Damarla Chennappa Nayakar-Chandragiri Ruler

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Chennai day=22August1639 Venkatappa Nayakar  S/o. Chennappa Nayakar gave permission to British East Indian Company to start business and to build a fort

Damarla Chennappa Nayakar (also knwon as Damal Chennapa Naicker)[a] was a TELUGU Nayakar ruler of Kalahasti and Vandavasi under the suzerainty of Vijayanagar emperor Venkatapati Raya (r. 1585–1614).His Mother Tongue is cultivated Telugu. He was also the Dalavoy or the Commander-in-Chief of the emperor.[1][2] The line of Nayakars were chieftains during the Vijayanagar empire and attained full power after its decline, becoming independent Nayakars.[3]

The city of Chennai (originally called "Chennapatinnam") was founded by his sons, Venkatappa and Ayyappa, and named after Chennapa Nayakar. It was established in order to separate the warring Europeans within the region, the Dutch based at Pulicat and the Portuguese based at Mylapore. Later the British establishment at Madras (Fort St. George) was set up to the south of Chennapata.