Madras Day Celebrates the City

Every city deserves to celebrate its birthday. Madras, that is now called Chennai City certainly needs a grand, memorable and wonderful celebration. Madras Day is celebrated on August 22, 2018. Madras Day is a day of celebrations organised in the city of Madras, the capital city of Tamil Nadu. It commemorates the founding of the modern city by establishing Fort St George on a small piece of land acquired from the last King of Chandragiri in 1639 by the British East India Company.
It was on 22nd August 1639 , that a sliver of land, where Fort. St. George stands today, was transacted by the East India Company. 

The deal was struck by Francis Day, his ‘dubash’ Beri Thimmappa, and their superior, Andrew Cogan, with the local Nayak rulers. It is believed that this deal was made on that historic day. Out of the fort, grew settlements. Then the villages around it were brought together. Madras Day focuses on the city, its history, its past and its present and the core team motivates communities, groups, companies and campuses in the city to host events that celebrate the city. Heritage walks, school exchange programmes, talks and contests, poetry and music and quiz, food fests and rallies, photo exhibitions and bike tours. Madras Day focuses on the city, its history, its past and its present and the core team motivates communities, groups, companies and campuses in the city to host events that celebrate the city. The celebration consists of events such as heritage walks, public talks, exhibitions, poetry reading sessions, public performances, food festivals and special programs on local radio.

It also includes contests such as T-shirt designing, documentary film contest, multimedia presentation for schools and quizzes in both Tamil and English. T-shirts to mark the event are also released. The talks delivered to mark the week-long celebrations usually involve lectures explaining the heritage and history of the city. There are also events for citizens where they can post about their life years ago in Madras and share their views on how Madras grew into the Chennai and today knows as Greater Chennai City.