Bayan gyare-gyaren Montagu <unk> Chelmsford na 1919, Madras ita ce lardin farko na Indiya ta Burtaniya da ta aiwatar da tsarin mulkin mallaka, kuma daga baya gwamnanta ya yi mulki tare da firaminista. A farkon shekarun karni na 20, yawancin masu ba da gudummawa ga yunkurin samun 'yancin kai na Indiya sun fito ne daga Madras. Da zuwan' yancin Indiya a ranar 15 ga Agusta 1947, Shugabancin ya zama lardin Madras. Daga baya aka shigar da Madras a matsayin Jihar Madras, jihar Tarayyar Indiya a lokacin da aka kaddamar da Jamhuriyar Indiya a ranar 26 ga Janairu, 1950, kuma an sake tsara ta a 1953 & 1956. Tambaya: Yaushe aka fara yunkurin samun 'yancin kai na Indiya?
Shekara ta 1947