COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM
COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS
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Madras, 1867
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Bombay, 1687
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Calcutta.1867
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Madras, 1687
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Greater Chennai Corporation (previously Madras) is the Oldest Municipal Institution in India established on the 29th September 1688.
Detailed explanation-2: -The first such Municipal Corporation was set-up in the former Presidency Town of Madras in 1688; and was followed by similar corporations in the then Bombay and Calcutta in 1726.
Detailed explanation-3: -It was formed in 1688 to control the powers of the Governor of Madras, Elihu Yale. The corporation was created by a Royal Charter issued on 30 December 1687 by King James II on the advice of the chairman of the East India Company, Josiah Child, on the model of Dutch Government in the East Indies.
Detailed explanation-4: -The first municipal corporation in India was founded in 1688. It came to be known as the Madras Municipal Corporation and was the predecessor to the modern-day Chennai Municipal Corporation.