Chennai formerly known as Madras (Madharas, Chennaipattinam, Madhraspattinam), is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the fifth most populous city in India. Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal.
Chennai’s economy has a broad industrial base in the car, computer, technology, hardware manufacturing, and health-care industries. The city is India’s second largest exporter of Software, Information Technology (IT) and Information-Technology-Enabled Services (ITES). A major chunk of India’s car manufacturing industry is based in and around the city. Chennai Zone contributes 39 per cent of the State’s GDP. Chennai accounts for 60 per cent of the country’s automotive exports.
The city been blessed with the wealth of arts and literature. It is famous for its various cultural events, showcasing the performing arts such as Dance, Music and Drama at its best. Tamil literature is very rich in content and preaches ancient morals and values. Chennai is also popular for the glitz and glamour of Kollywood, the ‘Tamil film industry’. Many Tamil films have won acclaim in the international film festivals and have brought fame to India.
Chennai boasts of many well known people including Elihu Yale, who’s liberal gift funded the construction of Yale University in 1718; Indira Nooyi CEO of Pepsi International; A.R. Rahman, the musical genius of “Slumdog Millionaire”, Maniratanm the ace film Director, Vijay Armirthraj, Ramesh Krishnan and his father Ramanathan krishnan who were holding the Indian flag high in Tennis and chess wizard Vishwanathan Anand among many others.
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