The Chennai Corporation is situated in the Ripon Building in Chennai.

The Chennai Corporation (also known as the Corporation of Chennai) is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai, India. It is headed by a mayor, who presides over 155 councillors each of whom represents one of the 155 wards of the city. Download high resolution version (1280x960, 357 KB)Corporation of Chennai building, photo taken by Frederik Questier. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 357 KB)Corporation of Chennai building, photo taken by Frederik Questier. ... The Chennai Corporation is situated in the Ripon Building in Chennai. ... “Madras” redirects here. ... “Madras” redirects here. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... A councillor is a member of a council (such as a city council), particularly in the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and other parts of the Commonwealth. ...

History

The Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal body in India. It was formed in 1688 to control the powers of the then Governer of Madras, Elihu Yale.^[1] The Corporation wsa created by a Royal Charter issued on December 30, 1687 by King James II on the advise of the chairman of the East India Company, Josiah Child. A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... // Events A high-powered conspiracy of notables, the Immortal Seven, invite William and Mary to depose James II of England. ... Elihu Yale Elihu Yale, (April 5, 1649 – July 8, 1721), was the first benefactor of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut in the United States. ... James II can refer to: James II of Scotland James II of England James II of Aragon James II of Cyprus This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... East India Company was the name of several historic European companies chartered with the monopoly of trading with Asia for their respective countries. ...

Prior to the establishment of the corporation, the Governer of Madras or the Company's agent managed the affairs of the Fort St George and its residents with the assistanceof a headman, an accountant and the head of watch and ward. The Governor sat as Madraspatnam's Justice of Peace. Taxes were introduced by Governor Streynsham Master (1678 - 81). Complications arising out of these cesses and the growing expenses of a growing town led to Sir Josiah drawing up plans for a more formal body of civic administration. Fort St George is the name of the first British fortress in India, built in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras (modern city of Chennai. ... A Justice of the Peace (JP) is a magistrate appointed by a commission to keep the peace, dispense summary justice and deal with local administrative applications in common law jurisdictions. ...

The corporation was inaugurated on September 29, 1688, when the Mayor, Aldermen and Burgesses took their oaths. The first representatives of the corporation were from diverse ethnicities. Nathaniel Higginson was the first Mayor and he appointed representatives from British, French , Portuguese as well as Indian mercantile communities as Aldermen. The post of the Mayor was for one year and he was elected by the Aldermen. The tenure of the Aldermen was for life.

By 1856, the duties of the Corporation became more clearly defined. By 1919, the Aldermen were re-named as Councillors. The name 'Mayor' had been replaced by 'President'. P. Theagaraya Chetty was nominated as President, the first Indian to be nominated so. The office of Mayor was however re-created in 1933 and Kumararajah M.A. Muthiah Chettiar made the transition from last President to first new Mayor - and the mayoralty has remained thereafter.

In 1913, the Corporation moved to the newly constructed Ripon Building, which was built on parts of People's Park. The building was named after Lord Ripon who, as Viceroy (1880-84), had introduced local government reforms. He is remembered in a statue in the Corporation precincts. The Chennai Corporation is situated in the Ripon Building in Chennai. ...

See also

• List of Chennai Corporation wards

Map of Chennai City and metropolitan area List of Corporation wards in the city of Chennai, India managed by the Corporation of Chennai Constituencies outside Chennai city Municipalities outside Chennai Tiruvallur District Ambattur Avadi Kathivakkam Madhavaram Tiruvallur Tiruvottiyur Kanchipuram District Alandur Madurantakam Nellikuppam Pallavaram Panruti Tambaram Chennai Corporation Corporation of...

External links

• Official website

References

1. ^ The Fist Corporation - The Hindu, Apr 02, 2003