12-463: The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University ( abbr. TNMGRMU ) is a government medical university situated in Guindy in the southern part of the city of Chennai , Tamil Nadu , India. It is about 7 km from the Chennai International Airport and about 13 km from the Chennai Central Railway Station . It is one of the premier medical universities in India, named after
24-653: A golf course, hockey pitches, riding stables and the Guindy Horse Racing Track . From May to October each year during the hot season, the Madras Government and its officials, the governor and his family went to Government House in the hill station of Ooty or Ootacamund in the Nilgiri Hills. Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Estate Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Industrial Estate is a neighbourhood in Chennai , India. This
36-512: A separate medical university in Tamil Nadu . The Tamil Nadu Medical University Act, 1987 received the assent of the former President of the Republic of India R. Venkataraman on 24 September 1987. This affiliated university started functioning in July 1988 and is governed by the said act. By 1991, Kalaignar M. Karunanithi, the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu named the university, after
48-453: Is planning to set up a 500-bed hospital on four acres of land on the outskirts of the Raj Bhavan campus, with 300 beds set to be installed in the first year. Guindy Guindy is a neighborhood of Chennai, Tamil Nadu . The Kathipara junction where Anna Salai , Mount-Poonamallee Road , Inner Ring Road , 100 Feet Road or Jawaharlal Nehru Road, and GST Road meet here. It is one of
60-563: The British Raj . Guindy is well connected by road and train services. Many buses ply through Guindy and connect it to the rest of Chennai. It is also well connected by the trains with Chennai Suburban Railway and Chennai Metro . Guindy is also located 10 km away from the airport. The governor lived in Government House, Fort St. George, a palatial residence with numerous servants, and had an official Daimler car at his disposal. There
72-512: The University of Madras ). The Chancellor and Pro-Chancellor of the university are the Governor and the Minister of Health and Family Welfare of Tamil Nadu , respectively. The Vice-Chancellor is the main academic officer and administrator in the everyday functioning of the university and is appointed by the Government of Tamil Nadu . The university
84-471: The sage Bhringi is said to have performed penance on the Parangimalai hill, before which he had to circumambulate the regions surrounding the hillock, considered as an abode of Shiva . The place where he completed the circumambulation and left his kindi (vessel) before starting the journey to the hilltop is said to have been named as kiṇḍi , and later the region's name was anglicized as Guindy during
96-546: The North-West. Guindy is home to many important landmarks in the city, the most famous amongst them being the Guindy National Park . It also serves as a main hub for several small and medium scale industries ( Guindy Thiru Vi Ka Estate ). Transportation to/from the neighborhood is catered by Guindy railway station and Guindy metro station . The precise origin of the word is unclear. According to regional Hindu tradition,
108-519: The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran (M.G.R.) through The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University, Chennai Act, 1987 . The Tamil Nadu Dr. M.G.R. Medical University is the only medical university in Tamil Nadu capable of granting affiliation to new medical and paramedical colleges, government- or self-financed, and awarding degrees (also note that until 1988, all degrees in health sciences in Tamil Nadu were awarded by
120-540: The former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu MGR and it is the 2nd largest health sciences university in India. The members of the High Level Committee, consisting of Dr. S. Arumugam, Dr. M. Natarajan, and Dr. S. Kameswaran, submitted the proposals to the former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu M. G. Ramachandran in the presence of H. V. Hande , former Minister for Health and Family Welfare Department of Tamil Nadu , on 5 July 1983 to start
132-669: The important nodal points of road traffic in the metropolitan area. It is also a commercial hub. Here is headquarters of Ashok Leyland This junction serves as the entry point to the city limits from the suburbs. It is surrounded by Saidapet in the North, Kotturpuram and Adyar towards the East, Velachery in the South, Adambakkam and Alandur in the South-West, Parangimalai in the West and Ekkatutthangal in
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#1733092666591144-403: Was a head butler called Muniswami, who ruled with a rod of iron. For the governor's ceremonial use, there was a glittering coach with prancing horses, accompanied by a bodyguard of Indian troopers with red uniforms, glittering steel accoutrements and pennoned lances. There was also Guindy, a spacious and elegant country home on the outskirts of Madras, surrounded by an extensive park. Nearby were
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