Madras (now <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chennai" id="mwPQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Chennai">Chennai</a>), India, is founded by the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_India_Company" id="mwPg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East India Company">British East India Company</a> on a sliver of land bought from local Nayak rulers.