Loves Bungalow, Chepauk



     Col. Henry Davidson Love's bungalow on Victoria Hostel Road. Love was the  greatest historian of Madras and has chronicled the  history of the city from 1640 to 1800  in his  book  "Vestiges of Old Madras".  This bungalow was supposed to have been occupied by him when he was Principal of College of Engineering between 1880-1907 when the college was functioning in Chepauk  Palace.  But surprisingly neither this bungalow nor Victoria Hostel is marked in the map of Chepauk around 1893 although  Goshaw Hospital,  PWD office and Presidency college are clearly marked.  On the contrary some other house on the other side of Buckingam canal is marked as Principals House.  Was it constructed after 1893.  Mystery.

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