• "Madras Central" is an English poem and the best known work of Vijay Nambisan, the Indian poet, writer and journalist. The poem won First Prize in the...
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    Chennai Central (officially Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central Railway Station, formerly Madras Central)(station code: MAS), is an NSG–1...
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  • Prize winner in 1988 for his poem Madras Central. He was 54 years old when he died. Vijay Nambisan graduated from IIT Madras, Chennai. He married the novelist...
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    few months in Madras before proceeding to Calcutta to continue his Sanskrit studies. At Calcutta, he studied at Tarka sastra at the Central Hindu College...
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    located in Kerala, a coastal southern state of India. Paradesi Jews of Madras (now Chennai) traded in Golconda diamonds, precious stones, and corals....
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    There are two zoos recognised by the Central Zoo Authority of India namely Arignar Anna Zoological Park and Madras Crocodile Bank Trust, both located in...
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    Charlu, Madras (1895–1903) Rahimtulla M. Sayani, Bombay (1896–1898) Nawab Amiruddin Ahmad Khan of Loharu (1897) Balwant Rao Bhuskute, Central Provinces...
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  • change the name of Madras State to Tamil Nadu. This was achieved through the Madras State (Alteration of Name) Act, 1968 (Central Act 53 of 1968) which...
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  • during his student days at Madras Christian College in 1917–18. He used the local dialects of Godavari and Visakha areas in his poems and received mixed criticism...
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    11 December 1882 in the village of Ettayapuram in Tirunelveli district, Madras Presidency (present day Thoothukudi district, Tamil Nadu). His parents were...
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