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Wednesday, Aug 23, 2006

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"Teach history of Madras in schools"

Staff Reporter

Every modern institution in India had its origins here, says Muthiah

HERITAGE CITY: Radhika Doraiswamy, Chief Post Master General, Tamil Nadu Circle, releases the special postal cover to commemorate Madras Day by handing over the first issue to historian S. Muthiah. — PHOTO: S. Thanthoni

CHENNAI: The history of erstwhile Madras should be taught in schools, historian and editor `Madras Musings' S. Muthiah said on Tuesday.

He was speaking after receiving the first issue of the special postal cover brought out by the Postal Department to commemorate Madras Day from the Chief Post Master General, Radhika Doraiswamy.

Elaborating on the city's great historical past, Mr. Muthiah said, almost every modern institution established in the country had its origins here.

The Madras Day celebration, he said, was conceived as a people's participatory celebration. It was as much about creating awareness of the rich past as about making people care for the city. This year's celebrations (August 20-27) featured around 50 events. He hoped that next year, the spirit of celebrating history would spread to other post offices and Government offices of the State and Centre.

Besides the CPMG, the Post Master General of Chennai city region T. Paneerselvam, R. Anand, Director of Postal Services and C. Selvaraj, Chief Post Master also participated.

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