Madras Day
Madras Day is held on August 22. Chennai and Tamil Nadu, India. This event in the third decade of the month August is annual. 
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Chennai has the distinction of being the first British settlement. Chennai is the first city in India to have implemented the Conditional Access System for cable television. Chennai was the first Indian city to have a Wi-Fi facility in a widespread manner.
Muthiah, a famed historian, decided that the city deserved a birthday. They chose the founding day of Madras – August 22, 1639 – and made it into an annual event called Madras Day. A sale deed marks the day when Madras, presently Chennai, was actually founded.
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