1639 - 1640 माइथायाव इष्ट इण्डिया कम्पानीया लुनाय खरङा माद्रासखौ मोनसे गोदान नोगोरमा महरै दानायनि नेर्सोन ।
Built by the East India Company in 1639 1640 the fort marks the beginning of Madras as a modern city .