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    Armenian Club in India

    Reopening of The Armenian Club in Kolkata, India



    On 22nd November 2009 the Indian Armenian community celebrated the reopening of the Armenian Club. After Sunday church service the members of the community went over to the club to attend the blessing ceremony. The Armenian Club has been a place of leisure for about hundred years and will continue to serve the community in the future.

    The club had been under renovation and its reopening was a moment of pride for the community members. Very Reverend Father Khoren Hovhannisyan, pastor of the Armenians in India and the manager of the Armenian College and Philanthropic Academy began the jubilations with the blessing of the club.

    The Mother Church of Holy Nazareth provided the much needed support for the renovations of the Armenian Club.

    On behalf of the Armenian community Fr. Khoren thanked Peter Hyrapiet, the president of the club and the members of the church committee for their dedicated endeavor in the renovations of the club.

    “Those who say that the Indian Armenian community has lost its dynamism should follow up the events which are being organized by us and they will change their mind. I believe we are on the right track and under the guidance of Holy Etchmiadzin we should continue to strive forward with more vigour and sincerity. We must further remember that at the end of the day it’s the quality and not the quantity that really counts,” said Fr. Hovhannisyan.

    Following the reopening and blessing of the club the community sat down together for lunch.

    http://hyemedia.com/2009/11/24/reope...kolkata-india/
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    Thank you KanadaHye jan for the nice news! At last we hear some good news coming our way. I have heard that the Armenian Indian community are an old community and it's good that they are preserving their centers/clubs and their Churches.

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      I never knew that there were so many Armenians in India, this is great news what they are doing out there.
      Positive vibes, positive taught

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        Re: Armenian Club in India

        What are these people doing staying in India? What's the point? Wouldn't it be wiser to simply move to Armenia, or at least a nation with a larger diaspora?

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          It seems Armenians went to India around the 1600's and left a rather definitive footprint there.

          Armenian Churches in India - Slide Show
          http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/emcjnd/

          Armenian Family History in India
          http://www.chater-genealogy.com/

          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenia...unity_of_Dhaka

          The Armenian community of Dhaka played a significant role in Bengali trade and commerce in the 17th and 18th centuries.

          In the early part of 18th Century, Armenians settled in Dhaka, then one of the commercial centres in Bengal. They initially built a chapel and cemetery at Tejgagon, five miles from Dhaka. The oldest tombstone is “Avetis” an Armenian merchant who died on 15 August 1714.

          Apart from Dhaka there was a significant Armenian presence in Saidabad (a suburb of the capital Murshidabad), Hoogli, Kolkata, Chinsura, Patna and Kasimbazar. A neighborhood in Dhaka - Armanitola - bears their name; there the Church of the Holy Resurrection and the cemetery established by the community in 1781 stand as major landmarks. The records of Church of the Holy Resurrection list over 200 deaths between 1833-1918, over 250 baptisms and over 50 marriages. Their assertive presence, however, began to decline from the beginning of British rule. Michael Joseph Martin (Mikel Housep Martirossian) is reported to have been the last Armenian in Dhaka.


          Two century old Armenian Church in Old Dhaka, Bangladesh.
          Last edited by KanadaHye; 03-16-2010, 04:15 PM.
          "Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything. If you're a man, you take it." ~Malcolm X

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            Re: Armenian Club in India

            That's good to hear Kanada, thanks.

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