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22nd
of
August
2019
happens
to
be
Madras
Day
.Chennai
derived
from
thevoriginal
name
Cheena
Pattinum
,
was
once
officially
known
as
Madras
during
the
British
rule
in
India
.
To
commomorate
this
day,
I
thought
it
was
fit
to
write
about
the
War
memorial
in
Chennai
,
located
at
the
beginning
of
Marina
Beach
Road
,
now
formally
rechristened
as
Kamarajar
Salai
after
the
Late
first
CM
of
Madtas
Shri
Kamaraj
.
Victory
war
memorial
also
known
as
Cupid's
Bow
was
contructed
to
commomorate
the
victory
of
the
allied
forces
during
world
war
I,
that
happenned
between
1912
to
1917.
It
later
also
became
the
memorial
for
world
war
II
as
well
and
that
took
place
between
1939
to
1945.
This
addirion
to
the
first
,
was
primarily
to
honour
the
brave
soldiers,
who
hailed
from
the
Madras
Presidency
and
who
lost
their
lives
.
In
those
days
of
the
British
rule
.the
Madras
presidency
also
included
,
what
is
now
known
as
Andhra
pradesh
state
Its
another
story
that
in
later
years
to
this
memorial
was
added
inscriptions
of
1948
Kashmir
Aggression,
1962
War
with
China
and
the
Indo-Pakistan
War
.
To
the
East
of
this
memorial
lies
the
Chennai
port
extention
and
to
the
North
is
situated,
The
Fort
St
George-
The
seat
of
power
for
the
British
as
well
for
the
successive
Goverment
of
Tamil.Nadu
state
.
The
Island
parade
ground,
owned
by
the
army
lies
to
the
west
and
this
ground
is
mainky
used
for
conductiong
many
exhibitions.,
The
main
being
the
Pongal
festival
exhibition
that
is
arranged
each
year
by
the
Government
.This
exhibition
attracts
huge
crowds
from
all
over
city
and
the
state
.
The
Famous
Marina
Road
or
Kamarajar
Salai
,
begins
with
this
memorial.
It
is
siruated
in
the
middle
of
the
road
that
bifurcates
into
Flag
staff
Road
that
leads
to
Fort
suburban
Railway
staion
and
the
other
called
North
Beach
Road
that
leads
to
Fort
St
George
and
further
on
to
North
Madras
or
north
Chennai
.
Ths
memorial
is
landscaped
beautifully
and
well.maintained
and
in
spite
of
heavy
traffic
its
pretty
quite
inside
.
This
victory
memorial.has
become
one
of
the
main
land
mark
in
long
and
chequered
history
of
Chennai
which
again
was
derived
from.Chenna
Pattinum
during
East
India
days
that
carved
out
of
Area
under
The
Nawab
of
Arcot
during
the
British
era
in
India
.
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