News EventSunday, February 20, 1955 @ 0800The date shown is as timetabled and the time shown is our best estimste |
CITY OF BATH (1952-1969 General cargo ship 464 feet long of Ellerman & Bucknall Line, London : 1972 scrapped at Castellon, Spain) |
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CITY OF BATH expected to arrive at Madras then leave eastbound for Calcutta (India) |
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The city of Madras was officially renamed Chennai on July 17, 1996 by the state government of Tamil Nadu. The name change was part of a nationwide trend to use less Anglicized names and to remove the last vestiges of British colonialism in the state.
From Indian Express (Madras Edition) 16 February 1955 |