A very famous landmark of Chennai aka Madras - the Ripon Building - is
a historic neoclassical construction serving as the official headquarters of the
Greater Chennai Corporation. Do you know when Ripon stayed in Madras and his
Educational qualification ?
The building is a combination of Ionic and Corinthian styles – all white structure, designed by G.T.S. Harris. The foundation stone was laid by Lord Minto, Viceroy of India, on 11 December 1909. It was built by Loganatha Mudaliar, named after Lord Ripon, 7th Viceroy and Governor-General of India
Many assume Ripon was honored because he built something in Madras or he administered from here. Whilst he may have visited Madras during his tours across India, there is no particular reference. His popularity is out of his reforms to municipal governance across India. The building is therefore not really a monument to a person—it is a monument to the idea of local self-government.
George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon, KG, GCSI, CIE, VD, PC (1827 – 1909), styled Viscount Goderich from 1833 to 1859 and as Earl de Grey and Ripon from 1859 to 1871, was a British politician and Viceroy and Governor General of India who served in every Liberal cabinet between 1861 and 1908
Ripon was born at 10 Downing Street, London, the second son of Prime Minister F. J. Robinson, 1st Viscount Goderich by his wife Lady Sarah (née Hobart), daughter of the Earl of Buckinghamshire. He was educated privately, attending neither school nor college. He was awarded the honorary degree of DCL by the University of Oxford in 1870
One
may observe the Clock tower prominent in the photo. The
tower rises about 43 metres (141 feet) above the building. The
clock faces are approximately 2.5 metres (8.2 feet) in diameter. The Westminster Quarter chiming clocks,
meaning it plays the famous Westminster chimes heard on many historic British
clocks were installed in 1913 and hence
more than a century old.
14.6.2026
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