disambiguation ) <0x0A> </s> ▁Mon eg ar ▁Ch oul try ▁is ▁a ▁ch oul try ▁in ▁the ▁city ▁of ▁Chen na i , ▁India . ▁It ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁be ▁the ▁first ▁organ ised ▁char ity ▁in ▁Mad ras ▁city . ▁ ▁History ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 8 th ▁century , ▁there ▁were ▁constant ▁wars ▁between ▁the ▁British ▁and ▁the ▁N aw abs ▁of ▁Mys ore , ▁resulting ▁in ▁destruction ▁of ▁property ▁and ▁lives ▁and ▁eventually ▁a ▁fam ine ▁in ▁Mad ras . ▁In ▁ 1 7 8 2 , ▁a ▁village ▁head man , ▁locally ▁known ▁as ▁a ▁' mania kar ar ', ▁established ▁a ▁gru el ▁centre ▁in ▁his ▁garden ▁in ▁Roy ap ur am ▁off ▁Broadway . ▁So on ▁after ▁the ▁war , ▁the ▁centre ▁became ▁a ▁ch oul try ▁for ▁the ▁sick ▁and ▁poor ▁people . ▁During ▁the ▁ 1 7 8 2 ▁Mys ore ▁War , ▁the ▁government ▁ordered ▁that ▁all ▁buildings ▁within ▁a ▁proxim ity ▁of ▁the ▁Black ▁Town ▁Wall ▁be ▁destroyed . ▁However , ▁the ▁ch oul try ▁was ▁ex empt ed ▁from ▁this ▁order . ▁In ▁ 1 8 0 7 , ▁the ▁government ▁made ▁a ▁substantial ▁don ation ▁as ▁more ▁people ▁started ▁coming ▁to ▁the ▁ch oul try . ▁The ▁N aw ab ▁of ▁Arc ot ▁also ▁don ated ▁a ▁huge ▁sum ▁to ▁the ▁ch oul try . ▁ ▁A ▁hospital ▁was ▁constructed ▁within ▁the ▁prem ises ▁of ▁the ▁ch oul try ▁in ▁ 1 7 9 9 ▁by ▁John ▁Under wood , ▁an