Fort St. George built in the 1640 A.D. was the first bastion of British power of India
Fort St. George
Fort St. George built in the 1640 A.D. was the first bastion of British power
of India; the fort has undergone much alteration. The Tamilnadu Legislative
Assembly and the Secretariat office now use the fort. The 46m high flagstaffs
at the front is a mast salvaged from a 17th century shipwreck
The Fort Museum has a collection of objects from the tenure
of the East India Company in Chennai including letters from Robert Clive. There
are many contemporary paintings too.
