About the neighborhood
Neighbourhood in Chennai district, Tamil Nadu, India
Nungambakkam is a locality in downtown Chennai, India. The neighborhood abounds with multinational commercial establishments, important government offices, foreign consulates, educational institutions, shopping malls, sporting facilities, tourist spots, star hotels, restaurants, and cultural centers. Nungambakkam is also a prime residential area in Chennai. The adjoining regions of Nungambakkam include Egmore, Chetpet, T. Nagar, Kodambakkam and Choolaimedu.
History
Nungambakkam is one of the oldest parts of Chennai. It formed the western limits of Madras until the 1960s, and it was part of Madras since the 18th century.
According to K.V. Raman's The Early History of the Madras Region, Nungambakkam features in an 11th-century CE copper plate pertaining to Rajendra Chola.
According to the Chennai Corporation's records, Nungambakkam village, which was under a Mughal firman, was handed over to the British along with four other villages (Tiruvatiyoor, Kathiwakam, Vyasarpady and Sathangadu) in 1708. These five villages were hence forward known as the 'Five New Towns'. Since then, Nungambakkam has been a part of Madras city. Public buildings and colleges rose in the 1850s.
In the early 20th century, Nungambakkam rose as one of the upper-class European residential areas, housing civil servants and influential members of the city administration. Most of the neighborhood today is built upon the Long Tank which was encroached and eventually made a landfill in the early 1970's. The 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica records the presence of vast empty spaces and parks in Nungambakkam. Most of Nungambakkam's principal lanes, such as College Road, Haddows Road and Sterling Road, are over 100 years old and appear in a 1909 map of Madras city. Sterling Road consists of trees in both the sides, which is very rare to see in the heart of a metropolitan city. Pizza Hut, Pizza Corner, Mexicano Griller, Maplai Restaurant, Coffee day Lounge, Goddy's, World of Titan, KFC, Reebok, NIKE, ADIDAS, Marrybrown, Just Born, Chicking, BASICS etc. all have opened their shops in Nungambakkam. Traffic is very high in Nungambakkam during peak hours (8am-11am and 6pm-9.30pm) due to various road junctions which connects some important places in Chennai city. There are a lot of ATMs and branches of various international banks such as Standard Chartered, Deutsche Bank etc..
The Women's Christian College was established in 1915. The Good Shepherd Convent later known as the Good Shephered Higher Secondary Matriculation School was established in 1925. Loyola College was established as an arts college in 1925.
Valluvar Kottam, a monument named after the Tamil poet Valluvar and inaugurated in April 1976, is a significant landmark of Nungambakkam located towards the end of Valluvar Kottam High Road.
Localities
The Regional Passport Office of Chennai is located on Haddows Road, Nungambakkam. It issues passports to half of Tamil Nadu. Nungambakkam is also home to the Austrian, Canadian and South Korean consulates in Chennai, as well as the British Deputy High Commission.
Transport
Nungambakkam is well connected to other parts of the city. Many of the state-run Metropolitan Transport Corporation buses run through Nungambakkam. Nungambakkam has its own Suburban Train Station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram Railway Station railway line, which connects it to other parts of the city.
The Nungambakkam station is among the top three EMU stations, along with Chromepet and St. Thomas Mount, in terms of the number of persons who use the facilities on the Chennai Beach-Tambaram section every day.
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ConstituenciesNodal agencies Greater Chennai Corporation
Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority
Chennai Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board
Chennai Police Commissionerate
General Post Office
Greater Chennai Police
Madras High Court Sheriff
Tamil Nadu Electricity Board
Tamil Nadu Fire and Rescue Services
RoadOthers Chennai Open
M. J. Gopalan Trophy
Madras Presidency Matches
Diplomatic missions American Consulate
British Deputy High Commission
Malaysian Consulate
Russian Consulate
German Consulate
Sri Lanka Deputy High Commission
Royal Thai Consulate
South Korean Consulate
Hospitals Government General Hospital
Government Multi Super-speciality Hospital
Royapettah Hospital
Stanley Hospital
Kilpauk Medical College Hospital
Perambur railway hospital
Apollo Hospitals
Egmore Eye Hospital
Sir Ivan Stedeford Hospital
Sankara Nethralaya
Madras Medical Mission
Voluntary Health Services
MIOT Hospital
Tambaram TB Sanatorium
Government Dental Hospital
Hindu Mission Hospital
Fortis Malar Hospital
Sri Ramachandra Medical College and Hospital
Sundaram Medical Foundation
Hotels Taj Coromandel
The Park
Le Royal Meridien
Hyatt Regency
Chola Sheraton
Taj Mount Road
The Leela Kempinski
ITC Grand Chola
Hilton Chennai
Taj Connemara
Fisherman's Cove
Trident Hilton
Park Sheraton & Towers
Radisson GRT
Accord Metropolitan
JW Marriott
Park Hyatt
Radisson Blu City Centre
Raintree Hotel St Mary's Road
The Raintree Hotel Anna Salai
Savera Hotel
Residency Towers
Westin Chennai
Kohinoor Asiana
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