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	Chennai -
		Chennai is the automobile capital of India, with around forty percent of the automobile industry having a base there and with a major portion of the nation's vehicles being produced there.
		Chennai city is governed by the Corporation of Chennai, which consists of a Mayor and 155 Councillors representing the 155 Wards (all directly elected by the city residents), one of whom is elected by the other Councillors as a Deputy Mayor.
		Chennai is a textile industry hub with a large number of apparel industries located in the Ambattur-Padi industrial zone in the northern suburbs of the city.
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	Out of Chennai - Traveller's Guide
		Chennai's history is intimately entwined with that of the East India Company's and later with that of the British Empire.
		Chennai is a city with multiple cultural influences because of the various people who occupied it at different times.
		Chennai's history as the first settlement of the East India Company has shaped its future as a thriving industrial city.
	www.outofindia.net /chennai/htm/ooc1.htm (538 words)

	Chennai-Tamilnadu in India
		Chennai formerly known as Madras is the capital city of Tamil Nadu state and is the fourth largest metro city in India.
		Chennai is the fourth largest city in India and the capital of Tamil Nadu.
		Chennai is connected by rail with all major towns and cities in India.
	www.indiatravelite.com /chennai/aboutchennai.htm (260 words)

	District Pofile - CHENNAI
		Chennai, originally known as Madras Patnam, was located in the province of Tondaimandalam, an area lying between Pennar river of Nellore and the Pennar river of Cuddalore.
		Important improvement made to Chennai city during the first half of the 19th century was the progress made in the establishment of institutions for professional and technical education.
		Chennai is one of the leading cities in India today from the point of view of trade and commerce, with the fourth largest port in the country and the first to have developed a full-fledged container terminal to international standards.
	www.chennai.tn.nic.in /chndistprof.htm (3161 words)

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		Madras, called "Chennai" in Tamil is the gateway to a hinterland of historical empires, legendary achievements and the great cultural traditions of the one of the world's oldest civilisations.
		Chennai was the capital of Madras presidency during the British era and it was converted into the capital of Tamil Nadu in 1969.
		Chennai completes its pulse as a modern city by offering good hotels to stay, modern shopping plazas and all other modern amenities which are required to be in pace with the ever changing World.
	www.qsl.net /vu2sdu/chennai.html (549 words)

	Chennai International Airport - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is located in Meenambakkam, 7 km south of Chennai, India.
		Chennai is also a hub airport for Jet Airways, Indian (formerly Indian Airlines), Air Deccan, Air Sahara and internationally, for Air India.
		Chennai had one of the first airports in India, and was the final destination of Air India's first flight from Bombay via Belgaum in 1954.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chennai_International_Airport (292 words)

	Chennai,Travel to Chennai,Chennai India Tour,Destination Chennai,Vacation in Chennai,Holiday Trip to Chennai
		Chennai, popularly regarded as the Gateway to the South, is the capital city of Tamil Nadu.
		Chennai is a city where the traditional and the modern blend in life everywhere.
		Chennai offers a wealth of nature and a rich historic past to visitors in the ambience of a city with every modern facility.
	www.chennaihub.com /chennai.html (488 words)

	India - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		For most of its independent history India has adhered to a socialist-inspired approach, with strict government control over private sector participation, foreign trade, and foreign direct investment.
		India's largest urban agglomerations are Mumbai, Kolkata, Delhi, Chennai and Bangalore.
		India has a rich and unique cultural heritage, and has managed to preserve its established traditions throughout history whilst absorbing customs, traditions and ideas from both invaders and immigrants.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/India (3797 words)

	Destination Chennai: History and geographical details
		A city of Contrasts and diversities, Chennai is the forth-largest city in India.
		Chennai is a coastal city with the second largest beach in the world.
		Mansoon falls in Sept. - Nov. Chennai is the Capital of Tamil Nadu.
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	Chennai India, Chennai India Travel Tours Hotels in Chennai India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chennai has the Bay of Bengal bordering its east, while the state of Andhra Pradesh is on its northwest.
		Chennai is a gracious city that has a clear skyline, long sandy beaches, parks, historic landmarks and tourist infrastructural facilities which make it a convenient entry point or base to start a tour of Tamil Nadu and South India.
		Chennai was the first British major settlement in India and it was here that many who went on to build the Empire first learnt their trade.
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	Chennai Hotels Travel Guide - History of Chennai
		In the past Chennai, a desolate, isolated coastal sandy beach, was selected as a trading center for the East India Company run by the British merchants during the 1630s.
		But what may be a pleasant surprise, even for the people of India and definitely for the people outside of India, is the part played by the city of Chennai in the history of other religions to justify its claim as an important ecumenical center.
		Thus the Christian traditions in India are as old as Christianity itself and Chennai witnessed the life and works of the founder of Christianity in India.
	www.hoteltravel.com /india/chennai/guides/history.htm (1297 words)

