Watch | The Tamil Nadu Police Museum is now open
The Hindu
A video feature on Chennai's first police museum that showcases the history of our men and women in khaki
483 Pantheon Road in Egmore was a two-storied building that was on the verge of being demolished, but is now restored and will be home to the Tamil Nadu Police Museum.
It will host a that marks the passage of the enforcement agency from colonial India to a technologically advanced force.
The structure and its outlying grounds of 14 acres were bought for ₹21,000 and became the headquarters of the first Police Commissioner of Madras, Lieutenant-Colonel John Carne Boulderson in 1856.

The heat of the recently concluded local body elections spilled over into the first meeting of the newly elected council of the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation, as the Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) questioned the propriety of the 20 councillors to whom the Kerala High Court had issued a notice regarding their oaths, participating in the council.

Taking a dig at Udupi District Congress unit for demanding action against Udupi Deputy Commissioner T K Swaroopa for flagging off the Paryaya procession by waving a saffron flag, Udupi District BJP President Kuthyar Naveen Shetty on Wednesday asked how many preparatory meetings had district in-charge Minister Laxmi Hebbalkar conducted ahead of the celebrations.











