Madras Rediscovered

by S. Muthiah

Madras,now known as Chennai,is one of the important cities in South India and is the capital of the state of Tamilnadu.Seat of wonderful Architecture,Spiritual Centres,Educational Institutions,Cultural Activities, Madras has a hoary past.With lovely and long beaches it is a tourist's delight.The Book is very popular and the author has brought out the sixth edition up-dating all the information.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Indian Literature

Paperback

First published January 1, 1987

About the author

Subbiah Muthiah MBE (13 April 1930 – 20 April 2019) was an Indian writer, journalist, cartographer, amateur historian and heritage activist known for his writings on the political and cultural history of Chennai city. He was the founder of the fortnightly newspaper Madras Musings and the principal organizer of the annual Madras Day celebrations. Muthiah was also the founder-President of the Madras Book Club.

Reviews

[Arun Prasad Ramasubramanian · Rating 5 out of 5]

Definitive book on Madras's history. Highly recommended

[Raghavan Srinivasan · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fantastic treasure of information about the city

[Ramkumar · Rating 5 out of 5]

Madras lovers should read to know about history of Madras .

[V.Shanmugam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Any body interested in Madras, capital of Tamil nadu this is the book. Author traces significance of various landmarks. I have underlined many places to visit them one by one.

[Anit Nobert · Rating 5 out of 5]

I would recommend this book for anyone interested to know the detailed history of Madras. Covers diverse areas from industry, arts, politics, mass media, culture, religion and almost everything that has affected the town over the last five centuries.