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'''Egmore''' is a neighbourhood of [[Chennai]], [[India]]. Situated on the northern banks of the [[Coovum River]], Egmore is an important residential area as well as a commercial and transportation hub. The [[Egmore Railway Station]] was the main terminus of the [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] and later, the [[metre gauge]] section of the [[Southern Railway Zone|Southern division]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. It continues to be an important railway junction. The [[Government Museum, Chennai]] is also situated in Egmore. Other important institutions based in Egmore include the Government Women and Children's Hospital, the Tamil Nadu State Archives and the [[Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department]]. The [[Wesley Church, Egmore]] is the oldest church of the region.

==History==

The earliest references to Egmore occur in the inscriptions of the Chola king [[Kulothunga I]].<ref name="epigraphiaindicav8">{{cite book|title=The Triplicane Inscription of Dantivarman|first=V.|last=Venkayya|author-link=V. Venkayya|work=[[Epigraphia Indica]]|volume=8|editor=E. Hultzsch|editor-link=E. Hultzsch|year=June 1905|publisher=Government of India}}</ref> Under the Chola Empire, Egmore was the headquarters of an administrative division or ''Nadu'' called Elumbur Nadu.<ref name="epigraphiaindicav8" /> An inscription of the Nellore Chola king Vijaya Kanda Gopal dated 2 September 1264 speaks of a village in Elumur-Tudarmuni Nadu in Pulal Kottam. A [[Vijayanagar Empire|Vijayanagar]] period inscription of Sriranganatha Yadavaraya records an endowment to a monastery in [[Thiruvottriyur]] by a resident of Serruppedu (identified with the present day [[Chetpet (Chennai)|Chetpet]]) in Elumur-Tudarmuni Nadu.

Egmore is the Anglicised form of "Ezhumbur", the name of a pre-British era village situated on the northern banks of the River.<ref>[http://www.chennaicorporation.com/aboutcoc/che_history10.htm ChennaiCorporation.com: The Leading Chennai Corporation Site on the Net]</ref>
Despite the fact that Egmore had been a part of the East India Company's possessions since 1720, it was not until the "Golden age of British rule" stretching from 1858 to 1947 that Egmore witnessed some real growth. The Egmore Museum was one of the first notable monuments to be constructed here. The construction of this famous landmark was undertaken immediately after the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857. The Connemara Library was created as an annex housing the Museum's vast book collection and became operational in 1896.

Egmore, in 1796, was the site of the Military Male Orphan Asylum near Madras. This asylum was headed by [[Andrew Bell (educationalist)|Andrew Bell]], who invented the [[Bell-Lancaster method|Madras System]] for schooling there.

==Various buildings==
[[File:Chennai Egmore facade panorama.jpg|thumb|Egmore Railway station]]
[[File:Madras museum theatre in October 2007.jpg|thumb|Museum Theatre in Government museum, Egmore, Chennai]]
[[File:St.Andrew church, kirk, chennai.jpg|thumb|St Andrew's Church]]
[[Image:Connemara Public Library.jpg|thumb|Connemara Public Library]]
* [[Chennai Egmore]] railway station
* Office of the commissioner of [[Greater Chennai Police]] department.
* Hotel Arulappass Multi Cuisine Family Restaurant
* [[Spencer Plaza]]
* Hotel Chennai Gate
* [[Hotel Taj Connemara]]
* Hotel Ambassador Pallava
* Hotel Westin Park
* Hotel Ashoka
* Parsn Towers
* Madras Studio
* [[Rajarathinam Stadium, Chennai|Rajarathinam Stadium]]
* [[Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium|Mayor Radhakrishnan Hockey Stadium]]
*[[Ceebros Atlantic Residences]]
* [[RWD CORNICHE]]
* [[Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Centre, Chennai|Sri Lanka Maha Bodhi Centre]]

;Churches
* [[St Andrew's Church, Chennai]] (an old Scottish [[Presbyterian Church]] commonly referred to as the 'Kirk')
* Good Shepherd's Convent
* [[Wesley Church, Egmore|Wesley Church]], a [[Methodist]] church on the Poonamallee High Road. The church was established and consecrated in 1905 on the site of a garden house purchased by the Mission in 1892.<ref>[http://www.egmorewesleychurch.org/about-us/history/ History of Wesley church]</ref>

