rediscovered |publisher=EastWest |date=2014 |location=Chennai |isbn=978-93-84030-28-5}} | ||
* {{cite news | last = Parthasarathy | first = Anusha | title = | * {{cite news |last=Parthasarathy |first=Anusha |title=Looking back in time |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai |publisher=Kasturi & Sons |date=16 October 2012 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/history-and-culture/Looking-back-in-time/article12560015.ece |access-date=22 October 2020 |ref={{sfnRef|Parthasarathy, ''The Hindu'' 16 October 2012}}}} | ||
* {{cite news | last = Venkatraman | first = Janane | * {{cite news |last=Venkatraman |first=Janane |title=It's time to look at our city's landmarks again |newspaper=The New Indian Express |location=Chennai |publisher=Express Publications |date=27 August 2012 |url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article596235.ece?service=print |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140324224953/http://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/chennai/article596235.ece?service=print |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 March 2014 |access-date=24 March 2014 |ref={{sfnRef|Venkatraman, ''The New Indian Express'', 27 August 2012}}}} | ||
* {{cite web |title=Government Royapettah Hospital |publisher=TNHealth.org |url=http://www.tnhealth.org/megh14.htm |access-date=28 Apr 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221064935/http://www.tnhealth.org/megh14.htm |archive-date=21 February 2013|ref={{sfnRef|TNHealth.org, n.d.}} }} | * {{cite web |title=Government Royapettah Hospital |publisher=TNHealth.org |url=http://www.tnhealth.org/megh14.htm |access-date=28 Apr 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130221064935/http://www.tnhealth.org/megh14.htm |archive-date=21 February 2013 |ref={{sfnRef|TNHealth.org, n.d.}}}} | ||
* {{cite news | title = Rs 10cr for cancer unit at Royapettah hospital | location = Chennai | date = 17 August 2012 | url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130224055002/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops | url-status = dead | archive-date = 24 February 2013 | access-date = 28 April 2013| newspaper = [[The Times of India]] |ref={{sfnRef|''The Times of India'', 17 August 2012}} }} | * {{cite news |title=Rs 10cr for cancer unit at Royapettah hospital |location=Chennai |date=17 August 2012 |url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130224055002/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-08-17/chennai/33248577_1_oral-cancer-cancer-centre-cancer-tops |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 February 2013 |access-date=28 April 2013 |newspaper=[[The Times of India]] |ref={{sfnRef|''The Times of India'', 17 August 2012}}}} | ||
* {{cite news | title = Rs. 4 crore for survey of heritage hospital buildings | newspaper = The Hindu | location = Chennai | date = 30 April 2013 | url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rs-4-crore-for-survey-of-heritage-hospital-buildings/article4667609.ece | access-date = 12 May 2013|ref={{sfnRef|''The Hindu'', 30 April 2013}} }} | * {{cite journal |last1=Priya |first1=R. Sasi Mary |last2=Radhakrishnan |first2=V. |author-link= |title=The art and architectures along the Tamil Nadu coast |journal=International Journal of Art & Humanity Science |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=43 |date=March–April 2016 |language= |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/313763972 |jstor= |issn=2349-5235 |doi= |id= |mr= |zbl= |jfm= |access-date=18 December 2021 |ref={{sfnRef|Priya and Radhakrishnan, 2016}}}} | ||
* {{cite news | last = Josephine | first = M. Serena | * {{cite news |title=Rs. 4 crore for survey of heritage hospital buildings |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai |date=30 April 2013 |url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/rs-4-crore-for-survey-of-heritage-hospital-buildings/article4667609.ece |access-date=12 May 2013 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Hindu'', 30 April 2013}}}} | ||
