Beri Thimappa / Thimmanna was an Indian interpreter and chief negotiator for Francis Day and Andrew Cogan, the agents of the British East India Company, and was instrumental in the purchase of Madras from the Nayak brothers. Beri Thimmappa migrated in the early 17th century to Chennai from palakollu, near Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh.[1] He established a Black Town outside the walls of the newly built Fort of Madras which later became Fort St George.[2]
His families were chief merchants of East India Company for several decades. Thimmappa's brother Beri Venkatadri owned Guindy Lodge, which is present Tamil Nadu Raj Bhavan.He is one of the founder of Madras state.[3]
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^Muthiah, S (12 August 2002). . The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 May 2005. Retrieved 25 January 2015.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
^Chronology of Fort St George on Tamil Nadu Government website
^The Madras Tercentenary commemoration volume, Volume 1939
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