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- A historic marble plaque on the northwest wall of Humayun Mahal at Chepauk Palace in Chennai has disappeared during restoration work.
- The plaque read that the buildings formerly formed part of the Palace of the Nawabs of the Carnatic.
- It was one of only two such boundary markers in the city, the other being on the Great House inside Fort St. George.
- The loss was noted during a heritage walk tracing the former bounds of the palace, which once spanned 117 acres.
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- Whether authorities restoring Chepauk Palace account for or recover the missing plaque
- Condition of the only other surviving marker on the Great House inside Fort St. George
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Named India · Chepauk Palace · Humayun Mahal · Khalas Mahals · Fort St. George · Nawabs of Arcot · R.F. Chisholm
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