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385th Madras Day 2024 - August 22
August 25 , 2024
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- Madras Day is a festival organized to commemorate the founding of the city of Madras (now Chennai) in Tamil Nadu on 22nd August every year.
- On 22 August 1639, it is being the widely agreed date for the purchase of the village of Madraspatnam or Chennapatnam by the East India Company from Damarla Venkatadri Nayaka.
- The first recorded celebration of the founding of Madras was its commemoration in 1939.
- Recent idea to mark Madras Day celebrations was started by Chennai Heritage Foundation in 2004.
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