* {{cite news |last=Josephine |first=M. Serena |title=Chennai's third full-fledged emergency dept. at KMC |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai |publisher=Kasturi & Sons |date=28 April 2019 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennais-third-full-fledged-emergency-dept-at-kmc/article26968725.ece |access-date=2 May 2019 |ref={{sfnRef|Josephine, ''The Hindu'', 28 April 2019}}}} | |||
* {{cite news |last= |first= |title=தெரு வாசகம்: கார்களை அலங்கரிக்கும் சாலை |newspaper=The Hindu Tamil |location=Chennai |pages= |language= |publisher=Kasturi & Sons |date=6 July 2018 |url=https://www.hindutamil.in/news/supplements/sontha-veedu/134991-.html |access-date=21 December 2021 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Hindu'', 6 July 2018}}}} | |||
* {{cite web |url=https://www.electionsinindia.com/tamil-nadu/thousand-lights-assembly-vidhan-sabha-constituency-elections# |title=Thousand Lights Vidhan Sabha Election – Thousand Lights Assembly Election Results, Polling Stations, Voters, Candidates |work=Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. |access-date=2020-11-06 |ref={{sfnRef|Datanet, n.d.}}}} | |||
* {{cite news |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/14-city-flyovers-to-get-vertical-gardens/articleshow/78095276.cms |title=14 Chennai Flyovers to get vertical gardens |work=Times of India |date=14 September 2020 |access-date=6 November 2020 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Times of India'', 14 September 2020}}}} | |||
* {{cite news |last=Sekar |first=Sunitha |title=Work begins on Metro underground station at Royapettah |newspaper=The Hindu |location=Chennai |pages= |language= |publisher=Kasturi & Sons |date=3 October 2021 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/work-begins-on-metro-underground-station-at-royapettah/article36800496.ece |access-date=18 December 2021 |ref={{sfnRef|''The Hindu'', 3 October 2021}}}} | |||
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==Further reading== | |||
* {{cite news | last = Vamanan | first = | title = Once upon a time in 'filmy' Royapettah | newspaper = The Times of India | location = Chennai | pages = | language = | publisher = The Times Group | date = 29 September 2017 | url = https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/once-upon-a-time-in-filmy-royapettah/articleshow/60875915.cms | access-date = 17 December 2021}} | |||
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Royapettah | |
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  Royapettah  Royapettah  Royapettah | |
| Coordinates: 13°03′14.0″N 80°15′50.6″E / 13.053889°N 80.264056°E | |
| Country |  India |
| State | File:TamilNadu Logo.svgTamil Nadu |
| District | Chennai |
| Taluk | Egmore |
| Metro | Chennai |
| Zone & Ward | 9 & 118 |
| Elevation | 9 m (29 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 14,912[1] |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Tamil |
| Time zone | UTC+5:30 (IST) |
| PIN | 600014 |
| Telephone code | 044 |
| Vehicle registration | TN-06 |
| Civic agency | Greater Chennai Corporation |
| Planning agency | CMDA |
| City | Chennai |
| LS | Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency) |
| VS | Thousand Lights |
| MP | Dayanidhi Maran |
| MLA | Ezhilan Naganathan |
| Website | http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/ |
Royapettah is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India.
Location[edit | edit source]
Royapettah is located at the central part of the city of Chennai, with an elevation of 9 m (29 ft.) above mean sea level.[2] The neighbourhood comes under Teynampet Zone (number 9) and ward number 118 (old number 112) of the Chennai Corporation.[3]
Royapettah
Royapettah (Tamil Nadu)
Boundaries[edit | edit source]
Royapettah is bounded in the direction of Northwest by Nungambakkam, North by Chintadripet, Northeast by Chepauk, West by Gopalapuram, East by Triplicane, Southwest by Teynampet, South by Mylapore and Southeast by Marina Beach.