	Car Rental in South India Chennai, Tamilnadu Car Hire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chennai, also known as Madras, the fourth largest city in India and the capital of Tamilnadu.
		Many of the indian languages are spoken in Chennai, though the main language of Chennai is Tamil.
		It's one of the oldest surviving temple in Chennai.
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	Chennai Tour India, Chennai Tour, Chennai Tours, Chennai Tour Package,Turismo en la India,Tourismus in Indien,Toerisme ...
		Chennai, one of the four major metropolitan cities of India, is also the capital of Tamilnadu - the exotic state famous for its cutworks in the temples, coconut fringes and silk saris.
		Kapaleeswarar Temple, the oldest temple of Chennai, is dedicated to Lord Shiva, a living testimony of the architectural skills of the Dravidian people of the 13th century.
		Chennai also celebrates a number of festivals celebrating the agricultural activities and the date is fixed according to the position of the stars and planets.
	www.indiaprofile.com /destinations/chennai.htm (506 words)

	Chennai (Madras)
		Chennai (Madras), the capital of the state of Tamil Nadu, is the fourth largest city in the country of India.
		Chennai is tropical by nature, located on the Bay of Bengal.
		Chennai, the cultural centre of South India and gateway to the state of Tamil Nadu, is a fascinating jumble dominated by glittering high-rise emporia and corporate buildings.
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	About Chennai... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chennai’s most striking outward expression are its BillBoards and Statues, which are spread across the city.
		Chennai is considered as one of the most fastest developing Metropolitan city, with a major chunk of its revenue coming from Information Technology and Medicine.
		Since Chennai is located in the Coastal area of Bay of Bengal’; the climate is Humid.
	www.insoft.com /homepage/aboutChennai.html (187 words)

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		Chennai offers several sights and sounds to savour and is a must visit on your India tours and travel.
		Chennai's Marina Beach is also the second longest beach in the world.
		Chennai is the centre of South India's film industry; It presents a culture that is distinct and is famous for its traditional yet modern outlook.
	www.indiatoursandtravel.com /tourist-cities-in-india/tour-to-chennai.html (241 words)

	Metroblogging Chennai: Scarcity of space and Spiralling Prices
		Chennai property market is constantly in the news for the consistent upswing in prices and the ultra-premium developments that are cropping up in the city.
		The residential rates in Sholinganallur, about 20 km south of Chennai, are Rs 2,000 to Rs 2,500 per sq.ft. up from Rs 800 and Rs 1,000 a sq.ft. last year.
		Written from the perspective of people who live, work, and play here every day, Chennai is one of over forty five (and growing) blogs in the globe-spanning Metroblogging network.
	chennai.metblogs.com /archives/2006/04/scarcity_of_space_and_spiralli.phtml (256 words)

	The Hindu : What CHENNAI means to me
		Chennai has evolved from kaapi to cappuccino and precisely chopped porials to painstakingly prepared pastas.
		Chennai along with Kolkata was the first city to look westward.
		What Chennai means to me? It instantly brings to mind fantastic people with high tolerance levels.
	www.hindu.com /mp/2004/08/25/stories/2004082500410100.htm (708 words)

	HomeTown
		The Gateway to South India with their rich architectural heritage, culture and civilization and the fourth largest city of India, Chennai is a center for culture, rich in its vibrant traditions of music and dance crafts that have retained their pristine purity.
		Karunanidi officially converted it to Chennai in 1997.When compared to other major metros of India, it is far less congested and polluted.
		Situated in the Mylapore area of Chennai, the temple is the nucleus of the local tank market and residential quarters around it.
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		The Santhome Cathedral Church built in 1504, then rebuilt in neo-Gothic style in 1893, this Roman Catholic Church near Kapaleeshwarar temple is said to house the remains of St. Thomas the Apostle.
		Mary's Church built in 1678-80, was the first English Church in Chennai, and is the oldest surviving British Church in India.
		Situated in Kotturpuram in Chennai, the B. Birla Planetarium houses a modern, fully computerised projector, which depicts the heavens on a hemispherical dome.
	www.travel-tamilnadu.com /sightchen.htm (693 words)

