Happy Madras Day to all residents in and around the city of Tamil Nadu. The capital city of Chennai was formerly known as Madras until its official name change in 1996. Madras Day is an important day in the history of this place. It is believed, on this day, ie on August 22, 1639, the village of Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam was purchased by East India Company from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka, the viceroy of the Vijayanagar Empire. The idea of Madras Day is to celebrate the foundation of the city and honour its history, traditions and culture. On this day, people also share with each other messages and images for Happy Madras Day. Being a Tamil-spoken region, people look for special Madras Day images, messages and greetings in Tamil. We make the search easy for you, by providing you latest Madras Day 2020, --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/ajith-azhagesan/message