Chennai got one of its iconic heritage structures when Muhammed Ali Wallajah, Nawab of Carnatic/Arcot (VIII), decided to build a palatial palace for his successors on Marina in the later half of ...

Last Saturday, while planning for a heritage walk in the Mount Road/Anna Salai area, I found myself standing at the Madras-I ... Umda Baugh Palace of the Nawabs of Arcot and the other was to ...