{"id":104702,"date":"2026-05-23T13:15:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:45:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=104702"},"modified":"2026-05-23T13:15:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T07:45:47","slug":"fort-st-george","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fort-st-george\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort St. George"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fort St. George Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamil Nadu Chief Minister toured the Secretariat campus and several iconic places within the historic Fort St. George complex recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fort St. George<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a historic fort located in <\/span><b>Chennai<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Built <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/british-east-india-company\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>British East India Company<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in <\/span><b>1644<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it was the <\/span><b>first English fortress in India.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It became both a<\/span><b> trading base and a defensive outpost,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> protecting their interests along the Coromandel coast.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>made of brick &amp; stone<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and has <\/span><b>thick, tall walls<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to protect against attacks.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The fort has a <\/span><b>rectangular shape<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>strong, tall gates <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">at the entrance.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It includes important buildings like <\/span><b>St. Mary\u2019s Church<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which is the oldest Anglican church in India, and the <\/span><b>Fort Museum<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which displays <\/span><b>artifacts from the colonial period.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>fortified settlement <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that<\/span><b> grew around it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> served as the <\/span><b>nucleus of Madras,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which, in time, expanded and <\/span><b>evolved into modern Chennai.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Currently<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it serves as the <\/span><b>administrative centre of Tamil Nadu, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with the<\/span><b> Secretariat, Legislative Assembly, and other government offices <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">housed within. <\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><strong>:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/tamil-nadu\/cm-tours-iconic-spots-at-fort-st-george\/article71010739.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>TH<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fort St. George is a historic fort located in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. 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