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Founded for Europeans only, the Madras Club is among the oldest gentlemen's clubs in India.
On 15 May 1832 the Madras Club came into being as a club restricted to European men. H. Chamier served as its first president. It is said to be the second oldest club of this type in the country. In 1963 the Adyar Club, which dated from 1890, was merged into it, and the combined club kept the name Madras Club.
Madras Pioneers renamed the Madras Sappers and Miners
The Madras Pioneers, raised in 1780, were renamed the Corps of Madras Sappers and Miners in 1831.
The first census of the city of Madras was taken in 1831.
Madras Medical College founded
A medical school was opened in Madras that grew into Madras Medical College, one of the oldest in Asia.
Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opens
Funded by the bequest of merchant Pachaiyappa Mudaliar, Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opened in Madras.
R. Venkaiah opens the Gaiety cinema in Madras
Film pioneer Raghupathi Venkaiah Naidu built the Gaiety in 1912, one of the first permanent cinema theatres in Madras.
Madras Day, held each 22 August, was first celebrated in Chennai, recalling the 1639 acquisition of the land where the city developed.
