You said that you are Telugu. How come you were based in Chennai? Was your father working there?
- PRTP GWD
The ex chief Ministers of TN- Karunanidhi-(Telugu)/Jayalalitha-(Kannidiga)- In fact Rajinikanth are now Tamilian by birth just like me (My dad born in Tiruchendur and Mother Bangalore-Both are Telugu)- Chennai is a mix of many languages, and I was born in Bangalore and my native is Chennai-I speak Tamil more fluenly than Telugu, that does not mean my mother toungue is not Telugu- No.
The ex chief Ministers of TN- Karunanidhi-(Telugu)/Jayalalitha-(Kannidiga)- In fact Rajinikanth are now Tamilian by birth just like me (My dad born in Tiruchendur and Mother Bangalore-Both are Telugu)- Chennai is a mix of many languages, and I was born in Bangalore and my native is Chennai-I speak Tamil more fluenly than Telugu, that does not mean my mother toungue is not Telugu- No.
Also to note here -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madras_Presidency
Following the
Montagu–Chelmsford Reforms of 1919, Madras was the first province of
British India to implement a system of
dyarchy, and thereafter its Governor ruled alongside a prime minister. In the early decades of the 20th century, many significant contributors to the
Indian independence movement came from Madras. With the advent of
Indian independence on 15 August 1947, the Presidency became the Madras Province. Madras was later admitted as
Madras State, a state of the Indian Union at the inauguration of the Republic of India on 26 January 1950.
The
Madras Presidency, or the
Presidency of Fort St. George, and also known as
Madras Province, was an
administrative subdivision (presidency) of
British India. At its greatest extent, the presidency included most of
southern India, including the whole of the Indian states of
Tamil Nadu and
Andhra Pradesh, and parts of
Odisha,
Kerala,
Karnataka and the union territory of
Lakshadweep. The city of
Madras was the winter capital of the Presidency and
Ootacamund or Ooty, the summer capital. The
Island of Ceylon was a part of Madras Presidency from 1793 to 1798 when it was created a
Crown colony. Madras Presidency was neighboured by the
Kingdom of Mysore on the northwest,
Kingdom of Kochi on the southwest, and the
Kingdom of Hyderabad on the north. Some parts of the presidency were also flanked by
Bombay Presidency.
