The former Government Farm that once covered 300 acres in Madras
Government Farm, now in the Guindy-Saidapet region, once occupied 300 acres enclosed by a fence. The Hindu traces the site’s origins to 1865, when it was established on the idea of Governor Sir William Denison.
Government Farm, a former agricultural site in Madras, once stretched across 300 acres in what is now the Guindy-Saidapet region, The Hindu reports. The farm was enclosed by a fence around its perimeter. Its establishment dates to 1865 and was based on an idea attributed to Governor Sir William Denison.
The available account identifies the site’s earlier scale and location, linking its history to the development of the area that now forms part of Chennai’s Guindy and Saidapet regions. The supplied material does not describe the farm’s operations, its eventual decline or how its land was used later. It provides a brief historical outline of an institution that once occupied a substantial tract of land in the city.
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