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Legal & Colonial History

Senate House (University of Madras)

Chepauk, Chennai

Established1879
Managed byUniversity of Madras
CategoryLegal & Colonial History, Urban History

A grand Indo-Saracenic building designed by architect Robert Chisholm, blending Byzantine, Islamic and European Gothic elements into one of Chennai's most photographed colonial-era landmarks.

Did you know? Senate House is widely credited as the building that launched the entire Indo-Saracenic architectural movement in India, a style that went on to define dozens of major public buildings across the subcontinent.
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