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Unknown and known Facts About Chennai

8 September 2008
Author: Ramya Rao Posted under Must Read

Some New Facts About Chennai….

  • Chennai shares the second position as the largest employment generator in India , along with Bombay. It is next only to Bangalore . Madras generates around 35,000 jobs annually.
  • Chennai has the highest two-wheeler population in India .
  • Chennai has the lowest pollution among major cities of India in spite of having over 20 lakh vehicles.
  • The city is now called the Detroit of India due to its automobile industry producing over 40% of the country’s auto parts and vehicles.
  • Chennai is India ’s fourth largest city and ranks among the fifty most populous cities in the world (#35).
  • Chennai was ranked First in India in Health facilities by Outlook in 2003.
  • Chennai was ranked First in India in Education facilities by Outlook in 2003.
  • Chennai was ranked the second best city to live in by Outlook in 2003.
  • The Mofussil bus stand at Koyambedu, Chennai is the largest in South Asia .
  • Chennai is the best place of cinema post-production work in the country according to leading cine industry experts. Because of its cheap and all modernized technologies, several post-production works for the movies from the Eastern India and also from North-East
    India are now being done in Chennai.

Madras (Chennai) old facts………..

  • Gateway of South India.
  • Cultural capital of India.
  • Marina Beach is the second longest beach in the world, after Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Has one of the oldest engineering and medical colleges in the world.
  • Has the second largest cine industry in the country, next to Bombay.
  • Chennai is the home of South Indian cinema. There were times when all the post production work in the entire South Indian cine industry was done only at Chennai.
  • The Vandalur Zoo in Chennai is the First Zoo (1855) in India and one of the largest in South Asia.
  • The Cancer institute (1920) in Chennai is one of the Oldest in India.
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