Nungambakkam

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?Nungambakkam Chennai • Tamil Nadu • India
Image:Chennai area locator map.svg Image:India Tamil Nadu locator map.svg Image:Locator Dot.svg Nungambakkam
Coordinates: 13°03′55″N 80°13′57″E / 13.0654, 80.2326
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
District(s)	Chennai District
Planning Agency	CMDA
Civic agency	Chennai Corporation
Codes • Pincode	• 600034
Website: Chennai District website

Coordinates: 13°03′55″N 80°13′57″E / 13.0654, 80.2326

Nungambakkam (Tamil: நுங்கம்பாக்கம்) is a well developed commercial / residential area, located at the central part of Chennai, the capital city of Tamil Nadu, India. The adjoining regions of Nungambakkam include Egmore, Chetpet, T.Nagar, Kodambakkam and Kilpauk. Nungambakkam is one of the busiest places in Chennai, buzzing with people and activity. Loyola College, SDAT Tennis Stadium, Ispahani Center, Women's Christian College ,Valluvar Kottam and PSBB are some of its prominent landmarks. The SDAT stadium hosts India's only ATP event, the Chennai Open. Valluvar Kottam, dedicated to the Tamil Saint-Poet Thiruvalluvar (திருவள்ளுவர் in Tamil), is one of the popular tourist attraction in Chennai.

Nungambakkam is well connected to other parts of the city. Many of the State Government run Metropolitan Transport Corporation (MTC) buses ply to/from and through Nungambakkam. Nungambakkam has its own Suburban Train Station on the Chennai Beach - Tambaram railway line, which connects it to other parts of the city.

[edit] History

Nungambakkam is one of the oldest parts of Chennai. It formed the western limits of Madras city until the 1960s. Nungambakkam had been a part of Madras two centuries even prior to that too.

According to the Madras City records,^{[citation needed]} Nungambakkam is mentioned as one of three villages (the others being Egmore and Chetput) purchased by the British East India Company in 1743. Since then, it has been a part of Madras city. Public buildings and colleges rose in the 1850s.

In the early part of the 20th century, Nungambakkam rose as one of the higher status European residential areas housing civil servants and top players in the city administration. The 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica records the presence of vast empty spaces and parks in Nungambakkam. Most of Nungambakkam's principal lanes such as College Road, Haddows Road, and Sterling Road are over 100 years old and appear in a 1909 map of Madras city.

The Loyola College was established as an arts college in 1925.

[edit] Localities

Mahalingapuram

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Sterling road junction in Nungambakkam

Nungambakkam is also the Occidental cultural district of Chennai — it is home to the Alliance Française and Max Mueller Bhavan. It is also home to many expensive western fashion boutiques and malls.

The Regional Passport Office of Chennai is located in Haddows Road, Nungambakkam. This office issues passports to half of Tamil Nadu.

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Nungambakkam
Next station north: Chetput	Chennai suburban railway : South line		Next station south: Kodambakkam
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