T.Nagar was planned in 1923-25.
- T.Nagar was a big lake in 1916. Names like Lakeview road in Mambalam, lake area in Nungambakkam at present prove this.
- Only one person by name Subramaniyam Iyer owned hundred acres of land in T.Nagar in 1920s.
- Mambalam is older than T.Nagar which was called as New Mambalam initially.
- One ground of land was rupees five hundred in 1920s.
- One acre of land was rupees two thousand in 1923.
- In 1933 , Pondichery Chokkalinga Mudhaliar built ten shops and named it as Pondy Bazar to glorify his native place Pondichery.
- Renganathan street was an Agraharam , a residential area in 1948.
- During second world war , Madras High Court was shifted temporarily to Holy Angels School in T.Nagar.
- In 1930 , fourteen grounds of land for T.Nagar Social club was purchased for rupees two thousand nine hundred from Government.
- In 1930s , after 10 pm foxes use to knock the doors of houses in T.Nagar.
- There was a big comman well in T.Nagar on which Kannadasan statue stands now.
- Staying in hotels was considered as below dignity in 1930s.
- In 1930s, there was no radio . Hence , people use to assemble at Panagal park to listen 7.15 pm news. There was no movement of people after 8 pm.
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