A hundred years ago | Madras news agency
This archival piece from 1924 details the opening of a new branch of the Madras News Agency. It highlights the importance of the press in public life and the distribution of information.
Why it matters
It provides historical context on the evolution of media distribution and the role of the press in colonial-era India.
Mr. Sami Venkatachalam Chetti, the President of the Madras Corporation, performed last evening the pleasant function of opening the Mount Road Branch of the Madras News Agency. Mr. S. Srinivasa Iyengar presided on the occasion. There was a fair gathering. Mr. R. Balasundaram Mudaliar, the Editor of ‘Doodle’ uncle of Mr. T. Thanikachalam, the Proprietor of the Agency, received guests on arrival. The branch is situated in one of the rooms of the groundfloor of the Mahajana Sabha.
The article is a historical record of a local event with no modern political agenda.
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