Chromepet

Chromepet குரோம்பேட்டை
neighbourhood
Chromepet Flyover on GST road
Chromepet
Coordinates: 12°57′06″N 80°08′27″E / 12.95161°N 80.14097°E / 12.95161; 80.14097Coordinates: 12°57′06″N 80°08′27″E / 12.95161°N 80.14097°E / 12.95161; 80.14097
Country	India
State	Tamil Nadu
Metro	Chennai
Government
• Body	CMDA
Languages
• Official	Tamil
Time zone	IST (UTC+5:30)
PIN	600044
Vehicle registration	TN-11(Chromepet),TN-85(Thirumudivakkam)
Planning agency	CMDA
Civic agency	Chennai Corporation
Website	www.chennai.tn.nic.in

Chromepet is a Residential Locality in the southern part of Chennai, India. It is located 16 kilometres from Egmore. It lies on the Grand Southern Trunk (GST Road), close to Tambaram and next to Pallavaram. It is 4 km south of the Chennai International Airport, Tirusulam. It is the home of the famous Madras Institute of Technology, the institute where Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, former president of India and Tamil writer Sujatha studied. The neighbourhood is served by Chrompet railway station of the Chennai Suburban Railway Network.

Chromepet is not a Tamil name. Earlier the town was the home of Chrome Leathers so the name chrome and pettai (Tamil: in Tamil means 'an Estate'). This company has been completely demolished and Balaji Hospital has been built in that Place. But, still you can find the traces of Chrome Leathers (its name board) when you walk through the CLC Works road, near the Chromepet Police Station .

The area was a part of Thondaimandalam ruled by Thondaimaans who were allied with the early Cholas from around the first to the second century AD. Later the area was passed on to the chieftains of the Satavahanas. Chennai, Chengulpet and surrounding area belonged to the Thondai Nadu during the Pallava period (3rd to 7th century AD). The historic period proper begins with the Pallava kings and the earliest of their stone inscriptions is found nearby in Pallavaram (Pallava puram) in a cave temple excavated by Mahendravarman I (AD 600–630). Narasimhavarman I who succeeded Mahendravarman I waged battles against Pulekesin of the Chalukya dynasty and defeated him at Manimangalam which is 11 km (6.8 mi) south-west of Chromepet.

During the later Chola period (9th to 12th century AD) the area, which is now called Chromepet, belonged to the Churathur Nadu, named after Thiruchuram, the modern Trisulam village near Pallavaram. The Churathur Nadu extended from Tambaram in the south to Adambakkam and Alathur (Alandur) in the north and included Pammal, Pallavaram and Tirunirmalai.