About Madras & it’s History
Madras now known as Chennai is 350 years old. It is one of the oldest cities of India. The first British East India company business was established here. The language spoken here is Tamil, but other languages spoken as well are Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada and English. It is a metropolitan city. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the fifth most populous city in India.
Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. Chennai’s economy has a broad industrial base in the car, technology, hardware manufacturing, and healthcare industries. The city is India’s second largest exporter of software, information technology (IT) and information-technology-enabled services (ITES). A major chunk of India’s car manufacturing industry is based in and around the city.
The Marina Beach runs for 12 km along the shoreline of the city. Chennai is divided into four broad regions: North, Central, South and West. North Chennai is primarily an industrial area. Central Chennai is the commercial heart of the city and includes an important business district, Parry’s Corner. Chennai has a tropical climate, specifically a tropical wet and dry climate.
The city lies on the thermal equator and is also on the coast, which prevents extreme variation in seasonal temperature. The weather is hot and humid for most of the year. The hottest part of the year is late May to early June. Historically, Chennai has relied on annual monsoon rains to replenish water reservoirs, as no major rivers flow through the area.
Aqa Moula’s safar to Madras (Chennai)
After the Historic office of Dai-Al-Mutlaq Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin Saheb (T.U.S), 52nd al Dai-Al-Fatemi began office in 1965(1385), Aqa Moula’s first visit to Madras (Chennai) was in 1969(1389).
Aqa Moula’s second visit to Madras was in 1977(1396). In this safar Aqa Moula (T.U.S) performed the Iftetah of Saifee Masjid and first Ashara Mubaraka was performed in Madras(Chennai) & blessed mumineen with Noorani Kalemat’s. Aqa Maula’s utara was at Sheikh Shabbir bhai Vadnagarwala’s Residence and Aqa Moula gave sharaf to Madras (Chennai) mumineen and stayed for 100 days.
On Imam Hussain (A.S) Chelum, Maula Performed vaaz in Madras (Chennai) and on this auspicious occasion a Mojiza took place from Syedi Fakhruddin Shahid Maula’s mazaar blood and water droplets were seen. May Allah bless Aqa Moula a long & healthy life. Ameen.
In 1412 H Aqa Moula visited Madras from Hasanphir on 23rd Jamadil Ukhra. Maula’s utara was at Sheikh Abbas bhai Millwala’s residence. Mumineen did khidmat in every ways, and received the blessings and barakat from Aqa Maula.
In 1420 H Ashara was performed in Colombo. Aqa Maula bestowed the mumineen of Madras (Chennai) the sharaf of Chelum waaz. A Shandar Haveli was made next to Masjid from which the beautiful sea view could be seen.
In 1430 H Aqa Moula performed on-line, the Iftetah of Mohammedi Masjid in Angappa street. The khidmat of this masjid was done by the sons of Marhoom Najmuddin bhai Bharmal.