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Government Museum, Chennai

Index Government Museum, Chennai

The Government Museum or Madras Museum is a museum of human history and culture located in the neighbourhood of Egmore in Chennai, India. [1]

42 relations: A. Aiyappan, Amravati, Archaeology, Chennai, Chennai Egmore railway station, Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority, Connemara Public Library, Cuddalore Government Museum, Edgar Thurston, Edward Balfour, Egmore, England, Europe, F. H. Gravely, Fort St. George, India, George Bidie, Government Museum, Karur, Government Museum, Pudukkottai, Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli, Heritage structures in Chennai, India, Indian Museum, Kolkata, Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture, Italianate architecture, J. R. Sakuragi, Jesse Mitchell, Kolkata, Manuscript, Museum, National Mission for Manuscripts, Natural history, Numismatics, Nungambakkam, Raja Ravi Varma, Sculpture, Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu Government Properties, Teak, The National Art Gallery (Chennai), United Kingdom, William Shakespeare, Zoology.

A. Aiyappan

Ayinapalli Aiyappan (5 February 1905 – 28 June 1988) was an museologist who served as Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras from 1940 to 1960.

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Amravati

Amravati is a city in the state of Maharashtra, India.

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Archaeology

Archaeology, or archeology, is the study of humanactivity through the recovery and analysis of material culture.

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Chennai

Chennai (formerly known as Madras or) is the capital of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

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Chennai Egmore railway station

Chennai Egmore (formerly known as Madras Egmore) is a railway station in Chennai, India.

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Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority

The Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA), formerly known as Madras Metropolitan Development Authority (MMDA) is the nodal planning agency within the Chennai Metropolitan Area.

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Connemara Public Library

Connemara Public Library at Egmore in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, is one of the four National Depository Libraries which receive a copy of all books, newspapers and periodicals published in India.

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Cuddalore Government Museum

The Government Museum, Manjakuppam, Cuddalore, Tamil Nadu, India, was established in the year 1989.

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Edgar Thurston

Edgar Thurston CIE (1855– 12 October 1935) was a superintendent at the Madras Government Museum who contributed to studies in the zoology, ethnology and botany of India and published works related to his work at the museum.

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Edward Balfour

Edward Green Balfour (6 September 1813 – 8 December 1889) was a Scottish surgeon, orientalist and pioneering environmentalist in India.

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Egmore

Egmore (தமிழ்: எழும்பூர்) is a neighbourhood of Chennai, India.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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F. H. Gravely

Frederic Henry Gravely (7 December 1885 – 1965) was an eminent British arachnologist, entomologist, botanist, zoologist and student of archaeology, who conducted pioneering research and wrote extensively on various subjects during his tenure at the Indian Museum, Calcutta, and the Government Museum, Madras.

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Fort St. George, India

Fort St George (or historically, White Town) is the first English (later British) fortress in India, founded in 1644 at the coastal city of Madras, the modern city of Chennai.

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George Bidie

Surgeon General George Bidie CIE (3 April 1830 – 19 February 1913) was a British physician who worked in India in the Madras Medical Service.

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Government Museum, Karur

The Government Museum, Karur is located in Karur, Tamil Nadu.

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Government Museum, Pudukkottai

This Government Museum is a museum located in the town of Pudukkottai of Pudukkottai District.

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Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli

The Government Museum, Tiruchirappalli is a heritage centre at Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu.It is situated at Rani Mangammal Mahal in Bharathidasansan town, near the super bazaar.The nearest landmark is the famous Rockfort temple. Rani Mangamma Mahal was built by Chokkanatha Nayak, the then ruler of Madurai.

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Heritage structures in Chennai

Chennai, with historically rich records dating from the British era, houses 2,467 heritage buildings within its metropolitan area (CMA), the highest within any Metropolitan Area limit in India.

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India

India (IAST), also called the Republic of India (IAST), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian Museum, Kolkata

The Indian Museum in Kolkata, also referred to as the Imperial Museum at Calcutta in British India era texts, is the largest and oldest museum in India and has rare collections of antiques, armour and ornaments, fossils, skeletons, mummies, and Mughal paintings.

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Indo-Saracenic Revival architecture

Indo-Saracenic Revival (also known as Indo-Gothic, Mughal-Gothic, Neo-Mughal, Hindoo style) was an architectural style mostly used by British architects in India in the later 19th century, especially in public and government buildings in the British Raj, and the palaces of rulers of the princely states.

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Italianate architecture

The Italianate style of architecture was a distinct 19th-century phase in the history of Classical architecture.

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J. R. Sakuragi

(born Milton Henderson Jr.; October 30, 1976), is an American-Japanese professional basketball player.

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Jesse Mitchell

Captain Jesse Mitchell (1812, St. Mary's Whitechapel, Middlesex - July 18, 1872, Madras) was a British army officer who served as Superintendent of the Government Museum, Madras, succeeding Edward Balfour, from 15 May 1859 to 7 August 1872.

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Kolkata

Kolkata (also known as Calcutta, the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Manuscript

A manuscript (abbreviated MS for singular and MSS for plural) was, traditionally, any document written by hand -- or, once practical typewriters became available, typewritten -- as opposed to being mechanically printed or reproduced in some indirect or automated way.

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Museum

A museum (plural musea or museums) is an institution that cares for (conserves) a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical, or scientific importance.

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National Mission for Manuscripts

The National Mission for Manuscripts (NAMAMI) is an autonomous organisation under Ministry of Culture, Government of India, established to survey, locate and conserve Indian manuscripts, with an aim to create national resource base for manuscripts, for enhancing their access, awareness and use for educational purposes.

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Natural history

Natural history is a domain of inquiry involving organisms including animals, fungi and plants in their environment; leaning more towards observational than experimental methods of study.

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Numismatics

Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, and related objects.

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Nungambakkam

Nungambakkam is a locality in Chennai, India's sixth largest metropolitan city.

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Raja Ravi Varma

Raja Ravi Varma (29 April 1848 – 2 October 1906) was a celebrated Malayali Indian painter and artist.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu (• tamiḻ nāḍu ? literally 'The Land of Tamils' or 'Tamil Country') is one of the 29 states of India.

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Tamil Nadu Government Properties

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Teak

Teak (Tectona grandis) is a tropical hardwood tree species placed in the flowering plant family Lamiaceae.

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The National Art Gallery (Chennai)

The National Art Gallery situated in Egmore, Chennai, is one of the oldest art galleries in India.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised)—23 April 1616) was an English poet, playwright and actor, widely regarded as both the greatest writer in the English language, and the world's pre-eminent dramatist.

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Zoology

Zoology or animal biology is the branch of biology that studies the animal kingdom, including the structure, embryology, evolution, classification, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_Museum,_Chennai

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