Many Madras streets had their names changed, and a street became nameless

In 1978, the AIADMK government decided to drop the castes of leaders and prominent personalities from the streets named after them. Confusion prevailed for a few years. The decision also prompted a backlash: in April 1983, posters appeared in Madras informing people that road signs bearing Christian and Muslim names would be erased

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