Tamil Nadu Timeline

Lord Erskine

4 events, 1937 to 1940.

  1. 1937

    1. 30 Jan 1937TambaramEducation

      Madras Christian College moves to Tambaram

      After a century in the city centre, Madras Christian College moved to a large new campus at Tambaram.

    2. 1 Apr 1937 to 14 Jul 1937Fort St. GeorgeGovernance

      K. V. Reddi Naidu heads interim ministry

      When the Congress hesitated to take office after winning the 1937 election, the Governor installed an interim ministry under K. V. Reddi Naidu.

  2. 1939

    1. Oct 1939ChennaiPolitics

      Congress ministry resigns over the Second World War

      The Rajagopalachari ministry resigned in protest against the Viceroy declaring India at war without consultation, and Governor's rule followed.

  3. 1940

    1. 21 Feb 1940ChennaiLanguage

      Compulsory Hindi order withdrawn

      The Governor of Madras, Lord Erskine, withdrew the order making Hindi compulsory in schools, ending the first anti-Hindi agitation.