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Coordinates: 13°06′15″N80°17′37″E / 13.10403°N 80.29366°E / 13.10403; 80.29366
CountryIndia
State Tamil Nadu
District Chennai
MetroChennai
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 the city of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. It is best known for its beach, and for Royapuram Railway Station. The station is the first railway station of South India, opening in 1856, and is today the oldest surviving railway station of the Indian subcontinent. [1]

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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] The region was originally called Rayarapuram named after the Rayar Kings who rules down South. It is also believed that the British / Anglo Indians settled in this locality were called Rayars, which lent the name Rayarpuram. [3]

From the 14th century, the erstwhile Vijayanagara Rulers [4] controlled this region till the Madras land grant to Francis Day. [5] [6]

Royapuram Railway Station, opened in 1856 Royapuram-Stn-Oct07.jpg
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. [7]

Politics

Royapuram vote
by alliance in assembly elections
Year All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)
2006 53.3%50,64739.1% 37,144
2001 56.8%44,46539.3% 30,753
1996 35.4% 27,48557.8%44,893
1991 59.0%46,21837.8% 29,565
1989* 8.0% 6,53246.0%37,742
1984 50.3%40,72748.7% 39,432
1980 49.1% 36,45550.3%37,390
1977 31.3% 22,62633.5%24,217

State assembly politics

Lok Sabha politics

Royapuram assembly constituency is part of Chennai North (Lok Sabha constituency). [8]

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