<P> The Chennai Municipal Corporation ( officially the Greater Chennai Corporation ) , formerly known as the Corporation of Madras , is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai ( formerly Madras ) , India . Inaugurated on 29 September 1688 , under a Royal Charter issued by King James II on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras , it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain . It is headed by a mayor , who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents one of the 200 wards of the city . It is also the second oldest city civic body in the world after London . </P>
<P> The Chennai Municipal Corporation ( officially the Greater Chennai Corporation ) , formerly known as the Corporation of Madras , is the civic body that governs the city of Chennai ( formerly Madras ) , India . Inaugurated on 29 September 1688 , under a Royal Charter issued by King James II on 30 December 1687 as the Corporation of Madras , it is the oldest municipal body of the Commonwealth of Nations outside Great Britain . It is headed by a mayor , who presides over 200 councillors each of whom represents one of the 200 wards of the city . It is also the second oldest city civic body in the world after London . </P>
which is the oldest municipal corporation in india
which is the oldest municipal corporation in india
Greater Chennai Corporation
Greater Chennai Corporation