Greater Chennai Corporation: Difference between revisions

The '''Greater Chennai Corporation''',<ref name="Greater Chennai Corporation">{{cite news|title= Chennai Corporation to be Greater Chennai Corporation now |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chennai/Chennai-Corporation-to-be-Greater-Chennai-now/articleshow/50784400.cms|first=Julie|last=Mariappan|date=30 January 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|location=Chennai|access-date=2016-01-30}}</ref> formerly known as the '''Corporation of Madras''' (1668-1996) and '''Corporation of Chennai''' (1996-2016), is the civic body that governs the city of [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]], [[India]]. Inaugurated on 29 September 1688, under a Royal Charter issued by [[James II of England|King James II]] on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras, it is the oldest municipal body of the [[Commonwealth of Nations]] outside [[Great Britain]].<ref name="320yrs">{{cite news|title= Chennai Corporation to celebrate 320 years |url=http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080923115809/http://www.hindu.com/2008/09/23/stories/2008092357680100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=23 September 2008|first=Kannal|last=Achutan|date=23 September 2008|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai|access-date=2012-09-01}}</ref> It is among the oldest municipalities in Asia after Daman Municipality, which was established in 1588.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://dmcdaman.in/history.php |title = Daman Municipal Council}}</ref> It is the largest municipal corporation is Tamil Nadu with an area of 426 km². It is headed by a [[mayor]], who presides over 200 [[councillor]]s each of whom represents one of the [[List of Chennai Corporation wards|200 wards of the city]].<ref>http://www.chennaicorporation.gov.in/images/wards_{{Not a typo|comm|itee}}.pdf</ref> It is the second oldest city civic body in the world after the [[City of London]].<ref name="325yrs">{{cite news|title= Chennai - the 2nd oldest Corporation in the world|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chennai-the-2nd-oldest-corporation-in-the-world/article5180124.ece|work=[[The Hindu]]|location=Chennai}}</ref>