Chennai Trivia - 14
(I too don't have an answer but only a guess, let's see what you people come up with.)
This blog contains interesting (I hope) trivia about Chennai (previously known as Madras), capital of the state of Tamilnadu in South India.
The firm invested lavishly in daring enterprises, such as searching for gold in the Nilgiris and Anamalais, investing in American railway projects and new South African goldfields, and in the plantation crops of the West Indies, amongst other ventures
He was most generous to sundry ladies, who seemed to be of all nationalities and hues, and several children. Of particular note were the provisions made to xxxx.. After providing for her "during her natural life", he went on to also will "the sum of fifty rupees for the support of any child which the said xxxx may have within nine months from the date hereof... "