Madras Street, Singapore
Madras Street is a street in the
Little India neighbourhood of
Rochor,
Singapore. Today it connects
Dunlop Street with
Dalhousie Lane, and forms a junction with
Campbell Lane. The street was named after the city of
Chennai, which was formerly known as Madras, and was significant in that a great number of Tamil immigrants in Singapore arrived from there. During the colonial period, the British also had their administrative centre in Madras.
Madras Street Singapore on Google Street View
Madras Street (Jan 2015)
References
- Singapore Street Names - A Study of Toponymics by Victor R Savage and Brenda S.A. Yeoh (2013), ISBN 978-981-4408-35-6