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'''Kasturba Nagar''', or '''Kasturibai Nagar''', is a neighborhood in [[Adyar, Chennai|Adyar]], in the southern part of the Indian city of [[Chennai]]. It is bordered by [[Gandhi Nagar, Chennai|Gandhi Nagar]], [[Indira Nagar, Chennai|Indira Nagar]], [[Buckingham Canal]] and [[Tharamani]].<br />
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==History==<br />
Kasturba Nagar was established in 1949 by Daniel Thomas, Local Administration Minister in the [[Omandur Ramaswamy Reddiar]] cabinet. Thomas' original plan was to construct a large middle-class housing colony in the city. His efforts led to the establishment of Gandhi Nagar which had 332 housing plots. However, the demand for housing in the neighborhood was so high that Thomas decided to acquire another 130 acres towards the south to establish Kasturba Nagar.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dtnext.in/News/City/2018/04/22004720/1069834/Those-were-the-days-When-Madras-grew-beyond-Adyar-.vpf?TId=112131|title=Those were the days: When Madras grew beyond Adyar River|date=22 April 2018|publisher=}}</ref><br />
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==Present Day==<br />
Kasturba Nagar is today a thriving neighborhood that serves as a gateway to the 45 kilometer long IT corridor along [[Rajiv Gandhi Salai]]. The Chennai branch of [[UNICEF]] is located in Kasturba Nagar along with several commercial establishments, hospitals and banks. The [[Kasturba Nagar railway station]] was opened in 2004 and serves the [[Mass Rapid Transit System (Chennai)|Chennai MRTS network]].<br />
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