;Education
* [[Connemara Public Library]], one of the biggest libraries in [[India]]
* [[The National Art Gallery (Chennai)]]
* [[Government Museum, Chennai|Government Museum]], Chennai
* Directorate of Public Instruction (DPI)
* [[Women's Christian College, Chennai|Women's Christian College]]
* [[Ethiraj College for Women]]
* [[Don Bosco Matriculation Higher Secondary School|Don Bosco Higher Secondary School]]
* [[Government College of Fine Arts, Chennai]]
* Madras School of Social Work

==Politics==
{| align="right" class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%;"
|+ '''Egmore vote<br /> by alliance in assembly elections'''
|-
! Year
![[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK)
![[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK)
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[2006 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2006]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|40.3% ''31,975''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''48.5%''' ''38,455''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[2001 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|2001]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|47.6% ''33,103''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''47.7%''' ''33,189''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1996 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1996]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|19.7% ''13,876''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''72.6%''' ''51,061''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|47.8% ''21,936''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''50.5%''' ''23,139''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1989 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1989*]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|21.1% ''16,124''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''49.8%''' ''38,032''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1984 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1984]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|47.4% ''27,246''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''51.8%''' ''29,795''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1980 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1980]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|37.6% ''23,444''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''61.2%''' ''38,200''
|-
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''[[1977 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1977]]'''
|align="center" bgcolor="#f0fff0"|28.0% ''19,414''
|align="center" bgcolor="#fff3f3"|'''38.6%''' ''26,746''
|-
|}

===State assembly politics===
{{main|Egmore (State Assembly Constituency)}}
Egmore has been a stronghold for [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (DMK), ever since the party's creation. Other than barely losing to Congress in [[1962 Madras legislative assembly election|1962 election]], it has consistently voted for DMK, even during times of low popularity for the DMK. However it is worth noting, that recently the [[Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (ADMK), have made significant in-grounds, like they have in many localities around [[Chennai]], which used to be DMK strongholds. Egmore is also 1 of the two total constituents won by DMK in [[1991 Tamil Nadu state assembly election|1991 election]]. This constituent is reserved for [[scheduled caste]]. This is also the first MLA seat held by [[K Anbazhagan]], when he won it in [[1957 Madras legislative assembly election|1957 election]].
* Note: In 1989, ADMK was split between [[Janaki Ramachandran|Janaki faction]] and [[J Jayalalithaa|Jayalalithaa faction]], and only the Jayalalithaa faction is reported in the ADMK column since they were the highest vote getter from the divided faction. The Janaki faction got 4,293, which is about 5.6% of the voters.

===Lok Sabha politics===
Egmore assembly constituency is part of [[Chennai Central (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|title=List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies
|access-date=2008-10-08
|work=Tamil Nadu
|publisher=Election Commission of India
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090206012938/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S22/TN_ACPC.pdf
|archive-date=6 February 2009
|df=dmy
}}</ref>

==Transport==
[[Image:Egmorestation1926.jpg|thumb|Madras Egmore railway station in 1926]]
Egmore Railway Station is the second most important in the state of Tamil Nadu after the Chennai Central Railway Station. It was constructed in 1908 and functioned as the headquarters of the now defunct [[Madras and Southern Mahratta Railway]] till 1951.

Egmore is well connected to other parts of the city. Many of the state-run Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses run through Egmore. Egmore has its own suburban train station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram railway line, which connects it to other parts of the city.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060215125814/http://www.chennaionline.com/toursntravel/singaarachennai/egmore.asp Chennai]

{{Geographic Location
|title = '''Neighbourhoods adjacent to Egmore'''
|Northwest = [[Kilpauk]]
|North = [[Purasaiwalkam]]
|Northeast = [[Park Town, Chennai|Park Town]]
|West = [[Chetput]]
|Centre = Egmore
|East = [[Chintadripet]]
|Southwest = [[Nungambakkam]]
|South = [[Anna Salai]]
|Southeast = [[Pudupet]]
}}
{{Neighbourhoods of Chennai}}
{{Chennai Topics}}

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