Name the oldest surviving organisation in Mount Road.
Ans: It is Simpson & Co set up in 1840. They built the first railway coach for the Madras Railway. Other old institutions are Higginbothams (1844), P. Orr & Sons (moved to the present building in 1879), The Hindu (1885, moved to their present building later), J. Fenn & Co - undertakers opposite to Thousand Lights Mosque(1892 - always wondered how the undertakers celebrated their centenary year)
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Is this from the Madras Quiz?
No, not from the Madras quiz. This is from my own research (with due respect to Mr. Muthiah and Google)
spencers or amalgamations or lic or hindu or TVS or ??
Guru, 1 answer please :-)
P Orr and Sons
does it necessarily need to be a company? is it YMCA / YMIA?
What I have in mind is a company. But on checking I find that it is older than YMCA.
I am not ruling out any answers given above because then you can find the correct one by elimination :-)
The oldest organisation would be a colony of e coli bacteria living in the Adyar River sludge under the Mount Rd. bridge between Guindy & Saidapet ;^)
YB, you are confusing organism with organisation ;-)
lol@YB
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