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Calcutta Tangra
Researching Armenian Family History in India
1600 - 1950

Introduction
Acknowledgements
Armenian Census Calcutta 1846
Armenian/Indian research publications
Armenians, Colonies & Churches in India
Armenian Graves In India
Armenian Graves in Hong Kong
Armenian Graves in the UK
Armenian Graves in Singapore and Malaysia
Armenian Graves in Australia
Graves at Lower Circular Road - Other Graves
Graves at the Roman Catholic Church, Calcutta
Historical Snippets
Surnames Directly Linked to my Family
My Direct Chater Ancestors
Chater's unrelated to my family
My Chater Family Bible
Part Index of the names at the IOR
The Andaman Island Photographs
Wills
Lady Chater

 



My Visit to Damascus

How armtown.com reported it

Article on Sir Paul Chater Hong Kong Standard May 2007.

Up ] Agra ] Bombay ] Calcutta Nazareth ] Calcutta St. Gregory's ] [ Calcutta Tangra ] Chinsurah ] Dacca ] Delhi ] Gwalior ] Lahore ] Madras ] Rangoon ] Saidabad ] Surat ] Lost Treasures ]

 

Tangra Church
Then in 2003* now in 2007

A remarkable transformation has taken place since the picture on the left was shot in December 2003*, compared to how the Church at Tangra looks now.  This is solely due to the new, fresh and modern way the Armenian Church and the Committee in Kolkata are approaching the refurbishment and modernisation programme of everything within their jurisdiction which includes their educational establishments as well as their churches.  The Church has an on-going refurbishment programme of the Armenian Churches in India.  The Church at Saidabad has already undergone extensive renovations and the Armenian Church in Madras is currently in the process of being refurbished.

*Photos taken by the Very Rev. Father Oshagan Gulgulian, Pastor of the Armenian Church, India,
 who has very generously
donated them to my Armenian graves in India project

 

  

The church at Tangra is known as the Holy Trinity Chapel and was built on the 1st March 1867.  The first centenary of the Chapel was celebrated in March 1968 when a large number of Armenians  attended Holy Mass there.  Around the Chapel is an Armenian cemetery.  The oldest grave is that of C.G. Bijohn who died on the 19th March 1867.

Beside the cemetery, there is a large plot of land in which there is a pond.  The sexton's quarter was built on this plot in 1914 by the late Manatsakan Mackertich at his own expense.

Click on me and I'll take you to the Armenian Graves page

Click on the dancing skeleton to go to the Armenian Graves page 

 

 

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