Corporation of Madras

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The Corporation of Madras was the historic municipal governing body of the city of Madras (now Chennai), recognized as one of the oldest city corporations in India and the Commonwealth.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic organization ⓘ
local government body ⓘ
municipal corporation ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Chennai ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India
country India ⓘ
followedBy Chennai Corporation ⓘ
foundedBy British East India Company ⓘ
English colonial administration in Madras ⓘ
governs municipal limits of Madras ⓘ
urban area of Madras ⓘ
hasElectedOffice Councillor ⓘ
Mayor of Madras ⓘ
hasHeadquartersLocation Chennai ⓘ
Madras ⓘ
linked to: Madras, India
hasLegislativeBody Council of the Corporation of Madras ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage English ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
hasRole birth and death registration ⓘ
collection of property tax ⓘ
maintenance of public parks ⓘ
maintenance of roads and infrastructure ⓘ
municipal governance ⓘ
provision of civic services ⓘ
public health administration ⓘ
regulation of building and land use ⓘ
sanitation services ⓘ
street lighting ⓘ
urban local body ⓘ
urban planning ⓘ
headOfGovernment Mayor of Madras ⓘ
historyNote considered a model for later municipal corporations in India ⓘ
developed civic infrastructure in the colonial port city of Madras ⓘ
inception 1688 ⓘ
isOneOfTheOldest city corporations in India ⓘ
municipal corporations in the Commonwealth ⓘ
legalForm statutory body ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Madras Presidency ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
locatedInTime British colonial period in India ⓘ
post-independence India ⓘ
operatedUnder Madras City Municipal Act (various versions) ⓘ
originallyNamed Corporation of Madras ⓘ
partOf Madras city administration ⓘ
replacedBy Greater Chennai Corporation ⓘ
significantEvent establishment as one of the first municipal corporations in British India ⓘ
renaming of Madras to Chennai affecting its corporate name ⓘ

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Greater Chennai Corporation → formerName → Corporation of Madras ⓘ
Greater Chennai Corporation → foundedAs → Corporation of Madras ⓘ
Corporation of Madras → originallyNamed → Corporation of Madras ⓘ
Corporation of Madras → hasLegislativeBody → Council of the Corporation of Madras ⓘ
linked to: Corporation of Madras