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Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opens

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Funded by the bequest of merchant Pachaiyappa Mudaliar, Pachaiyappa's Central Institution opened in Madras.

Pachaiyappa Mudaliar was an eighteenth-century financier and merchant of Madras who left a large endowment for charitable and religious purposes. After long litigation over his will, part of the funds was applied to education. Pachaiyappa's Central Institution was established at Popham's Broadway on 1 January 1842. It was funded from an Indian charitable endowment, and it grew into Pachaiyappa's College, one of the oldest colleges in the city.

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