![Quibble-Island Cemetery](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7f/Quibble-Island_Cemetery.jpg)
Quibble Island is a river island in the city of
Chennai
Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a States and union territories of India, state in southern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by area, tenth largest Indian state by area and the List of states and union territories of India ...
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India
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. It is formed by the encirclement of the
Adyar River and one of its tributaries. It is situated between the neighbourhoods of
Mylapore
Mylapore, also spelt Mayilapur, is a neighbourhood in the central part of the city of Chennai, India. It is one of the oldest residential parts of the city. It is also called Tirumayilai. The locality is claimed to be the birthplace of the cel ...
and
Adyar. It abuts the southern stretch of the
Marina Beach. During the
British rule
The British Raj (; from Hindi ''rāj'': kingdom, realm, state, or empire) was the rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent;
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or Direct rule in India,
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, a European cemetery was located here. It also houses the grave of famous actor
J. P. Chandrababu.
Geography of Chennai
Islands of Chennai
River islands of India
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