Chennai Central is a railway station in Chennai, India. It is one of the busiest railway stations in South India and a major rail hub in the country. It is classified as a NSG–1 category station and c
Front facade of Chennai Central
Central station as seen from the Buckingham Canal c. 1880
Central station – Tucks Oilette (1911)
The suburban terminal at Moore Market Complex (left), added in 1986, with platforms of the main terminal (right)
M. G. Ramachandran
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Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known by his initials M. G. R., was an Indian politician, actor, environmentalist and philanthropist who served as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu from 1977 u
Chennai Central railway station
…Chennai Central in 1998 to reflect the name change of the city from Madras to Chennai in 1996. It was rechristened in honour of former chief minister M. G. Ramachandran on 5 April 2019. After the renaming, it has the second-longest name of a railway station, after the station at Llanfair in Wales. As of 2024, it is the…
Portrait of M.G.R. from a 2017 commemorative stamp
Ramachandran in his debut film Sathi Leelavathi
Ramachandran with Janaki in Mohini (1948)
M. G. Ramachandran collecting the petitions from the public