Royapuram

Royapuram
Royapuram
	neighbourhood
	Royapuram fishing harbour
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	Coordinates: 13.10403°N 80.29366°E
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
District	Chennai
Metro	Chennai
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	UTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN	600 013
Vehicle registration	TN-04

Royapuram is a locality in the northern part of Chennai City, Tamil Nadu, India, most known for the Royapuram Railway Station and beach, the first railway station of south India opened in 1856, and is today the oldest surviving railway station of the Indian subcontinent[1]

History

The region existed as a well known settlement during the Chola times, but the name Royapuram is derived from a Tamil appellation for St. Peter, Royappa, in connection with St. Peter's Church in the area.[2] From the 14th century, the erstwhile Vijayanagara Rulers[3] controlled this region till the Madras land grant to Francis Day.[4][5]

Royapuram Railway Station, opened in 1856

Royapuram Railway Station was the first railway station constructed in South India and second railway line in South Asia. The first train service commenced in 1856 from here to Arcot, the then capital of the Carnatic region.[6]

Politics

Royapuram vote
by alliance in assembly elections
Year	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
2006	53.3% 50,647	39.1% 37,144
2001	56.8% 44,465	39.3% 30,753
1996	35.4% 27,485	57.8% 44,893
1991	59.0% 46,218	37.8% 29,565
1989*	8.0% 6,532	46.0% 37,742
1984	50.3% 40,727	48.7% 39,432
1980	49.1% 36,455	50.3% 37,390
1977	31.3% 22,626	33.5% 24,217

State assembly politics

Lok Sabha politics

Royapuram assembly constituency is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency).[7]

Notable people

Isaivani, gaana singer

References

"The train to Royapuram". Mint. 25 May 2012.
Muthiah, S. (11 September 2011). "Madras miscellany". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
Krishnamachari, Suganthy (21 August 2014). "Madras is not alien". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
"District profile - Chennai district administration- official website". Chennai.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 7 September 2009.
C S Srinivasachari (1939). History of the City of Madras. pp. 63–69.
"The South's first station". The Hindu. Chennai. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2011.
"List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2008.

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[1] "The train to Royapuram". Mint. 25 May 2012.

[2] Muthiah, S. (11 September 2011). "Madras miscellany". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[3] Krishnamachari, Suganthy (21 August 2014). "Madras is not alien". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[4] "District profile - Chennai district administration- official website". Chennai.tn.nic.in. Retrieved 7 September 2009.

[5] C S Srinivasachari (1939). History of the City of Madras. pp. 63–69.

[6] "The South's first station". The Hindu. Chennai. 26 February 2003. Retrieved 19 November 2011.

[7] "List of Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Tamil Nadu. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 8 October 2008.