History[edit | edit source]
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Royapettah, along with the suburbs of Nungambakkam and Teynampet, was part of the Great Choultry Plain, as the British had it in their records back in 1721.[4] Soon after the arrival of the British in the city in the early 17th century, a large Eurasian population started settling in Royapettah and surrounding regions in the 17th and 18th centuries.[5] Muslim settlements started appearing in the neighbourhood from the latter half of the 18th century.[6] In 1798, the British East India Company constructed the Amir Mahal to house its administrative offices.[7] When the Company annexed the Carnatic kingdom in 1855 with the Doctrine of Lapse, the Chepauk Palace, the official residence of the Nawabs, was auctioned off and purchased by the Madras government.[7] The Nawab moved to a building called Shadi Mahal on Triplicane High Road and lived there.[7] However, the British granted the Amir Mahal to the Prince of Arcot and the office building was soon converted into a palace by Robert Chrisholm.[8] In 1876, the Nawab moved in with his family into the Amir Mahal, which has since been the residence of the Nawabs of Arcot.[7]
The Purification Church was apparently the first church built in the neighbourhood around 1769. However, this was replaced in 1848 by the Presentation Church, also known as the Wallajahpet Church. This was built on a 21-ground plot granted by the Nawab in 1813.[9] The Subramania Swamy Temple located adjacent to the church was built around 1889 in the area now known as Zam Bazaar.[9] The Thousand Lights Mosque was built in 1810.[10] In 1819, the first Methodist chapel in India was opened in Royapettah by the Methodist missionary James Lynch who settled down in the neighbourhood a year before. The church grew into the Wesley Church, which was dedicated in 1853.[11]
In 1819, the Madras Eye Infirmary (MEI) was founded in the neighbourhood.[12][13] It remains the oldest specialist eye hospital in Asia and the second oldest in the world.[12] Modelled on Moorfields Eye Hospital in London, the hospital was moved to Egmore in 1884 and became the Government Ophthalmic Hospital in 1886.[12] The Government Royapettah Hospital was opened in 1911.[14] The first superintendent of the hospital was Col. C. Donovan.[15]
In 1858, Monahan Girls' School, one of the oldest Protestant schools, was opened in Royapettah.[11] In 1928, the neighbourhood had one of the earliest school for physical education in the Wesley School.[16] The Royapettah post office appeared in 1834 as a subsidiary of the General Post Office at George Town.[17] With the opening of the Woodlands Hotel in 1938 and the Modern Hindu Hotel on General Patter's Road, the neighbourhood became the home to the first Indian-style, vegetarian hotels in the city.[18]
In the 1930s, a clock tower was built in the neighbourhood. Gani and Sons, formerly known as the South India Watch Company, provided the clock instrument for the clock tower.[19]
By the middle of the 20th century, Anna Salai had become the hub of automobile manufacturers in South India, including conglomerates such as Simson, Addison Motor Company, Royal Enfield, South India Automotive Company, George Oaks of the Amalgamations Group, Standard Motor Products of India, and TVS Motor Company.[20] This, coupled with low rental rates in the nearby streets, resulted in automobile spare manufacturers and dealers opening shops in the region, including Pudupet, Chintadripet, General Patters Road, Whites Road, State Bank Street and so forth.[20] General Patters Road became the hub of automobile service and spare dealers.[20] This resulted in the region coming to be called The Detroit of India.[20]
Demographics[edit | edit source]
As of Census of India 2011, the total population of Royapettah was 14,912, including 7,444 males and 7,468 females.[21]
Politics[edit | edit source]
Royapettah comes under the Thousand Lights Assembly constituency and the Chennai Central Lok Sabha constituency. The suburb hosts the headquarters of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, an Indian regional political party founded by the former chief minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran. The headquarters, known as the Puratchi Thalaivar M.G.R. Maaligai, is located at V. P. Raman Salai.
Facilities[edit | edit source]
The Government Royapettah Hospital, which serves as the chief healthcare institution in the neighbourhood, is the city's largest peripheral hospital[22] and its limit extends up to Chengalpattu.[23] Second in the government sector next only to the Rajiv Gandhi Government General Hospital, the Royapettah Government Hospital has a full-fledged emergency department, including triage area, resuscitation bay and colour-coded zones, per the Tamil Nadu Accident and Emergency Care Initiative (TAEI) guidelines.[24]
Transportation[edit | edit source]
Located centrally within the city, Royapettah is well connected to other neighbourhoods of Chennai, with several bus routes passing through it. Whites road, Avvai Shanmugam Salai and Royapettah High Road are the primary streets in the neighbourhood. The city's arterial Anna Salai tangentially touches the western periphery of the neighbourhood. Royapettah has a flyover on Royapettah High Road. There are plans to build a 5-kl/day sewage treatment plant along the pliers of the flyover and is under construction.[25]
Royapettah is served by the LIC and Thousand Lights metro stations on the Blue Line of the Chennai Metro, which runs along the western periphery of the neighbourhood. The Royapettah metro station on the Purple Line of the Chennai Metro is under construction.[26]
Adjacent communities[edit | edit source]
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See also[edit | edit source]
Citations[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Census of India 2011: District Census Handbook, State Tamil Nadu, Chennai (Royapettah is ward no. 0112)" (PDF). Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 19 October 2020.
