Emden - Madras Bashai (Season 2) | History Times with Historian V Sriram What is the name given in Madras to a bad man who torments the poor and the needy? We call him Emden. But where did this word Emden come from? In 1914, when the First World War began, a German warship came to the Madras port. The name of that ship was Emden. One night, bombs were dropped on Madras, sending the people of the city into panic. Residents fled in fear, and the attack left a deep psychological mark on the city. T