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		Chennai based ICVD is the first venture of MMM and is a super-speciality hospital dealing with cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery.
		The history of Chennai Customs dates back to 600 AD when the seaport of Mamallapuram flourished under the rule of the Pallava King, Mahendra Varma.
		Chennai residents (and others) can take a tour of the facility to see the RWH systems in action.
	indiafocus.indiainfo.com /regional/states/tamilnadu/cities/chennai (768 words)

	Mark Moxon, Travel Writer: India: Chennai
		Well, it's amazing after Calcutta and Hyderabad; Chennai (which was known as Madras before the Indians fully developed their fetish for renaming British-named settlements) is on its way to becoming an urban hellhole, but it hasn't got there yet.
		Yes, Chennai is a city without attractions, despite its history as the first major British settlement (dating from 1639).
		Its history is long – it was first used as a fort in 1653 – and the on-site museum is worth a look.
	www.moxon.net /india/chennai.html (684 words)

	Chennai Hotels (Madras) - History of Chennai, India
		Even elsewhere in the city, one cannot fail to notice the dominant British influences in the form of old cathedrals, buildings in the Indo-Saracenic style of architecture, wide tree lined avenues.
		However, though the English legacy is undeniable, Chennai has continued to be a centre which has blended the foreign influence with the traditional Tamil-Hindu culture.
		This is not surprising because the region was an important centre of Pallavan culture long before the British came here and the traces of which are to be found in the numerous old temple.
	www.chennai-hotels-guide.com /chennai-history.htm (171 words)

	Travelchennai.com, Your Gateway to Chennai - Book Hotels & Cars Online
		Now officially referred to by its Tamil name, Chennai is India's fourth largest city, and the capital of Tamil Nadu state.
		The city of Chennai is largely a huge collection of overgrown villages that have melded together into a city.
		As a tourist attraction, Chennai is not as popular as the other major cities of India.
	www.travelchennai.com (639 words)

	Chennai History, History of Chennai, Chennai General Information, Tours of Chennai, Tours from Chennai
		Chennai is a city with a rich and varied history.
		The name is believed to have evolved from Chennaipattinam and was a well-known trading centre for textiles and spices for over 2000 years.
		The city of Madras was recently renamed Chennai.
	www.tourtoindia.com /chennai/chennai-history.html (228 words)

	Chennai Metro Railway
		The 14 station, 15.5 km Chennai metro (aka the flying train) opened in 1998.
		, an unfinished subway also exists in Chennai, part of which is used as a swimming pool.
		The system would be elevated except for an 8.4 km underground stretch near the airport.
	www.subways.net /india/chennai.htm (120 words)

	Jaya seeks Central aid to tackle Chennai water crisis - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a letter sent to Prime Minister A B Vajpayee on Friday, Ms Jayalalitha said Chennai “is facing a calamity of unprecedented proportions” with storage in its three reservoirs touching rock bottom and piped water supply completely suspended since January 15.
		She said that the present crisis was caused by the sub-normal north-east monsoon, which is the main source of water for the city.
		She said that Chennai was now being fed with just 105 million litres a day (MLD) from ground water sources located in well fields in the north of the city, supplemented by another 20 MLD from local ground water sources, whereas the city’s total demand was 870 MLD.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/jan182004/n6.asp (643 words)

	Chennai Chess History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Chennai (until recently Madras) can rightfully be placed atop the chess playing centres in India.
		Not only has Chennai Chess widened to encompass a broad spectrum of players of various categories, also it has grown in stature and strength.
		Such is the domination of Chennai in the national Chess arena that it has not only become a point of envy but also a role model for other regions to emulate.
	www.chathurangam.com /chessinchennai/history.asp (1043 words)

	Travel in Chennai - India - Asia - History - WorldTravelGate.net®- (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Modern Chennai grew out of a small village when in 1639 a fishing hamlet called Madraspatnam was selected by early English merchants of the East India Company as a site for the settlement.
		century, it was the seat of the Chennai Presidency, one of the four divisions of British Imperial India.
		After independence the city continued to be known by the name Madras until the government of Tamilnadu under the chief minister Mr.
	www.asiatravelling.net /india/chennai/chennai_history.htm (286 words)

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