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Namma Madras - Rediscovered Wall Tax Today, I will tell you about one of the busiest localities of Madras (aka Chennai). When one comes out of Central Railway station, on the left is the entry / exit point for taxis and cars. Recently in Aug 2017, the Police made it the nodal entry / exit points to and from Central Rly Station. The road is called Wall Tax Road (officially VOC street, but none knows this name!). Stretching from Central Station, the road is about 5 km, is parallel to the railway tracks. There is a wall all along, and was built in 1772-73, as a protection from invaders like French and Mughals. The road has Muthialpet on one side. There were five gates for the people and the goods to move about. Now only one named Elephant Gate remains. At the end of the road there was a jail to imprison people ; though that road named Old Jail Road is still there, the prison is not there. To construct the 50 feet wide road, the British planned to collect a Tax from people, but the ...