- ↑ "Search Coordinates and Elevation of Royapettah Tamil Nadu India". Google Earth. Retrieved 9 October 2020.
- ↑ "Welcome to Greater Chennai Corporation/Zone details". Greater Chennai Corporation. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, p. 442.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, pp. 77–78.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, p. 5.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 Muthiah 2004, p. 168.
- ↑ Jayewardene-Pillai 2007, p. 200.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Muthiah 2014, p. 197.
- ↑ Priya and Radhakrishnan, 2016, p. 43.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Muthiah 2014, p. 389.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 Muthiah 2014, p. 372.
- ↑ Parthasarathy, The Hindu 16 October 2012.
- ↑ TNHealth.org, n.d.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, p. 369.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, p. 100.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, pp. 330–331.
- ↑ Muthiah 2014, pp. 76–77.
- ↑ Venkatraman, The New Indian Express, 27 August 2012.
- ↑ 20.0 20.1 20.2 20.3 The Hindu, 6 July 2018.
- ↑ "District Census Handbook, Chennai, Village and Town Directory" (PDF). Directorate of Census Operations, Tamil Nadu. Office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. p. 30. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
- ↑ The Times of India, 17 August 2012.
- ↑ The Hindu, 30 April 2013.
- ↑ Josephine, The Hindu, 28 April 2019.
- ↑ The Times of India, 14 September 2020.
- ↑ The Hindu, 3 October 2021.
References[edit | edit source]
- Jayewardene-Pillai, Shanti (2007). Imperial conversations: Indo-Britons and the architecture of South India. Yoda Press. p. 200. ISBN 978-8190363426.
- Muthiah, S. (2004). Madras Rediscovered. East West Books (Madras) Pvt Ltd. ISBN 81-88661-24-4.
- Muthiah, S. (2014). Madras Rediscovered. Chennai: EastWest. ISBN 978-93-84030-28-5.
- Parthasarathy, Anusha (16 October 2012). "Looking back in time". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
- Venkatraman, Janane (27 August 2012). "It's time to look at our city's landmarks again". The New Indian Express. Chennai: Express Publications. Archived from the original on 24 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- "Government Royapettah Hospital". TNHealth.org. Archived from the original on 21 February 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- "Rs 10cr for cancer unit at Royapettah hospital". The Times of India. Chennai. 17 August 2012. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 28 April 2013.
- Priya, R. Sasi Mary; Radhakrishnan, V. (March–April 2016). "The art and architectures along the Tamil Nadu coast". International Journal of Art & Humanity Science. 3 (2): 43. ISSN 2349-5235. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
- "Rs. 4 crore for survey of heritage hospital buildings". The Hindu. Chennai. 30 April 2013. Retrieved 12 May 2013.
- Josephine, M. Serena (28 April 2019). "Chennai's third full-fledged emergency dept. at KMC". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 2 May 2019.
- "தெரு வாசகம்: கார்களை அலங்கரிக்கும் சாலை". The Hindu Tamil. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. 6 July 2018. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
- "Thousand Lights Vidhan Sabha Election – Thousand Lights Assembly Election Results, Polling Stations, Voters, Candidates". Datanet India Pvt. Ltd. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- "14 Chennai Flyovers to get vertical gardens". Times of India. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- Sekar, Sunitha (3 October 2021). "Work begins on Metro underground station at Royapettah". The Hindu. Chennai: Kasturi & Sons. Retrieved 18 December 2021.
Further reading[edit | edit source]
- Vamanan (29 September 2017). "Once upon a time in 'filmy' Royapettah". The Times of India. Chennai: The Times Group. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
